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