Analysis of a News Source 5.1

6pm News 12/12/12, Kare11, Julie Nelson
Story 1: Sinking Homes, Jeffrey DeMars
Story 2: Missing Woman, Julie Nelson
Story 3: Debt Buyer Settlement, Julie Nelson

Newsworthiness
Sinking Homes

Timing: This week
Significance: The story is about one man but other people with the same problem mentiones
Proximity: Waseca, pretty close
Prominence: No one famous, average person
Human interest: People will be concerned but only those who live in the same are and might face the same problem
Oddity/uniqueness: Very odd. Personally, I haven't heard of something like this before.