Representation (News Presenters)

In this post I am going to compare and contrast representations by listening to news bulletins from a range of different stations, taking note of voices used, language and banter etc.

The first station I listened to was BBC radio 5 live at 9am with the show presenter was a middle aged woman, Rachel Burden, she spoke in a relax, calm and in some sense a serious voice at a normal speed.She uses formal language when interacting with other presenter and with people calling in, when introducing the guests she says  'Hello' and 'Thank You' which again shows very formal and it tells us the audience is more for older people.

The second station I listened to is Kiss FM with the show presenter was a young female, Neev Spencer, she spoke in a more informal language where talking to her audience she starts off saying 'Morning guys' which shows us that her audience are more for younger people.

Other Conventions Of Radio News Bulletins

In this post I am going to look at other conventions of radio news bulletins that come up each time and this will help me to give me ideas on what to put on my radio show to make it look more authentic.

1) Correspondent-A correspondent is an agent who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news.

2) Vox Pop-Is an opinion represented by informal comments from members of the public, especially when broadcast or published.

3) Sound Bites-Its a short audio or video clip that was taken from a speech or press conference and broadcast especially during a news report.

4) Archive Clip-It is pre recorded information about a place, institution or group of people.

5) Jingle- It's a short slogan, verse, or tune designed to be easily remembered

Comparing Local News Bulletins

Neither of the stations I chose had the same stories just as I suspected aside from one, as the individual local radio station were giving news to it's respective local areas, it's number one news value FAMILIARITY.The only news story that was quite similar was the one about the climate change which would have an impact on the UK so was bound to appear on all stations.The sports news was very different as the BBC Leeds only gave the sport news on Leeds football and rugby team and the same for Bolton news.

Leeds News Bulletin At 12:00pm

Below is the running order of the news.

1) The environment agency has issued 15 flood warnings across west Yorkshire

Facts of the story:

• Further 24 places are on alert
• Fire-fighters had over a 100 call outs including people who were stuck in cars

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-It's breaking news

FAMILIARITY-It's geographically close to us

AMPLITUDE-Involves big parts of Yorkshire therefore affecting a lot of people

IMPACT-It will have an impact on all the people living in Yorkshire

PERSONALISATION-Makes us feel bad for the people who were affected by it

NEGATIVITY-It's bad news 

2) The UK's last Guantanamo bay detainee has called Muslims extremist to get out of the UK

Facts of the story:

• Shaker Aamer who was released in October after 14 years in captivity said he didnt believe his religion allowed such killings like Lee Rigby

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-It's breaking news

FAMILIARITY-It's geographically close to us

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3) The head of labours campaign to keep Britain in Europe Alan Johnson has said that the country should be at the heart of efforts to resolve the refugee crisis

Facts of the story:

• Former home secretary has said the way to deal with the issue of free movement is to be leading and not leaving

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-It's breaking news

FAMILIARITY-It's geographically close to us

CONTINUITY-The refugee problem is an ongoing issue

4) The show of solidarity by the people of faith against injustice has taken place today

Facts of the story:

• The walk of peace is in partnership with Leeds minster muslim youth group and Leeds south and west Methodist circuit 

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-It's breaking news

FAMILIARITY-It's geographically close to us

AMPLITUDE-Involves a lot of people and groups

5) Amber Rudd has said the climate deal in Paris is an extraordinary achievement and an historic moment

Facts of the story

• She said it was not perfect as parts were voluntary 

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-It's breaking news

FAMILIARITY-It's geographically close to us

AMPLITUDE-Involves the whole of the UK

IMPACT-It would have an impact on people living in the UK

BALANCE-It's good news 

6) A Yorkshire railway station has reopened today

Facts of the story

• Cost £8 million
• Has parking for 300 cars

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-It's breaking news

FAMILIARITY-It's geographically close to us

Bolton Fm News Bulletin At 12:00pm

Below is the running order on the news.

1) Business leaders and campaigners say the UK government should back clean technology at home

Facts of the story

• To tackle climate change
• 195 countriees pledged to limit the rise in gloabal warming

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-It's breaking news
FAMILIARITY-It's geographically close to us
AMPLITUDE-Loads of countries are involved in it


2) 23 year old man was found with stab wounds in his house in Bolton

Facts of the story:

• Happened early hours of the morning

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-It's breaking news

FAMILIARITY-It's geographically close to us

NEGATIVITY-A man got stabbed

3) A new government task force has been set up after parts of North West England have been hit by flooding

Facts of the story:

• 1000s of homes in Cumbria were destroyed by it
• Brought records amount of flooding

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-It's breaking news

FAMILIARITY-It's geographically close to us
AMPLITUDE-Loads of people homes were destroyed by it
PERSONALISATION-Makes us feel for the people who lost their homes

NEGATIVITY-It's bad news 

4) Tim Pete's father has spoken of his pride after watching the Russian rocket that will carry his astronaut son to space

Facts of the story:

• The 43 year old will start his 6 month mission to the space nation on Tuesday

IMMEDIACY-It's breaking news

FAMILIARITY-It's geographically close to us

ELITE PEOPLE-

5) Family, relatives and fans have gathered in Honduras for the funeral of Arnold Peralta

Facts of the story:

• Former Rangers player was shot 18 times in a drive by attack on Thursday

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-It's breaking news

ELITE PEOPLE-He is a well known footballer
NEGATIVITY-It's bad news he got killed

Comparing News Bulletin On Local News

I am going to compare these two bulletins at the same time and on the same day, to see if they share the same news stories, but I suspect they wont since they are giving news to its respective areas.

Comparing News Bulletins

After listening to three different National radio station and analysing each of the bulletins, I found that they do contain some of the same news stories.The story about the British prime minister visiting France to talk about how to stop the militants from spreading their terror around the world has come up on each of the radio stations which shows the news value 'Amplitude' is so big that no matter the type of radio station it is, the story still comes up because it affects a lot of people

Other stories that come up on radio stations are specifically news for it's station audience.
In Kerrang it started with the Rock music news which is different to the other radio stations which I analysed, since it is giving news that is for their targeted audience

BBC Radio 2 News Bulletin at 12:00pm

Below is the running order in the BBC Radio 2 news.

1) Britain should join the air strikes in Syria

Facts of the story:

• British government holding talks with the French on how to stop the militants
• Share data between each other including the records of airline passengers

THE 5W's

WHO-British government

WHAT-Britain to join air strikes in Syria

WHEN-In talks

WHERE-

WHY-Retaliation against militants

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-Its breaking news

FAMILIARITY-France is close to the UK

AMPLITUDE-It involves a lot of people

CONTINUITY-Trying to stop ISIS has come up on the news before

CONFLICT-It's a fight against the militants

BALANCE-It's good news for everyone as they are trying to stop the terrorist

2) Schools and Universities are shut in Brussels

Facts of the story:

• City remains on high alert for the Paris attacker
• 16 people were arrested in 22 raids

THE 5W's

WHO-Schools and Universities

WHAT-They were shut down

WHEN-

WHERE-Brussels

WHY-To find the Paris attacker

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-It happened recently

AMPLITUDE-Involves a lot of people

IMPACT-It affects all the students

CONTINUITY-It's part of an ongoing story

CONFLICT-A fight between the free world and ISIS

NEGATIVITY-It's bad news since the recent attacks force them to close the schools down

3) 12 billion pound boost for Britain's defence system

Facts of the story:

• Paying for new equipment

THE 5W's

WHO-Britain's defence system

WHAT-To pay for new equipment

WHEN-

WHERE-In Britain

WHY-Due to recent attacks

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-It's breaking news

FAMILIARITY-It's in Britain so it's geographically close to us

AMPLITUDE-?

PREDICTABILITY-After the recent attacks it's predictable that they are going to upgrade their defence systems

CONFLICT-Conflict against the militants

4) Independence Police Complaints Commission wants officers to tackle more reports of grooming effectively.

Facts of the story:

• Murder of 14 year old boy
• Lack of training by officers means they failed to act on concerns by the mother

THE 5W's

WHO-Independence Police Complaints Commission

WHAT-They want officers to tackle reports of grooming more effectively

WHEN-

WHERE-

WHY-Lack of training by officers means they failed to act on concerns 

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-It's breaking news

PERSONALISATION-14 year old was murdered

NEGATIVITY-Bad news for people who reported cases like this

SCANDAL-People will get angry of the lack of training in a serious case like this

5) Carbon Monoxide poisoning leaves a man dead and 2 in hospital

Facts of the story:

• Happened in holiday chalet by the Scottish borders

THE 5W's

WHO-

WHAT-A man died and 2 in hospital

WHEN-

WHERE-Near the Scottish borders

WHY-Carbon dioxide poisoning

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-It's breaking news

NEGATIVITY-Bad news that a man died

6) One of the four last remaining white rhinos has died

Facts of the story:

• 41 year old female rhino died in San Diego safari park

THE 5W's

WHO-A white rhino

WHAT-It died

WHEN-

WHERE-San Diego safari park in California

WHY-

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-It's breaking news

NEGATIVITY-It's becoming extinct so it's upsetting

Capital FM News Bulletin at 12:00pm

Below is the running order in the Capital FM 12:00pm News

1)  UK and France will share their intelligence to try and stop ISIS

Facts of the story:

• Prime minister went to visit the scene of the attack
• More money being spent on fighting ISIS militants

WHO-UK and France

WHAT-Attack in France

WHEN-Recently

WHERE-France

WHY-To try and stop the ISIS militants

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-Story is breaking
FAMILIARITY-France is close to the UK

AMPLITUDE-89 people were killed and loads were affected

IMPACT-It makes us wonder where they are going to go next
PREDICTABILITY-It was predictable for Cameron to go to France
CONTINUITY-It's still part of a bigger story

CONFLICT-Fighting against ISIS

PERSONALISATION-Makes us sad for the people who died, their families and France

SCANDAL-Loads of people are angry about this

2) Death of 3 disabled children

Facts of the story:

• They were smothered
• 43 year old women committed the crime
• Doctors say she was depressed

WHO-Tanya Clarence

WHAT-She smothered 3 disabled kids

WHEN-Last April

WHERE-New Malden

WHY-Doctors say she was depressed

NEWS VALUES

FAMILIARITY-It's geographically close to us

CONTINUITY-Happened last year in April so it came up in the news then

PERSONALISATION-It's quite emotional as they were disabled kids

NEGATIVITY-It's terrible news

SCANDAL-It's likely it cause moral outrage

3) Royal Mail opening 10 empty warehouses

Facts of the story

• Extra 4000 delivery vans
• To deal with black Friday#

THE 5W's

WHO-Royal Mail

WHAT-Royal Mail opening up 10 warehouses and extra 4000 delivery vans

WHEN-For black Friday

WHERE-London

WHY-1 in 5 people taking day off to get bargains

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-It's breaking news

FAMILIARITY-It's geographically close to us

FREQUENCY-Black Friday happens once every year

4) One direction won artist of the year

Facts of the story

• Won at the AMA's for the second time
• Also won favourite group of the year

THE 5W's

WHO-One direction

WHAT-They won awards

WHEN -

WHERE-

WHY-They were voted for it

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-It happened recently

AMPLITUDE-It involves one direction and all its fans who voted for them

CONTINUITY-Second time they won so it appeared in the news before

ELITE PEOPLE-One direction are a well known band

BALANCE-Good news for them as they won

After the news next came up the weather.

Kerrang News Bulletin at 12:00pm

Kerrang radio is Rock genre type of station and its running order is that it first starts with the music news on Rock as that is it's target audience.

1) The Foo Fighters released a free EP featuring 5 new tracks.

Facts in the story:

• They released 5 new tracks
• Dave Grohl said the EP was put in motion as a celebration of life and music
• Was to thank fans for their support during their Sonic Highways Tour

THE 5W's

WHO-The Foo Fighters
WHAT-They released 5 new tracks
WHEN-Midnight last night
WHERE-Austin/Texas
WHY-To thank fans for their support

NEWS VALUES

AMPLITUDE-The Foo Fighters have a big fan base so they will be happy
ELITE PEOPLE-Foo Fighters are a well known band

2) Bring Me The Horizon donated $10000 to the go fund me account.

Facts in the story:

• It's to raise money those who were affected in the bus crash
• The Ghost Inside were involved in it 
• Bands bus crashed on the highway 180 Texas
• Architects and Wild Life also made contributions
• Two people died

THE 5W's

WHO-The Ghost Inside
WHAT-The Ghost Inside tour bus crashed
WHEN-Last week
WHERE-Texas
WHY-

NEWS VALUES

AMPLITUDE-Killed 2 people and affected everyone on the bus
ELITE PEOPLE-The Ghost Inside are a well known Rock band
NEGATIVITY-Bad news the bus crashed and 2 people died

3) Tonight Alive have unveiled their new song

THE 5W's

WHO-Tonight Alive
WHAT-Released a new song
WHEN-Does not say
WHERE-Does not say
WHY-Does not say

NEWS VALUES

AMPLITUDE-The Tonight Alive have a big fan base
ELITE PEOPLE-Tonight Alive are a well known band

After it brings the Music news, it then bring the news from around the world

1) Extra 10,000 soldiers deployed to fight ISIS

Facts of the story:

• Extra soldiers to fight ISIS
• Defence secretary Michael Fallon says its part of a multi billion overhaul defence system

THE 5W's

WHO-Extra 10,000 British soldiers
WHAT-Worry of ISIS militants due to recent attacks
WHEN-At short notice
WHERE-Around the world
WHY-ISIS is a big threat

NEWS VALUES

FAMILIARITY-It's in the UK so its geographically close
AMPLITUDE-Involves the whole of the UK
IMPACT-People are scared for their lives due to recent terror
CONTINUITY-News of ISIS going around has been in the news before
CONFLICT-It's a fight against ISIS
NEGATIVITY-It's bad news for people living in the UK

2) Prime minister visited the Bataclan centre.

Facts of the story:

• 89 people were killed in the attack
• British and French prime minister to hold talks how to stop ISIS
• Still looking for the main suspect
• Brussels on lock down for a third day
• 16 arrests made

THE 5W's

WHO-British prime minister

WHAT-89 people were killed in the Bataclan theatre

WHEN-Recently

WHERE-Bataclan Theatre in France

WHY-To hold talks with the French prime minister to try solve the problem

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-Story is breaking

AMPLITUDE-89 people were killed and loads were affected

IMPACT-It makes us wonder where they are going to go next
PREDICTABILITY-It was predictable for Cameron to go to France
CONTINUITY-It's still part of a bigger story

CONFLICT-Fighting against ISIS

PERSONALISATION-Makes us sad for the people who died, their families and France

SCANDAL-Loads of people are angry about this

3) Mass shooting at a park

Facts of the story:

• 16 people were injured
• 500 were at the attack

THE 5W's

WHO-

WHAT-Mass shooting at the park

WHEN-

WHERE-New Orleans

WHY-

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-Story is breaking

AMPLITUDE-A lot of people were involved
PERSONALISATION-People will get upset since innocent people were injured
NEGATIVITY-It's bad news

4) Supermarkets have introduced unexpected festive fun in its bagging area

Facts of the story

• Introducing the voice of the so called festive Fred on its service checkout
• Phrases like 'Have a Merry Christmas'

THE 5W's

WHO-Morrison's

WHAT-Introducing the so called festive Fred

WHEN-

WHERE-

WHY-Some unexpected fun in the bagging area

NEWS VALUES

FAMILIARITY-It's geographically close to us
AMPLITUDE-A lot of people shop in Morrison's
BALANCE-It's good news since its something nice for the festival

Analysing News Bulletins From Existing Radio Stations

I am now going to analyse news bulletins from three different National radio stations, with completely different genres of station and will see if they share a similar news bulletin.I am going to get the broadcast of the individual radio shows at the same day and broadcast at the same time, I will compare and contrast the running order, facts and 'news values' of each bulletin.

The three National radio stations I decided to analyse is Kerrang, BBC Radio 2 and Capital FM all of which have different audiences and different genre of station.

Comparing National And Local News

After analysing both National and Local news, pointing out the 5W's and the news values of each of them, I also found that there are similarities and differences between the two.

Below is a National Newspaper.

The common news values that are found in National newspapers

IMMEDIACY

FAMILIARITY

AMPLITUDE

IMPACT

CONFLICT

ELITE PEOPLE

NEGATIVITY

SCANDAL

Below is a Local newspaper.

The common values that are found in Local newspapers

IMMEDIACY

FAMILIARITY

National News Story 10) Politics

Below is a local news story from the BBC about the Birmingham city council elect new leader.

Below is the link to the rest of the story.

Birmingham City council elect new leader

THE 5W's

WHO-John Clancy

WHAT-Elected as new Birmingham city council

WHEN-On 1 December

WHERE-Birmingham

WHY-His policy is providing new homes and improving existing social housing should be the authority's 'Top Priority'

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-The story is breaking

FAMILIARITY-It's geographically close to us

AMPLITUDE-Involves the people in Birmingham

Local News Story 9) Technology

Below is a local story on the BBC a digital archive of Cornish

Below is the link to the rest of the story.

Digital Archive of Cornish life

THE 5W's

WHO-Cornish memory
WHAT-Audio archive documenting Cornish life
WHEN-Project started in 2012
WHERE-Cornwall
WHY-

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-The story is breaking
FAMILIARITY-Cornwall is geographically close to us
AMPLITUDE-Involves the people in Cornwall
CONTINUITY-Project started in 2012 so it might of come up in the news then
BALANCE-It's good news

Local News Story 8) Business

Below is a local news story from the BBC about a plan to build 7,500 news homes in Stroud.

Below is the link to the rest of the news story.

Plans of 7,500 new homes being built in Stroud.

THE 5W's

WHO-Stroud District Council

WHAT-Planning to build 7,500 homes

WHERE-In Stroud

WHEN-By 2031

WHY-

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-It happened recently

FAMILIARITY-It's geographically close to us

AMPLITUDE-It involves the people living in Stroud

BALANCE-It's good news since more houses being built

Local News Story 7) Crime

Below is a story from the BBC about drugs boss's wife jailed over buried cash.

Below is the link to the rest of the story.

Drugs boss's wife jailed over buried cash.

THE 5W's

WHO-Giulia Masciopinto.
WHAT-Wife of jailed drug lord and sister dug up his £270,00 cash stockpile to help launder.
WHERE-Bedford.
WHEN-March 2013.
WHY-Concealing criminal property.

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-The story got reported as soon as it happened.
FAMILIARITY-Geographically close to us in London.
PREDICTABILITY-It was predictable for the wife to get arrested since she is the wife of a drug lord.
CONTINUITY-The husband was arrested in 2012 and now his wife is so the story got brought up again.

Local News Story 6) Health

Below is a local news story about hospital ward that closed down by norovirus.

Below is the link to the rest of the story.

Hospital ward closed by norovirus

THE 5W's

WHO-Royal Lancaster Infirmary Ward
WHAT-It was closed by admissions
WHEN-
WHERE-Lancashire
WHY-Outbreak of the winter vomiting bug norovirus

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-Its breaking news
FAMILIARITY-It's geographically close to us
IMPACT-It's contagious so people will be worried
NEGATIVITY-It's bad news

Local News Story 5) Good News

Below is a story from the BBC in the local news about a bomb plot that was foiled.

Below is the link to the rest of the story.

Bomb plot that foiled

THE 5W's

WHO-Mohammed Rehman

WHAT-Planned to bomb the London underground or Westfield

WHERE-London

WHEN-Tuesday

WHY-Mohammed asked twitter which target should he choose

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-Was published as soon as it happened

FAMILIARITY-It's geographically close to us

AMPLITUDE-A lot of people travel on the underground and shop in Westfield

IMPACT-Make people feel threatened about going to these public places

BALANCE-It's good news since the plan failed so it balances out the bad news

Local News Story 4) Sport

Below is a local news story from the BBC about Mike Williamson extending his contract at Wolves.

Below is the link to the rest of the story.

Mike Williamson extends his stay at Wolves

THE 5W's

WHO-Mike Williamson

WHAT-He extended his Wolves loan from Newcastle

WHEN-Tuesday

WHERE-At Wolverhampton

WHY-He provides experience and physical strength according to the manager

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-Was published as soon as he signed

FAMILIARITY-It's geographically close to us

FREQUENCY-It's normal for clubs to loan their players out

ELITE PEOPLE- He's a known footballer

Local News Story 3) Education

Below is a local news story from the BBC about Tadcaster Grammer school asking parents to contribute to its costs.

Below is the link to the rest of the story.

Tadcaster Grammer School asking for parents contribution

THE 5W's

WHO-Tadcaster Grammer School

WHAT-Asking for monthly payments

WHERE-York

WHEN-

WHY-Significant rises in costs

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-This story is breaking

FAMILIARITY-It's geographically close to us

AMPLITUDE-It involves all the parents

SCANDAL-Parents are not willing to pay more towards the cost as they are on their own budgets

Local News Story 2) Celebrity

Below is the story from the local news in the BBC about Iain Lee leaving the BBC Three counties radio show.

Below is the link to the rest of the story.

Iain Lee leaves breakfast show

THE 5W's

WHO-Iain Lee

WHAT-He left the breakfast show

WHERE-BBC counties radio show

WHEN-Tuesday

WHY-Calling Libby Powell a 'bigot' during a heated conversation about homophobia.

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-Was published as soon as it happened

FAMILIARITY-It's geographically close to us

CONFLICT-Iain Lee had a heated argument with Libby Powell

ELITE PEOPLE-Iain Lee is known for being a BBC presenter

NEGATIVITY-Bad news for him since he got sacked

SCANDAL-Quite a few people did not agree with the decision and showed their support on social media

Local News Story 1) Disaster

Below is a story from the BBC about a student talking about the nightmare of the Bataclan attack.

Below is the link to the rest of the story.

Student recalls nightmare Bataclan attack

THE 5W's

WHO-Hanna Corbett

WHAT-Gunman stormed in killing people in the concert she was in.

WHERE-Paris

WHEN-Saturday

WHY-

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-It happened recently.

AMPLITUDE-It involved a lot of people.

IMPACT-It does have an affect on our lives because of the fear of spreading. 

SURPRISE-This news shocked the world.

PERSONALISATION-Over 80 people were killed so it would move us emotionally.

NEGATIVITY-It is terrible news.

SCANDAL-It would provoke moral outrage from around the world due to this catastrophe.

Introduction To Local News Analysis

Since I already looked at 10 national news stories and found the 5W's as well as the news values it contains, I will now be looking at 10 local news stories and to see if they have the 5W's and contain the same news values as the national stories.I will be looking at the local news section in the BBC to help me track these 10 different local news stories.

National News Story 10) Politics

Below is the story from the BBC news that the EU should not snub the UK's reform demands.

Below is the link to the rest of the story.

EU should not snub the UK's reform demands.

THE 5W's

WHO-Philip Hammond.
WHAT-Britain making a decision staying in the EU.
WHERE-On the BBC's Andrew Marr show.
WHEN-On 8th November.
WHY- If other EU members continue to ignore UK's demands of reforms.
HOW-

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-Philip Hammond made theses comments on the same day that these comments were reported.
FAMILIARITY-It is geographically and culturally close to us the UK-UK is part of the EU.
AMPLITUDE-It will effect the people living in Britain and the reforms.
IMPACT-Potential dangers of pulling out from the EU.
SURPRISE-Considering that David Cameron wants to stay in Europe its a surprise that he is issuing this ultimatum.
CONTINUITY-Britain staying in or pulling out of the EU is part of an ongoing debate.
CONFLICT-Cameron against the EU.
ELITE PEOPLE-Cameron is the prime minster of England therefore he is well known and Hammond is a prominent figure in parliament.
NEGATIVITY-It talks about the consequences of pulling out from the EU.

National News Story 9) Technology

Below is a story from the BBC about the security flaws in Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge.

Below is the link of the rest of the story.

Security flaws in Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge

THE 5W's

WHO-Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge.

WHAT-Google reveal security flaws.

WHERE-Not applicable.

WHEN-Within the last 3 months.

WHY-A loophole that could be used by hackers.

NEWS VALUES

FAMILIARITY-The flaws were found by Google who are based in Europe.

AMPLITUDE-Involves a large amount of people who purchased this phone.

FREQUENCY-These security quite often happen with new technology.

IMPACT-People worried that they could access their personal stuff.

CONFLICT-Customers against the manufacturer.

ELITE PEOPLE-Samsung is a well known company.

NEGATIVITY-It is bad news for the people who purchased the phone.

SCANDAL-People will be furious that the hackers can go through their personal stuff and that their are security flaws.

National News Stories 8) Business

Below is a news story from the BBC about flight crew strike that affects 113,000 passengers.

Below is the link to the rest of the story.

Lufthansa strike hits 113,000 passengers

THE 5W's

WHO-113,000 passengers.
WHAT-Flight cancellations.
WHERE-Germany.
WHEN-On Monday.
WHY-Cabin crew strike over costs cuts.
HOW-

NEWS VALUES

AMPLITUDE-Involves 113,000 passengers.
IMPACT-All passengers have to delay their schedules.
SURPRISE-This was unexpected since does not happen too often.
CONFLICT-The flight crew against Lufthansa to not cut the costs.

National News Story 7) Crime

Below is a National news story from the BBC about the shooting of PC Yvonne Fletcher

Below is the link to the rest of the story.

PC Yvonne Fletcher shooting.

THE 5W's

WHO- Yvonne Fletcher

WHAT-She was shot whilst policing a demonstration

WHERE-Outside the Libyan embassy

WHEN-Three decades ago

WHY-

NEWS VALUES

FAMILIARITY-It's geographically close to us.

CONTINUITY-The story was brought up again since the killer was eventually found.

BALANCE-It's good news that they found the killer so it balances the bad news stories

National News Story 6) Health

Below is a story from the BBC that in Sierra Leone is Ebola free.

Below is the link to the rest of the story.

Sierra Leone declared free of disease.

THE 5W's

WHO-People from Sierra Leone.

WHAT-It has been declared free of Ebola.

WHERE-Sierra Leone.

WHEN-Stroke of midnight.

WHY-It was declared by the World Health Organisation

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-It was reported as soon it was 'disease' free.

AMPLITUDE-Involves the population of Sierra Leone.

FREQUENCY-Ebola was a nationwide spoken topic.

IMPACT-There was fear that it might spread all over.

CONTINUITY-They were trying to solve this problem for quite some time.

PERSONALISATION-They lost 4000 people due to Ebola.

BALANCE-It is good news which help balance out the negative stories.

National News Story 5) Good News

Below is a story from the Huffington Post about a 73 year old man who ran 50 marathons in 50 states.

Below is the link to the rest of the story.

73 year old man completes 50 marathons in 50 states.

THE 5W's

WHO-73 year old John Maultsby.
WHAT-He ran 50 marathons in 50 states.
WHERE-New Hempshire Race.
WHEN-Last Sunday.
WHY-His daughter said that he was always a runner.
HOW-It took him 13 years to complete his nationwide goal.

NEWS VALUES.

AMPLITUDE-Marathons involve large numbers of people.
SURPRISE-Not many people his age can achieve what he did.
BALANCE-It is a good news story that would help balance out the negative stories.

National News Story 4) Sport

Below is a story from the BBC about the golfer Chris Doak who loses battle against injury.

Below is the link to the rest of the story.

Chris Doak loses battle against injury.

THE 5W's

WHO-Chris Doak.
WHAT-Suffered trap nerve in his neck.
WHERE-In Valencia.
WHEN-Second stage of the European Qualifying School.
WHY-The nerve condition affected his grip.
HOW-

NEWS VALUES

AMPLITUDE-It would effect all his golf fans.
CONTINUITY-He took a gamble after the MRI scans showed he had 30% of his normal grip.
ELITE PEOPLE-Famous golfer.

National News Story 3) Education

Below is a news story from the BBC about students protesting against tuition fees.

Below is the link to the rest of the story.

Students protest against tuition fees.

THE 5W's

WHO-Thousands of students protesting.

WHAT-Protest march to cut the tuition fees.

WHERE-Central London.

WHEN-November 2015

WHY-The tuition fees are too expensive for students to go to university.

HOW-Thousands if students marched through London with chants and placards, in the process there were 12 people arrested for public order offences.

NEWS VALUES

IMMEDIACY-The story was released on the day when the protest happened.

FAMILIARITY-Happened in central London.

FREQUENCY-Students often complain that the tuition fees is too high.

IMPACT-It effects all students who choose to study in London.

PREDICTABILITY-These marches happen most years if not every.

CONTINUITY-Cutting tuition fees and saying it is too expensive has been spoken about before.

CONFLICT-The students are protesting against the government.

SCANDAL-It's going to anger a lot of students who are applying and already in University.

National News Story 2) Celebrity

Below is a story from the BBC news that a known DJ forcibly kissed a young girl.

Below is the link to the rest of the story.

DJ Neil Fox 'forcibly kissed a 15 year old girl

The 5W's

WHO-DJ Neil Fox.
WHAT-He forcibly kissed a 15 year old girl.
WHERE-Surrey's Capital Radio Show.
WHEN-1996.
WHY-She asked for a kiss.
HOW-Put his arm around her back, pulled her forward towards him to kiss her.

News Values

ELITE PEOPLE-He is a known DJ.
CONFLICT-He is fighting against the court.
SCANDAL-Forcing an under-age girl to kiss him will get a lot of people to be outraged.

National News Story 1) Disaster

Below is a news story from the BBC about a Hurricane that hit New Orleans.

Below is the link to the rest of the story.

Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans

The 5W's

WHO-The citizens of New Orleans.
WHAT-Hurricane hit New Orleans
WHERE-New Orleans.
WHEN-Monday.
WHY-The National Hurricane Centre warned it will happen.
HOW-Violent storm and winds of 105mph.

News Values

AMPLITUDE- It effected 80% of the New Orleans population.
SURPRISE-They never saw anything like it and was a shock to everyone.
PERSONALISATION-People around the word will have sympathy for them since a vast majority of them lost their livelihood.
NEGATIVITY-It is terrible news since it will change peoples lives.

News Analysis

The news bulletin is the main element is a radio show, so I am now going to look at a variety of different news stories from a variety of places. I am going to analyse them in terms of layout and to see if they share the same news values and the 5 W's. First I will be looking at 10 national news stories from national newspapers and stories, then I will e looking at 10 local news stories and to see if they have the same types of conventions through a variety of different types of stories.

The 10 different types of stories I will be looking at:

1. Disaster
2. Celebrity
3. Education
4. Sport
5. Good News
6. Health
7. Crime
8. Business
9. Technology 
10. Politics

News Values

I am also going to be researching news values as well other than news stories.News values are factors that help to explain how journalist and editors decide whether certain news stories and images were accepted as 'newsworthy' or coverage.

Below is a list of the news values:

IMMEDIACY:Has it happened recently? Is the story 'breaking'?
Often pushes the news story to the top of the bulletin.

FAMILIARITY:Is is culturally or Geographically close to us London/Britain/ Europe/USA?
More important factor in local news.

AMPLITUDE:Is it a big event or one which involves large numbers of ?
Often pushes the news story to the top of the bulletin.

FREQUENCY:Does this event happen often?

Depending on the nature of the story, frequency can push it down the bulletin, (If audience becomes tired of hearing about this type of event) or it can push the story up the bulletin if audience is outrages that the same thing keeps happening.

IMPACT:Can we identify with the story as having a profound effect on our own lives?Does the story contain elements that would make us feel threatened?

Like amplitude a key news value, pushes the story to the top of the bulletin.

PREDICTABILITY:Did we expect it to happen?

SURPRISE:Is is an unusual or unexpected event?

CONTINUITY:Has this story already been defined as news?Is it part of an ongoing or long running story?

Has the effect pushing the story further down.

CONFLICT:Does the story contain drama in describing disagreements, arguments, fights or battles between two or more people/organisations?

ELITE PEOPLE:Does the story concern well known people, such as celebrities?

PERSONALISATION:Is it a human interest story?

Does it move us emotionally?

NEGATIVITY:Is it bad news?

Pushes up and dominates.

SCANDAL:Is the story likely to provoke moral outrage from parts of the audience?

BALANCE:The story may be selected to balance other news, such as a human survival story to balance a number of stories concerning death.

Positive Stories.