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.