Who - Jane Tomlinson
What - More than 6000 runners ran the inaugural Yorkshire Marathon that was set up by Jane Tomlinson's charity 'Run For All' in her memory, after she died of cancer in 2007
Where - York and North Yorkshire
When - Sunday 19th October
Why - To support the 'Run For All' charity, and to remember Jane Tomlinson.
This is a Local News Story because it happened in York and North Yorkshire, and did not effect anyone outside. This story has the news value 'Immediacy', as it only occurred yesterday, on the 19th October 2013, and could be considered as breaking news seeing as the marathon was set up in memory of Jane Tomlinson, a woman who died of cancer in 2007. This story has 'Amplitude', as more than 6000 runners took part in the race. This story has 'Impact', as cancer is likely to effect someone we know well, and therefore an event like this shows compassion and support from people who didn't even know Jane Tomlinson. This story has 'Personalisation', as it is a human interest story, seeing as so many people ran for charity in memory of Jane Tomlinson. This story has the news value 'Balance', as it is a feel good story to show that there are wonderful people in the world, and therefore could be used to Balance other negative stories.
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