In my 3 news bulletins, I was looking at how similar the 3 of them are too each other in terms of running order, presentation, and audience. I found that it is likely for a story to be used in more than one news bulletins, due to the importance of the story. This therefore shows that, if the story is a very big story, then it doesn't matter what type of show it is, it will be on the news.
On the news on BBC Radio 2, the stories included were aimed at older, perhaps more intelligent individuals, as the stories included were to do with the economy and unemployment, as well as a disaster and a tragedy story. This perhaps shows that the audience of the show is of a more intelligent and sophisticated type. On talkSport, the audience of the show was to people who enjoy sport. This is because the opening story was a Football story, and the other stories in the bulletin were a tragedy, conflict, and politics story. However, being a Sports show, there was a 'Sports Update' after the news, which included seven football stories, and one story about Rugby Union. This shows that, although being a Sports show, talkSport sees the importance of including some varied news stories as its audience can be varied, as sports is enjoyed by many people of different ages, cultures etc.
I found that the presentation styles used in the 3 news bulletins are very similar, but there are differences. BBC Radio 2's news bulletin is presented in a very serious way, the news presenter speaks very quickly, and very clearly. The news presenter on talkSport spoke very in a very similar way to the presenter on BBC Radio 2, but he spoke slower, and that reflected the general mood of talkSport as a show. Magic was similar to talkSport but the presenter spoke very quickly. In general, the news is seen as a very serious component of a show, and is obviously also very important.
Saturday, 30 November 2013
Friday, 29 November 2013
Magic
At 6pm on Magic on 13th November 2013, there was a 3 minute news bulletin. There were four news stories in the news bulletin, with the first of them being a story about Typhoon Haiyan, and how charities are struggling to deal with the demand required by the millions of people affected by it. The second story was about the worlds finest diamond being sold for £52 million to an anonymous bidder. The third story was about Toronto's mayor, who is close to losing his job after admitting to smoking crack cocaine while drunk. He denies he is an alcoholic or a drug addict. The fourth and final story was about a 15 year old boy from Brixton who beat cancer earlier in 2013, and about his plans to participate in next years London Marathon.
The news values of these stories are:
Story One - Continuity - Typhoon Haiyan occurred last week, Amplitude - has affected millions of people.
Story Two - Surprise - No-one expected a diamond to be sold for such a big amount of money.
Story Three - Surprise - he is the mayor of Toronto, and more is expected from a man in his position, Scandal - how a mayor could behave like this and still be in a job.
Story Four - Influence - A boy who is still very young to have been through something as difficult as that makes you realise how lucky you are, Balance - it is a very positive news story and makes up for all the negative stories previously as it gives hope to those who are in the position he was once in.
The news values of these stories are:
Story One - Continuity - Typhoon Haiyan occurred last week, Amplitude - has affected millions of people.
Story Two - Surprise - No-one expected a diamond to be sold for such a big amount of money.
Story Three - Surprise - he is the mayor of Toronto, and more is expected from a man in his position, Scandal - how a mayor could behave like this and still be in a job.
Story Four - Influence - A boy who is still very young to have been through something as difficult as that makes you realise how lucky you are, Balance - it is a very positive news story and makes up for all the negative stories previously as it gives hope to those who are in the position he was once in.
Thursday, 28 November 2013
talkSport
At 6pm on talkSport on Wednesday 13th November, there was a 3 minute news bulletin and sports update. There were four news stories in the bulletin, and eight stories in the sports update. The first story of the news bulletin was a football story; FIFA have fined both the Football Association and Polish FA for the crowd trouble at last months World Cup qualifier at Wembley. Polish fans lit numerous flares, and one supporter invaded the pitch. The second story was a tragedy story; an MI6 worker who was found dead in a hole most likely fell in there himself and died as a result of an accident. It was previously thought he might have been murdered. A sound bite of an 'expert in confined spaces' was used, who believed he must have been assisted as he was found in a bag and cant have got in himself. The third story was a conflict story; a Racing pundit has lost his age discrimination tribunal with Channel 4 after he was dropped from scheduling last year. The fourth and final story is a story about Politics; Toronto's under-fire mayor Rob Ford, who recently admitted smoking crack cocaine when he was drunk, has admitted buying illegal drugs. He apologised, but denies being an alcoholic or drug addict.
In the sports update, the first story was a football story; Rene Meulensteen has been appointed as Head Coach of Fulham. This included an archive clip from earlier in the day from Dutch correspondent Marcel Van der kraan who talks about whether Meulensteen has been appointment in the long-term view that he will be the replacement for under-fire manager Martin Jol. The second story was also a football story; Aitor Karanka has been appointed as Middlesborough's new manager. The third story is a football story; Roy Keane said he is not trying to change peoples opinions of him by taking the Republic of Ireland assistant managers job. The fourth story is a football story; Steven Gerrard and Kyle Walker will miss Englands game against Chile through injury. The fifth story is a football story; Wales have called up three more replacement players for their friendly versus Finland. The sixth story is a football story; Uruguay win their first leg in their playoff tie versus Jordan for a place at the World Cup. The seventh story is a football story; Yaya Toure denies claims that he is thinking about leaving Man City. The eighth story is about Rugby Union; Greg Laidler will captain Scotland in their Autumn international versus South Africa.
The news values of these stories are:
News bulletin
Story One - Negativity - people have been fined, Continuity - was already in the pipeline that action might be taken.
Story Two - Continuity - story originally happened in 2010, Conflict - many people disagree on whether he was murdered or not.
Story Three - Continuity - he was sacked last year, Conflict - arguments between two groups of people
Story Four - Surprise - he is the mayor of Toronto, and is a role model and more is expected from him than behaviour like this, Scandal - how a mayor could behave like this and still be in the job he is in.
Sports update
Story One - Immediacy - has recently been appointed in his new job, Surprise - many people did not expect him to be given this job.
Story Two - Immediacy - has recently been appointed in his new job.
Story Three - Conflict - people argue as to what Roy Keane's reasons for taking the Ireland assistant managers job, Continuity - is part of a story that occurred a week before.
Story Four - Surprise - it was not expected that these two players would be injured and would miss the game.
Story Five - Surprise - it was unlikely that Wales would need to call up extra players.
Story Six - Predictability - many people expected Uruguay to win the match against Jordan.
Story Seven - Conflict - Yaya Toure responds to rumours that he wants to leave Man City, and denies it.
Story Eight - Immediacy - only happened recently
In the sports update, the first story was a football story; Rene Meulensteen has been appointed as Head Coach of Fulham. This included an archive clip from earlier in the day from Dutch correspondent Marcel Van der kraan who talks about whether Meulensteen has been appointment in the long-term view that he will be the replacement for under-fire manager Martin Jol. The second story was also a football story; Aitor Karanka has been appointed as Middlesborough's new manager. The third story is a football story; Roy Keane said he is not trying to change peoples opinions of him by taking the Republic of Ireland assistant managers job. The fourth story is a football story; Steven Gerrard and Kyle Walker will miss Englands game against Chile through injury. The fifth story is a football story; Wales have called up three more replacement players for their friendly versus Finland. The sixth story is a football story; Uruguay win their first leg in their playoff tie versus Jordan for a place at the World Cup. The seventh story is a football story; Yaya Toure denies claims that he is thinking about leaving Man City. The eighth story is about Rugby Union; Greg Laidler will captain Scotland in their Autumn international versus South Africa.
The news values of these stories are:
News bulletin
Story One - Negativity - people have been fined, Continuity - was already in the pipeline that action might be taken.
Story Two - Continuity - story originally happened in 2010, Conflict - many people disagree on whether he was murdered or not.
Story Three - Continuity - he was sacked last year, Conflict - arguments between two groups of people
Story Four - Surprise - he is the mayor of Toronto, and is a role model and more is expected from him than behaviour like this, Scandal - how a mayor could behave like this and still be in the job he is in.
Sports update
Story One - Immediacy - has recently been appointed in his new job, Surprise - many people did not expect him to be given this job.
Story Two - Immediacy - has recently been appointed in his new job.
Story Three - Conflict - people argue as to what Roy Keane's reasons for taking the Ireland assistant managers job, Continuity - is part of a story that occurred a week before.
Story Four - Surprise - it was not expected that these two players would be injured and would miss the game.
Story Five - Surprise - it was unlikely that Wales would need to call up extra players.
Story Six - Predictability - many people expected Uruguay to win the match against Jordan.
Story Seven - Conflict - Yaya Toure responds to rumours that he wants to leave Man City, and denies it.
Story Eight - Immediacy - only happened recently
BBC Radio 2
At 6pm on BBC Radio 2 on Wednesday 13th of November, there was a four minute radio bulletin. There were five news stories, the first of them being a story about finance; the Bank of England raising its forecast for growth for the British economy, with it not yet being returned to normality though. The second story was about unemployment; it has fallen again to 2.47 million people, though even working people are still trying to make ends meat. It included a sound bite from the Chancellor George Osborne who explained the positives of these statistics. The third story was a tragedy story; the Child's Minister has criticised the review into the death of a child in Bradford who was starved to death by his mother, and claims it didn't explain why various agencies missed opportunities to help Hamza Khan. It included a sound bite from a child protection consultant who backed these agencies and said they shouldn't be blamed. The fourth story is a disaster story; the Disasters Emergency Committee, which is made up of 14 British Charities has said that there has been an unprecedented response to calls for aid in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan. So far, 13 million has been raised. The fifth and final story was also a disaster story; The owner of a boat which sunk in the river Clyde, killing 3 of its crew, has been fined 1.7 million pounds. This included a pre-recorded outside broadcast of a reporter from the scene talking about the incident that happened in 2007, and how he was expecting to be punished.
The news values of these stories are:
Story One - Familiarity - based in London, Impact - the majority of the population has money in the Bank of England, Immediacy - is breaking news.
Story Two - Immediacy - is breaking news, Amplitude - affects 2.47 million people, Continuity - unemployment has long been an issue.
Story Three - Impact - young child being murdered affects a lot of mothers who care and love for their children., Conflict - disagreement as to who should get the blame for his death, Scandal - people will react negatively towards these agencies as they have been put in a bad light.
Story Four - Amplitude - loads of people donated, loads of people affected, Continuity - part of story about Typhoon Haiyan, Personalisation - shows that there is people in the world who care
Story Five - Predictability - he was expected to be punished, Continuity - this story happened in 2007
The news values of these stories are:
Story One - Familiarity - based in London, Impact - the majority of the population has money in the Bank of England, Immediacy - is breaking news.
Story Two - Immediacy - is breaking news, Amplitude - affects 2.47 million people, Continuity - unemployment has long been an issue.
Story Three - Impact - young child being murdered affects a lot of mothers who care and love for their children., Conflict - disagreement as to who should get the blame for his death, Scandal - people will react negatively towards these agencies as they have been put in a bad light.
Story Four - Amplitude - loads of people donated, loads of people affected, Continuity - part of story about Typhoon Haiyan, Personalisation - shows that there is people in the world who care
Story Five - Predictability - he was expected to be punished, Continuity - this story happened in 2007
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
Introduction to Radio News Bulletins
In the next few posts, I am going to look at 3 different news bulletins from 2 radio stations; BBC Radio 2, talkSport, and Magic. I am going to listen to the news from 6pm on Wednesday 13th November 2013.
While I am listening to the news on the radio, I am going to analyse different aspects of the news, so as to help me understand what is important in making a successful news bulletin, and what is needed to do this. I am going to compare and contrast the different styles of news bulletins, as well as looking at the running order, the facts included, and the news values of each stories. An important thing I will look at is the type of news included in the 3 shows. They are all different style shows, with different audiences, and therefore it will be interesting to see what news stories will be deemed important enough to make it on their news.
Analysing these news bulletins will help me when I come to making my news bulletin for my radio station, as it will help me understand what is needed to in order to make a realistic news bulletin.
While I am listening to the news on the radio, I am going to analyse different aspects of the news, so as to help me understand what is important in making a successful news bulletin, and what is needed to do this. I am going to compare and contrast the different styles of news bulletins, as well as looking at the running order, the facts included, and the news values of each stories. An important thing I will look at is the type of news included in the 3 shows. They are all different style shows, with different audiences, and therefore it will be interesting to see what news stories will be deemed important enough to make it on their news.
Analysing these news bulletins will help me when I come to making my news bulletin for my radio station, as it will help me understand what is needed to in order to make a realistic news bulletin.
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