Monday, 5 January 2015

BBC Radio 2 at 10 PM:

Full verbatim of the news bulletin: 

1: The owners of a huge cargo ship lying stranded in The Solent of the Isle of Wight says she was run aground deliberately to prevent her capsizing. Marine officials say it could take up to a week to re-float The Hoegh Osaka which was carrying nearly 1,500 cars and 25 people when it started listing after leaving Southampton last night. Those onboard were taken to safety.

News Values to do with story 1^:

Immediacy: The story has happened recently as it was reported the day after the night it had happened therefore making it breaking news.
Familiarity: The story is geographically close to the audience in the UK.
Amplitude: This story is a big event because 25 people were at risk of drowning although they were taken to safety and the people/person who own the 1,500 cars are most likely damaged.
Frequency: Recently another boat has sunk but this is a rare event to happen.
Surprise: This is an unexpected event.
Negativity: This is bad news.

2: The 8 crew members of the cargo ship which has sunk of the north east coast of Scotland are presumed to have died. The Cypriote registered Fraser, the cargo ship was spotted in trouble in Peatland Firth near Orkney, yesterday, the search has been called off tonight.

News Values to do with story 2^: 

Immediacy: This story happened the night before it was reported on BBC Radio 2. 
Familiarity: The story is geographically close to the reader in the UK. 
Surprise: This is an unexpected event which is breaking news.
Negativity: This story is bad news as 8 crew members are presumed to have died.

3: More than 16,000 people have signed a petition urging Oldham Athletic not to sign the convicted rapist Ched Evans. The player who's 26 was released from prison in October after serving half of a 5 year sentence. He's always protested his innocence. He's understood the legal and football club have held talks about giving Evans a contract.

News Values to do with story 3^:

Familiarity: The story is geographically close to the reader as Ched Evans was part of Sheffield United which is an English football group.
Amplitude: This is a big event which involves a large number of people (16,000) who have signed a petition against Ched Evans.
Predictability: We did expect this to happen because it was unlikely Ched Evans would be signed by Oldham Athletic after being a convicted rapist and serving 2.5 years in prison.
Continuity: The story has been defined as new and is part of a long running story.
Conflict: The story does contain conflict between Ched Evans and the 16,000 people who signed the petition. 
Elite People: The story does contain elite people being Ched Evans.
Personalisation: The story is a human interest story as a teenager was raped by an adult man.
Scandal: The story has provoked moral outrage from the audience because a majority of the public are urging Oldham Athletic not to sign the convicted rapist.

4: Egypt says archeologists have unearthed the tomb of a previous unknown queen dating back to the Fifth Dynasty of the pharos. The tomb was located by Czech archeologists in an Acropolis south west of Cairo as Warren Bull reports "Egypt antiques minister Mamdouh Danasty, said the tomb was discovered in Abu-Sir which served as a cemetery for the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis. Inside the tomb he says was inscribed the name of the woman, Khentakawess, she's believed to be either the wife or mother of Pharo who reigned around four and a half thousand years ago. The Czech archeologist also found around 30 utensils made of limestone and copper. They say the discover would "help shed light on certain unknown aspects of the Fifth Dynasty, which along with the Fourth Dynasty, witnessed the construction of the first pyramids.

News Values to do with story 4^:

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