Saturday, 4 October 2014

National News Analysis 9 - Crime:

This article is about a deaf girl from Pakistan kept as a slave for 9 years by a millionaire couple from Salford.



5 W's:

Who: Deaf girl.
What: The deaf girl is to receive £100,000 in compensation.
When: October.
Where: Manchester.
Why: Because she was kept as a slave and that is newsworthy as it is unusual.

News Values:

Familiarity: Yes the story is geographically close to us as it happened in Manchester.
Surprise: It's an unexpected event because it is a very unusual story.
Continuity: This story has already been defined as news but this is an ongoing story.
Personalisation: It is a human interest story because this girl was held as a prisoner.

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