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