- This news story would be at the top of the agenda because of the news values that it has;
- A really negative story, Bombing at the Boston Marathon, thus making it more interesting or sad to watch as a viewer.
- It is sort of close to home as some British people may have been running in the marathon, and there was at the minimum 264 casualties and some of those injured citizens may have been British citizens, therefore showing some form of the Boston Bombing being "Close to home."
- However, this story is not as "immediate" as the bombings in Boston happened in 2013, or two years ago, therefore people may not be as interested in this story compared to a news story from today like "UK Party Leaders cast their vote."
- This story is not as simple as it seems because it is just "A Suicide Bomber Bombing at the Boston Marathon." This story may seem simple whereas it is not really as one of the towers collapsed after the two bombs went off the the finish line of the marathon.
- This story is arguably unique and not unique because it is a bombing at a marathon which you so not see, however this story is also not unique because there have been bombings in places that you wouldn't expect before, e.g. the twin towers being bombed and collapsed, also the bus which was bombed in June as well as the the London Underground which was bombed on the same day, thus naming these attacks 7/7 because they happened on the 7th of June 2005.
- Furthermore, people may be interested in this story, as well as it being the news agenda, because this happened in USA, which is a very important country in the world.
- News round uses key conventions of TV news by a presenter reporting and sitting in a studio.
- Leah Boleto (2009-present)
- Ricky Boleto (2008-present)Martin Dougan (2013-present)Hayley Hassall (2009-present)Jenny Lawrence (2013-present)Ayshah Tull (2013-present)
- A variety of presenters is used because you need to vary the views on different news stories.
- No other presenters are used all the ones listed above are the presenters.
- The studio has a screen behind the presenters to display the logo of News round and the graphic content behind on the screen and visual to the audience.
- The opening sequence is the logo of news round appearing on the screen before we go into the studio where the rest of the broad cast is presented and the reports of the events taken place.
- A story is presented by the reporter first being in front of the screen giving us a insight into the news story and then zoom in to the screen showing the report with a voice over of the presenter and then either a reporter will appear or the presenter carries on talking.
- yes there is as you can see the young presenters present news stories like the one about the schools and how the layout can interfere with your learning. young people feature in the broadcast as they present some stories regarding there school or something aimed at young people.
- Using energy drinks is bad for you if you use it to conquer tiredness from late nights,
- how classrooms affect children learning,
- Prince harry has gone to Australia to be in the army there,
- a dog learning to walk again with prosthetic legs,
- feeding bread to ducks can be wrong as it might affect growth,
- the biggest Easter egg was put up in Argentina and people got a chance to taste it too,
Sky News Report on the London Riots:
- Sky News use the perspective of the police officers to present the story.
- The police are represented as the heroes saving the people of Tottenham from the rioters.
- Young people are represented as dangerous, violent and disruptive.
- Sky News use videos of the burning buildings, citizen journalism
- Sky news use a negative choice of words to describe the teenagers and use words to make the audience sympathetic about the police officers.
- The citizen journalism part of the report is used at the beginning of the report to show the destruction that the rioters caused.
- The narrative is used to engage the story through the way it was introduced, by saying how many casualties there were.
- we can apply Todorov's theory of equilibrium to the story through this, Tottenham fans start rioting, Police officers come to save the day, everything goes back to normal.
- Rioters=villains, police=heroes
- Citizen journalism may have provided a perspective as you can see the building burning.
BBC3 60 Seconds:
- A new series of BBC's drama Sherlock achieved record viewing figures last night.
- A tweet by Miley Cyrus telling a fan to 'get a life' has started a Twitter storm.
- David Cameron's office has announced he will be visiting Washington next week to meet Obama.
- A well-known politician has been named on Twitter as being investigated by police for fraud.
- Cheryl Cole has announced that she is pregnant.
BBC News at Six:
- Israel has shelled a residential area of Gaza killing around 25 civilians.
- A well-known politician has been named on Twitter as being investigated by police for fraud.
- A woman has been convicted of murdering her husband. He was a wealthy banker and she a stay-at-home mum.
- Two prisoners convicted of armed robbery have escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison in West London.
- Cheryl Cole has announced she is pregnant.
Channel 4 News:
- A well-known politician has been named on Twitter as being investigated by police for fraud.
- Gunfire has been reported on the streets of Moscow although no there are no details as yet regarding who has opened fire or why
- An anti-austerity march against government cuts has been held in London today and was attended by 50,000 people. The protest was calm.
- David Cameron’s office has announced he will be visiting Washington next week to meet President Obama.
- Two prisoners convicted of armed robbery have escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison in West London.
BBC News round:
- Lady Gaga is in London and has been spotted jogging in Hyde Park.
- Cheryl Cole has announced she is pregnant.
- A tweet by Miley Cyrus telling a fan to ‘get a life’ has started a ‘Twitter storm’.
- David Cameron’s office has announced he will be visiting Washington next week to meet President Obama.
- 20 people were killed in 15 different road accidents over the previous weekend.
Testing What I've Learned:
- The angle of a news story is how balanced a story is. For example parties that are more right winged are most likely to get their views shown on television
- Tabloid delivered news is more aimed at making celebrities their main priority whereas broadsheet delivered stories revolve around politics
- An example of a tabloid-style TV news programme would be BBC Three's 60 Seconds because they focus more on things like award shows and music
- An example of a broadsheet-style TV news programme would be BBC World News because they put the news on politics and war at the start of the bulletin
- International news is news that affects the world. National news is news that affects the country. Regional news is news that affects the region. Local news is news that affects the local area
BBC News Election Story:
- This is international news because the news stories that are aired on this show are mainly stories from different countries
- The BBC are paid to be balanced, however, they have recently been accused for being biased over the topic of the General Election of 2015
- This is more of a broadsheet-style news programme because the more important news stories are delivered first
- Almost every age group would watch this news programme because it is run off the audience's taxes. People would watch it because they pay for it
Sky News Election Story:
- This is international news because this is not paid for by the public, therefore they can deliver whatever stories that they choose to deliver
- The Sky News cover of the General Election is more left winged because they are paid to give their own opinions in stories
- This news show is a mix between a tabloid-style coverage and a broadsheet style coverage because the stories are delivered in a random order
- This TV news programme is expected to be watched by all ages starting from 13+ because teenagers need to be informed of what is going on in the country
STV (Scottish) Coverage of The Election Story:
- This TV news programme is national news because it is supporting the country that they are working for, however they cannot bias their news
- This news channel delivers its news on the election neither right-winged nor left-winged. It has to be balanced
- This is a more tabloid-style coverage of the general election because it doesn't take up a big part of their news show
- This TV news show is most likely to be watched by Scottish people in and away from Scotland, hence the title STV news
Channel 4 News Coverage of the Election Story:
- This TV news programme is national news. It's whole franchise works for the United Kingdom
- This is a biased TV news programme
- This has a more broadsheet-style when shown on TV
- This would be watched by an older group of people in England
