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I am going to be listening to three different types of national radio stations, in order to find out whether or not the news stories will be related to the type of radio station that they appear on. For instance (news stories about celebrities spoken about on celebrity based radio stations such as Capital). I am also going to see if there are certain stories that appear on all 3 radio stations, regardless on the type of genre. All three radio stations have been broadcasted on the same day and at the same time.  Whilst  listening to the news bulletins I was focusing on the facts within the story (to see if the focus of the stories which were repeated were the same), the news values in each story and the running order of the stories (to see if the stories which were repeated on different stations appeared at the same point in the bulletin).  In addition to listening to three different national radio stations, I am also going to listen to two local radio station news bulletins. Thi

Comparing National and Local News stories  After analyzing both local and national news stories, I have found both similarities and differences between the two I chose both national and local news stories, based on their news values. Moreover, I found that in both national and local news articles, the 5W's are usually found at the start of the story.   Below I have analysed both a National and Local news article, with the 5W's pointed out:  National Local Dominant news values for local news:  Familiarity  Surprise Amplitude Negativity Continuity Scandal  Dominant news values for national news: Surprise Familiarity Amplitude Conflict Elite people Negativity Immediacy  In both National and Local news articles, they share the dominant news values of familiarity, amplitude, surprise and negativity.   For Local news, familiarity is the most important as it focuses on how geographically close it is to

Local News story 10 - Disaster   The link to this news article is below: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/23/dozens-rescued-from-floods-as-severe-uk-weather-continues This news article is about people in Lancashire who were evacuated due to heavy rainfall, causing wise spread flooding and power cuts in North-West England and North Wales  Following up reading the story, I have analyzed and found the 5W's 5W's Who: Firefighters who have rescued more than 70 people from floods  What: Heavy rainfall causing dangerous flooding and power cuts Where: N orth-West England and North Wales When: November 2017 Why: Heavy rainfall These news values dictate the importance of this news story: News values  Familiarity: News story is geographically close to readers Surprise: Big floods in the UK, caused by heavy rainfall doesn't happen that common Continuity: A lot of flooding issues in Lancashire have been mentioned before  Conflict: In

Local News story 9 - Technology  The link to this news story is below: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42096047 This article is from BBC News and is about the Governments distribution of  £190m of funding in order to help the roll-out of ultra-fast broadband across the UK   Following up reading the story, I have analyzed and found the 5W's 5W's  Who: The government  What: The governments aim to offer speeds of up to 1Gbps to households and businesses with "full fibre" broadband   Where: The UK When:  £ 1bn fund was first announced in 2016    Why: In order to help the roll-out of ultra-fast broadband across the UK  These news values dictate the importance of this news story: News values Familiarity: The news story is geographically close to the readers Amplitude: This affects the whole of the UK's population Frequency: The government are often spending very large sums of money that goes into funding certain things Pred

Local News story 8 - Lifestyle The link to this news article is below: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/good-news/seven-seas/brixton-riding-school/ I found this lifestyle article in The Telegraph. The news story talks about children who visit a riding school in London, Brixton and have such joy towards it.  Following up reading the story, I have analyzed and found the 5W's 5W's Who: Children who have been referred due to behaviour issues, difficult home lives or troubles at school  What: Children visit a riding school, and get such joy from being with the horses Where: Ebony Horse Club, Brixton When: June 2016 Why: It is a sanctuary for many children, not just any typical riding school  These news values dictate the importance of this news story: News Values Familiarity: This news story is geographically close to the readers Amplitude: There are many children living in this area, who could rely on this horse riding club to help them wi

Local News story 7 - Sports  The link to this news article is below: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41987183 This article, taken from BBC News, is about a 19 year old girl, called Yasmin Saeed, who is aiming to be the first ever woman to referee in the Premier League.  Following up reading the story, I have analyzed and found the 5W's 5W's Who: Yasmin Saeed What: She is aiming to be the first ever woman to referee in the Premier League  Where: Manchester When: 4 years ago Why: Extreme passion for football These news values dictate the importance of this news story: News values Immediacy: Yasmin was recently assistant referee for England under-15s v Scotland Under-15s at St George's Park  Familiarity: The article is about a football team in England (Manchester United, Crewe Alexandra, Manchester City and Everton) and is therefore geographically close to the readers  Surprise: It is unusual for a girl to become a football referee 

Local news story 6 - Education The link to this news article is below:  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/sats-tests-ban-leeds-headteacher-little-london-primary-school-ridiculous-jill-wood-a7745541.html This news article is about a head teacher at a primary school in Leeds who bans her pupils from having to take SAT's due to her seeing how upset it made them last year Following up reading the story I have  analyzed and found the 5W's 5W's  Who: Headteacher Jill Wood  What: Headteacher has decided not to enter the pupils into taking their SAT's, even if it means putting her job on the line.  Where: Little London primary school Leeds  When: The start of this academic year  Why: She argues she saw too many children crying over the stress and pressure of having to take exams last year These news values dictate the importance of this news story: News Values Immediacy: This story has happend recently, me

Local news story 5 - Politics The link to this news article is below:  https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-divorce-bill-set-to-rise-by-billions-as-theresa-may-prepares-to-make-fresh-offer-ahead-of-eu-a3695411.html This article is taken from the Evening Standard. The news report talks about the pressure Theresa May is facing in order to spell out her hopes in what the country will gain from paying more to the EU. The article also mentions how reports show the UK's Brexit divorce bill is to rise by billions of pounds.  Following up reading the story, I have analyzed and found the 5W's 5W's Who: Theresa May  What: The news report talks about how Theresa May will attempt to reach a consensus over the proposed Brexit offer at a meeting of her cabinet committee on EU strategy later today. The bulletin also states how  Ministers are preparing for a crunch meeting  about whether post-Brexit trade talks with the UK will begin.  Where: Britain

Local News story 4 - Health The link to this news article is below:  http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/15662524.Hospital_healthcare_assistants_awarded_special_certificates/ This article is taken from Stroud News and Journal, which is a weekly paid-for newspaper, based in Stroud, Gloucestershire. The news story talks about a group of 7 health-care assistants from Stroud General and the Vale Community Hospitals,  all who have taken part in a 12-week training and development programme, have been awarded certificates for. These certificates have been awarded for them having demonstrated how they have met each of the 15 Care Certificate Standards.  Following up reading the story, I have analyzed and found the 5W's 5W's Who: 7 health-care assistants What: 7 health-care assistants have been awarded with certificates  Where: Stroud Gloucestershire - Stroud General and Vale Community Hospitals When: Not applicable  Why: For  demonstrating how they

Local News story 3 - Crime The link to this news article is below: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-london-42000482/plaistow-attempted-murder-shooting-caught-on-camera I have taken this news article from BBC News. It talks about polices  £ 20,000 reward for information about the  person responsible for the attempted murder of 32-year-old Haroon Hussain in Plaistow.   Following up reading the story, I have analyzed it and found the 5W's 5W's Who: Two murder suspects shooting a father-of-two before fleeing   What: Police have announced a  £ 20,000 reward for released information following footage of two murder suspects shooting a father-of-two before fleeing Where: Plaistow When: June 2016 Why: Released footage of attempted murder These news values dictate the importance of this news story: News Values  Familiarity: This event happend geographically close to us in London, West Ham Frequency: Shootings/murders are very frequen

Local News story 2 - Business  Here is the link for this news article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-41996335 I found this news article on BBC local news. It is about the  £20m Olympic sized ice arena, which has been planned for Winchester.   Following up this article, I have analyzed and found the 5W's 5W's Who:  Aethos Development Limited - The developers who have done the plan for this business venture What: Winchester is undergoing a  £20m development for an Olympic sized ice arena Where: Winchester When: It will be a 30 year campaign  Why: The Winchester Ice Sports association want to get a rink back on the south coast after the one in Southhampton closed back in 1988 These news values dictate the importance of this news story: News values Immediacy:  The release of this plan to the news has happend recently and therefore the story is 'breaking'  Scandal: This story is likely to provoke moral outrage

Local news story 1 - Entertainment  The link to this article, found in BBC News, is below: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41969191 This article is about a Bristol-based writer and composer, who has won Europe's biggest playwriting competition at the fifth attempt.  Following up reading the story, I have analyzed it and found the 5W's 5W's Who: Timothy X Atack What: Timothy is a writer and composer, living in Bristol, who has won Europe's biggest playwriting competition at his fifth attempt Where: Europe's biggest playwriting competition - Bruntwood  When: 13th November 2017  Why: He wrote a play about a couple to rent a spare room in their appartment to an unusual guest, which judges thought was outstanding and beat o ver 1,897 other entrants  in the competition These news values dictate the importance of this news story: News Value's Immeadiacy: Timothy recieved the Bruntwood prize extremely recently, maki

Local News stories introduction  After having completed the 5W's and News values for 10 national/international news stories, I will now do the same task for 10 local news stories.  Below are the areas I will be extracting my news stories from: 

National/international News story - Disaster  Here is the link to this news article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/14/officials-raise-iran-iraq-earthquake-death-toll-to-at-least-530 This news article states the raised death toll from Sunday's earthquake, on Iran-Iraq's border, to 530 deaths. Iranians officials have released these numbers and the Guardian has stated how this is the deadliest earthquake in the world this year.  I have analysed this report for the 5W's and News values. Below is what I found:  5W's Who: The 530 people who died. What: A powerful magnitude -7.3 earthquake, killing 530 people and injuring thousands more. Where: Northern border region between Iran and Iraq. When: 12th October 2017 Why: The underground rock suddenly broke along a fault.  News Values Amplitude: The earth quake was an extremely big event, involving very large amounts of people. For instance, it killed around 530 people, and