Planning a TV news running order

1) Name the TV news programme you created a running order for in this morning's lesson.
    BBC3 60 second news
2) List the five stories you chose and explain why you chose each one.
   Top story- Buckingham palace  has announced prince Harrys engagement.
   Second story- David Cameron will be visiting president Obama.
   Third story- lady Gaga has been spotted jogging in Hyde park.
   Fourth story- A tweetby Miley Cyrus telling a fan to  'get a life' has started a 'Twitter storm'.
   Fifth story- Two prisoners convicted of armed robbery have escaped from Wormwood scrubs prison in West                          London.
3) Use the Uses and Gratifications theory to explain why ONE of the stories appeals to the target audience for       that programme.
    The story about the 2 prisoners convicted of armed robbery escaping would have the category of surveillance     because all tv news is about informing the public and that is what they are doing here.

4) Now choose one of the other TV news programmes we have focused on and choose a five-story running order for that programme. The four TV news progammes are:

• Channel 4 News
• BBC News at Six
• BBC3 60 Second News
• BBC Newsround

   
     Im going to make a running order for BBC Newsround:
     1)lady Gaga is in London and has been spotted jogging in Hyde Park.
     2)Cheryl Cole has announced she in pregnant.
     3)David Cameron's office has been announced he will be visiting Washington next week to meet
        President Obama.
     4)A tweet by Miley Cyrus telling a fan to 'get a life' has started a 'Twitter storm'
     5) A new series of BBC drama Sherlock achieved record viewing figures last night.
     
   

     The available stories are:

• A tweet by Miley Cyrus telling a fan to ‘get a life’ has started a ‘Twitter storm’.
• Israel has shelled a residential area of Gaza killing around 25 civilians.
• Gunfire has been reported on the streets of Moscow although no there are no details as yet regarding who has opened fire or why.
• A well-known politician has been named on Twitter as being investigated by police for fraud.
• Cheryl Cole has announced she is pregnant.
• David Cameron’s office has announced he will be visiting Washington next week to meet President Obama.
• An anti-austerity march against government cuts has been held in London today and was attended by 50,000 people. The protest was calm.
• A new series of BBC drama Sherlock achieved record viewing figures last night.
• Lady Gaga is in London and has been spotted jogging in Hyde Park.
• A woman has been convicted of murdering her husband. He was a wealthy banker and she a stay-at-home mum.
• Two prisoners convicted of armed robbery have escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison in West London.
• 20 people were killed in 15 different road accidents over the previous weekend.

5) Explain why those stories fit the target audience for the programme you have chosen.

    I think that the 1st 2nd 4th and 5th fit really well because they have a target audience from 6 year olds to 
    12 year olds and i think that they would rather see those things then see news about someone breaking out       of prison. The reason i put the third story in is because its got nothing to do with the police, politics and
    other things like those.

Representation and bias

Watch this Sky News report from the London riots in 2011 and answer the questions below:

1) Whose perspective have Sky News used to present the story?
    This news story is being presented in perspective of the police. 2) How are the police represented in this coverage?
    The police are seen as the protagonist is this because sky news dont talk about how the riots started in              Tottenham. They mainly talk about the damage the riots have cause and the injuries to the 8 men.3) How are young people represented in this coverage?
    The young people are shown as the antagonist in this coverage because sky news are showing them as the
    reckless ones that have no reason to be protesting against the police.
4) What images and videos are selected by Sky News to accompany the story?
    the only videos shown were of the young people assaulting the police officers and the chaos caused by the         people they dont ever show the police touching any one the rioters.
5) What choice of words is used to present this news event?
    one of the main words they used to describe what had happen is crime scene and evidence. This makes them
    look like they are committing a crime without reason making them look more threatening.
6) What aspect of the story is chosen as the most important detail and included at the very beginning of the 
    report?
    The part where the eight police men have been injured and are in hospital.
7) How is narrative used to engage the audience with this news story?
   the way they have used narrative to engage the audience is they were showing it live so it keeps them              viewing to see what else is going to be shown later on in the coverage.
8) How can we apply Todorov’s equilibrium theory to this coverage?
    there was no equilibrium in this only a disequilibrium because of the riots. i dont think there was a new           equilibrium because nothing was shown afetr it was juss the damage left after and some fire fighters trying     to take out the fires.9) What examples of Propp’s character types can we find in this coverage? Are there heroes and villains?

    sky news have made it out like the hero of this whole thing are the police and the villains are the rioters   
    because of how they only talk about the police men being injured and nothing about the rioters or if they  
   have been hurt they only talk about the causing chaos.

10) How might citizen journalism have been used to provide a different angle on this story?

    citizen journalism could of been used on the rioters side of the story to show that they were maybe                   protesting and they police tried to stop them by maybe hurting someone which turned into a riot. so citizen       journalism is used to show the whole story of something that the gatekeeper might not of wanted on tv but 

    someone has recorded something and maybe put it up.

BBC Newsround

1) Watch yesterday's Newsround on BBC iPlayer (it's on the CBBC channel) plus the YouTube clips here:

 

 

2) How does Newsround use the key conventions of TV news?
    news round have a variety of of key conventions like live on location broadcasts, voice over, costumes etc .A     example of this is the type of clothes the presenters wear. they wear casual clothes like jeans and a shirt         which arent as formal like bbc news at six because of the type of audience news round is aimed at 
3) Who are the presenters for BBC Newsround? Why do Newsround have a variety of presenters?
     Leah Boleto (2009-present)
     Ricky Boleto (2008-present)
     Martin Dougan (2013-present)
     Hayley Hassall (2009-present)
     Jenny Lawrence (2013-present)
     Ayshah Tull (2013-present)the reason they use all different presenters is to show balance between everyone.

5) What does the studio look like? How is technology used in programme?
    the studio uses most of the colours used in channel 4 news but the technology they use are things like tablets     to find the questions that some people have asked so they use other peoples questions like the boy in the           school that was interviewing other kids.
6) What is the opening sequence to Newsround? Does it fit the key conventions of TV news?
    the opening sequence to news round shows some of the news stories theyre going to be showing on the             show.some of the key conventions they use in the opening are voice over and location interview 

7) How does Newsround typically present a news story? (E.g. presenter to camera, reporter on location,               interviews, graphics, images, video etc.)
    they would normally have the presenter speaking to the camera if they cant have a location interview or           reporting a location but normally they would do those two the most 

8) Who is the target audience for Newsround? You may want to research this online.
    the target audience of news round are aimed for 6-12 and they do this by getting children onto the shown 

9) Is there an opportunity for the audience to get involved in the programme? Do young people feature in the news programme at all?
young people do feature on the show alot because its trying to contaminate to the kids so they try to get the kids onto the show.

10) What news stories are covered in the broadcasts you have watched? List ALL the stories that are covered 
    1.kids struggle in school because they sleep late and then think energy drinks can help keep them awake.
    2.your class room helsp you work better.
    3.prince Harry is helping Australia's armed forces.
    4.dog walks again with high tech help.
    5.dont feed the ducks any left out bread because its not helping them.
    6. worlds largest easter egg
    7.lastly they show in the background the programme 'The Voice'
     

Case study 3: news stories covering start of General Election campaign 2015

1) What is the angle of a news story? Give an example to explain your answer.

    a news angle in the perspective that the news provider takes on a certain event.

2) What is the difference between tabloid and broadsheet news coverage?

    the difference between the two type are the tabloid dont take news as serious and they are mainly talking       about celebrates. where as broadsheet talk about politics and more important and formal news.
3) What would be an example of a tabloid-style TV news programme?

    sky news4) What would be an example of a broadsheet-style TV news programme?

    bbc news5) What is the difference between international, national, regional and local news coverage?

    international news is world news.

    national news for us is in the UK.

    regional news is London/Yorkshire and Scotland.

    local news would be around London,Leeds and Edinburgh

Answer the questions on the election coverage clips...
BBC News election story - via YouTube
1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?

    this would be national news
2) What angle does the report take on the story?

    the story takes a UK angle (David Cameron or Ed Miliband)
3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage?

    this is more broadcast style.
4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?

    people that are more likely to vote Labour or Conservatives 
Sky News election story not available online - use your notes
1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?

    national
2) What angle does the report take on the story?

    the angle for this is slightly more David Cameron (no Labour votes)
3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage?

    This is a tabloid style.

4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?

    mainly people that are with the Conservatives would want to watch this because theyre voting for him      v       because they want to see what he has to say.

STV (Scottish) coverage of the election story
1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?

    national because its to do with Scotland who are apart of the UK 
2) What angle does the report take on the story?

    the angle for this one is more to do with Scotland 
3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage?

    this would be a 50 50 because its formal and its also not at times.
4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?
people that are living in Scotland because they're going to be voting for their area so they want to here about the election. 
Channel 4 News coverage of the election story.
1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?
    regional2) What angle does the report take on the story?
    they talk mainly about labour,conservatives and ukip but i think it was more towards David Cameron                 because they also talked about him saying bad things about Ed Millaband 3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage?
    boradsheet
4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?
    people that are going to be ether voting for Labour or conservatives