Monday, 5 January 2015

Heart Radio at 10 PM:

Full verbatim of the news bulletin:

1: From globals news room, the owners of a 50 tone car transporter ship which got stuck on the Sand Bank in The Solent say they had to ground it deliberately or it would be capsized it will take several days to re-float the vessel which has 14,000 cars on board.

News Values for story 1^:

Immediacy: The story has happened recently.
Familiarity: The story is geographically close to the reader in the UK.
Amplitude: This story does involve a large number of people because the 14,000 car owners have damaged cars.
Surprise: It is an unusual event for a ship to have sunk.
Negativity: This story is not good news.

2: More than 13,000 people have signed a petition urging Oldham Athletic not to sign Ched Evans. It's understood in an announcement will be made by the club tomorrow.

News Values for story 2^:

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 (13,000 +) who have signed a petition against Ched Evans.
Predictability: We did expect this to happen because it was unlikely Ched Evans would be singed by Oldham Athletic  after being convicted rapist and serving 2.5 years in prison.
Continuity: The story has been defined as news and is part of a long running story.
Conflict: The story does contain conflict between Ched Evans and (13,000 +) 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.  

3: Coastguards have suspended the search for the crew of a cargo ship which overturned off the north east coast of Scotland yesterday. 8 people are missing.

News Values for story 3^:

Immediacy: This story happened the night before it was reported on Hear Radio.
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.

4: Three Britain's have been charged with attempting to smuggle cocaine on a flight from Jamaica to the UK. It is alleged that one of the men from Birmingham had 3 pounds of cocaine on him whilst 2 others allegedly had nearly 8 pounds of the drug in their bags.

News Values for story 4^:

Familiarity: This story is geographically close to the reader as the 3 men smuggled the drugs to the UK.
Frequency: The event of drug smuggling does happen often but the quanitity of drugs is unusual. 
Surprise: This is an unexpected event.
Continuity: The story has been defined as news and is part of an ongoing story.
Conflict: The story does contain drama between the authority and 3 men who smuggled in the cocaine to the UK.
Negativity: The story is bad news as drugs are lethal and illegal.

5: and Prince Andrew has returned to the UK after a skiing holiday in Switzerland. Last night Buckingham Palace issued a second statement denying claims by an American woman that she was forced to have sex with him whilst underage.

News Values for story 5^:

Familiarity: This story is geographically close to the reader in the UK.
Surprise: The story is an unusual one because it's an unlikely event for a member of the royal family to be accused of raping someone.
Continuity: This story is part of an ongoing, long running story.
Conflict: The story contains drama between Prince Andrew and the American woman who is accusing him over rape.
Elite People: There is a well known/ celebrity in this news story which is Prince Andrew.
Negativity: This is bad news as  rape is a crime.
Personalisation: This is a human interest story as the American woman was underage when Prince Andrew "raped" the woman.

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