Monday, 17 March 2014

Pre production task 5



This is the plan of the stories we would include within the bbc news bulletin.

BBC news bulletin


BBC News Bulletin Script

BBC Newsbeat with Charlotte and Beth

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The Malaysian plane holding 239 people including the crew still remains a mystery as to where it is after the plane vanished from the radar almost 3 days ago.

The plane was en route to Bejing from Kuala Lumpur and last made contact with civilian air traffic control off the country's east coast, a military source told Reuters.

"It changed course after Kota Bharu and took a lower altitude. It made it into the Malacca Strait," the military official, who has been briefed on investigations, told Reuters.

Police had earlier said they were investigating whether any passengers or crew on the plane had personal or psychological problems that might explain its disappearance, along with the possibility of a hijack, sabotage or mechanical failure.

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Labour commits to fund a "jobs guarantee" for the long-term unemployed for the whole of the next parliament, if it wins the election.

Labours General Election manifesto includes the jobs guarantee that they want to provide for 18 to 24 year olds. The scheme will offer jobs lasting six months paid by the tax payers.

If Labour come in to power after the election the jobs guarantee will last for the whole of next parliament from 2015 – 2020.

The initiative will also apply to adults aged 25 or over claiming Jobseeker's Allowance for two years or more.

 

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Kelly Gallagher is ‘delighted to be Britain’s first ever Winter Paralympic gold.

County Down skier Kelly Gallagher has said she was "delighted" to win Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold with victory in the visually impaired super-G in Sochi.

Kelly and her guide Charlotte Evans, clocked one minute 28.72 seconds on the Rosa Khutor course.

She said she was worried after a poor practice run a few days earlier.

We spoke to her about the event.

GOTO AUDIO NAME: Kelly Gallagher

OUT WORDS: Without her help

DURATION: approx. 20 seconds

"We really worked hard to get ourselves motivated again and excited and to try and have some fun today," she said.

"It was pretty bumpy and then coming down in the middle of it, Charlotte was telling me to get in attack and I wasn't listening to her.

"It definitely shows how much I need to rely on Charlotte and how amazing that she's been to guide me to gold because I wouldn't have been able to do it without her help."

She started skiing for the first time when she was 17 and began working with Charlotte Evans in late 2010.

After her win, the young athlete has little time to enjoy her win, with three more events to come at the Sochi Paralympic Winter Games, her attention is already focused on her next race.

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Hottest Day so far

Yesterday parts of Britain enjoyed high temperatures of 20.8 degrees in places such as Kent. Brighton beach was the destination of choice for most people and enjoyed the day in the sun.

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300 Sequel slays competition

The sequel to 2006 hit 300 has thrashed competitors at the box office this weekend.

$45.1m (£27m) was made in the US and Canada at the weekend and $87.8m (£52.6m) worldwide.

The film has not made as much as the first film but it has done significantly better than expected.

Set in Ancient Greece, it depicts a bloody sea battle between Greeks and Persians.

Outside North America the film was also top in Brazil, Russia, Mexico, Germany, Spain, Italy and the UK.

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Route 94 at Number 1

London based DJ gets to number 1 with party track ‘My Love’ this week on The UK top 40 biggest hits. For this being his first number 1 we asked him about how he celebrated.

GOTO AUDIO NAME: Route 94 Celebration

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DURATION: approx. 10 seconds

 

Pharrell Williams lost his top spot with Happy to the newcomer.

 

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We’ll be back again in an hour with more

 

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Monday, 10 March 2014

Monday, 3 March 2014

News Value


News Values

News values are a scoring system that media producers use. Galtung and Ruge 1965 analysed international news stories to find out what things they had in common, this then helped them rate the stories to see which story would rate higher and would make the lead or front page story. Every media organisation has its own news values based on what their target audience expect. There are many types of news values which are different in many ways from one another.

Negativity

Negativity is an example of a news value. This value is based around bad news such as things involving death, violence, damage or even natural disaster etc. they are always rated above positive stories due to the fact people feel emotion when something bad has happened and also shows the shock factor within the story. Bad stories sell better than positive ones due to it seeming more interesting and people can get more information out of it on what is happening. Examples of negativity stories that are in the news lately are the Amanda Knox story about the killing of the young girl in Italy. Another is the well-known actor Phillip Hoffman sadly passing away after his addiction to drugs, also the floods in the South of England is negative due to many homes being damaged.

Proximity

Proximity is stories that are about the closeness to the audience’s home. Audiences relate more to stories that are geographically close or someone from their own country. This is because it feels more locally known to the audience. For example the Olympics made Brits felt proud of the place they lived in. Another for the North East is the Tyneside Derby with Sunderland beating Newcastle 3 nil.

Recency

Recency is about trying to break the news first. This is too show that they are keeping the public updated with anything that is new that is happening. Newspapers are very competitive about breaking news first. For example Phillip Hoffman dying, this story made it straight into the news and was reported every time something new was found out. Another example is when the TV programmes were stopped on ITV to broadcast live to David Cameron becoming Primeminster.

Currency

Currency is the opposite of Recency. This is where stories have been in the public eye for a long time and come across as valuable. An example for this is the Madeline McCann story as new things keep showing up about sightings and also more appeals appear to find her.

Uniqueness

This is stories that come across unusual or unique. Its stories that are very rare, these stories don’t appear in the news a lot but when they do they are big stories. For example in the papers today (1/3/14) a man has had his leg sown on to his arm to keep the blood supply flowing well enough. Another example is the paper weekly world news where they included fake stories about big celebrities.

Simplicity

These are stories that are easy to explain and get the message straight across, such as a cat stuck up a tree. These stories are preferred over stories that are not such as conflicts or debates. An example of this is the the Oscars. The Oscars are well known and people know it’s for celebrities to collect awards for their talent.

Personality

Personality is stories that are centred on a particular person due to humans enjoying reading about them and what they have been up to. For example Miley Cyrus is in the human eye a lot due to the crazy things she does, a story of this is her video of wreaking ball being very different due to her having no clothes on. However some people say that this news value is bad and newspapers overate celebrities for what they are and what they do, however I think it is entertainment for the public eyes.

Expectedness

This is how expected a story is due to people knowing what these types of things are like due to hearing or experiencing them before. For example the Newcastle V Sunderland Derby, people expected trouble and that is what it exactly happened.

Elite Nations or people

These are stories that are based from other parts of the world. It is about nations that are classed as important in the British eye, for example the Russia invading Ukraine is a big story in the British eye due to it may having an effect on us.

Exclusivity

Exclusivity is a big factor for news organisations e.g. Newspapers and websites. If a news organisation is the first to break on a story they will rate that very highly due to the public like knowing things as soon as they happen.  For example when the photos of Prince Harry were posted the other newspapers that then got them from that newspaper had to quote in the story about that organisation publishing them which would come across as advertising that organisation.

Size

The bigger the story the more impact it has as it will affect more people and also the more money or resources it affects the higher the value it is. For example the Russia and Ukraine fight is a big story due to the amount of people it will affect due to it may going to a war. This is why size matters.

Task 4 local radio preproduction


This is mine and charlottes work to plan are news bulletin. We included a variety of stories such as hard news and entertainment, and also a few soundbites. we also included news values.

Local news broadcast script


Local news broadcast

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Savile victims ignored

An NSPCC report has found that many of Jimmy Savile’s Victims were ignored, laughed at or dismissed when first confiding in others shortly after being abused.

Some even told victims that they should feel ‘lucky’ that the late DJ has showed interest and be grateful for the attention.

A number of victims who were in hospital when they were abused told staff at the time but were not taken seriously.

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The report found that Savile’s abuse caused massive repercussions throughout victim’s lives such as mental health problems, substance abuse and suicidal thoughts.

Nine year old recalls beer bottle attack

Nine year old Abbie recalls the beer bottle attack. Abbie Keers from East Stanley in County Durham was sitting in the front passenger seat of her grandmother’s car when a beer bottle was thrown through the window. She had to have emergency surgery to remove the glass from her face.

Abbie spoke to us about what happened:

GOTO AUDIO NAME: Abbie Recalls

OUT WORDS: than glass breaking

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Her grandmother said she is doing really well. Police are yet to make an arrest.

 

Five year old girl returns home after life changing op

 

Five year old Lily Ketteringham, from Benton, North Tyneside, was greeted at Newcastle Airport by her family after a month in America.

 

Lily, who was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy when she was nine months old, went to St Louis Children’s Hospital in Missouri, America, to have life changing Pioneering surgery to help her walk.

 

Doctors are hopeful that she will be able to walk unaided in the future.

 

Queen of twerking

Miley Cyrus is back at it again, but this time with another celebrity!

Miley was caught kissing ‘California girl’ singer Katy Perry last night at Miley’s Bangerz tour in the Staples Centre, Los Angeles.

The tour started last week which includes some crazy props such as a tongue slide. Miley also quoted after kissing Katy perry “I just kissed a girl and I liked it” in front of thousands of fans.

Newcastle vs Aston Villa

In sports news, Newcastle fans are delighted with their 1 – 0 victory at home against Aston Villa. Loic Remy was back for his first game since suspension and scored an excellent goal in the 92nd minute with only 3 minutes extra time added.

We asked dedicated fan Kristian Ross on what he thought of the win.

GOTO AUDIO NAME: Fans thoughts on game

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And Finally the weather for today is dry and partly cloudy with a high of 10 degree’s to show that spring is on its way.