An Introduction to the news

Part 1

ITV central news 4:00pm 14/6/15

Eleanor Hawkins apologies for stripping on a Malaysian mountain. She was an engineering student. Ten of the students stripped. And the Malaysian public believed it caused an earthquake that killed 18 people. They were put in a Malaysian jail cell for 3 days.

17 year old Talha Ashmal is believed to be the youngest suicide bomber from Britain. His family were devastated and heartbroken. He attacked security near an oil refinery in Syria.

Information about British agents have fallen into the hands of people in other countries. Edward Snowden is believed to be behind this. Russia and China decoded information by the whistleblower. No one from M.I.6 has been personally harmed.

Rolf Harris who was arrested earlier in the year for molestation charges has written a letter to his victims he sexually assaulted. He says that they are money grabbing and how he will be out soon.

Two 12 year olds ran away together.

Animals are loose on the streets of Georgia because of flash flood. Tigers, bears, hippos etc have escaped.

England are going against Svynia in a friendly. England have won all five of their matches so far.

After seven months of sleep a probe which is stuck on a comet millions of miles away has woken up. Because of the sun.

The introduction to the news showed the big headlines. Specifically Eleanor Hawkins and the flood in Georgia. This was to get audience attention and draw them into the programe as it did not go into full detail. So it left the audience wanting more.



Part 2



The newsreaders in Behind T.V news are Jo Malin who is a female and Rob Walman who is a male.

The newsreaders have to appear like they are in complete command. They are the voice to the public. They have to give the impression that they are not being told what to do and that it is all natural.

The newsreaders always have to be alert. They have an ear piece in their ear where the producer, director, ba and the technical supervisor are all talking to the presenters if there are any updates or changes, which is very stressful.

Part 3

Galtung and Ruge devised the factors which would make news stories relevant. They came up with a list of news values.

• Negativity
• Proximity
• Regency
• Currency
• Continuity 
• Uniqueness 
• Simplicity
• Personality 
• Predictably 
• Elite nations or people 
• Exclusivity 
• Size

When you order the news you are compiling a list of what has happened. You then put it in an order that is appealing and keeps the audience members attention.

The term given to the list of stories is called the running order.
The story that is first is called the lead story. This is often a big event that has happened locally or globally. It is used to gain audience interest instantly. If you start the news off with a less interesting story people will change channel.

The other stories are ordered in interest. However they aim for a mix of stories. So you get a mix of sad and happy stories throughout the entire broadcast.

When on the news you have to think quickly as anything can happen. And you have to be ready to change the story you are about to do.

A slow news day is when hardly anything has happened and the stories may be a little lackluster then usual.

The last story of the news is called "And finally". This story is usually a lighthearted story which will make the viewer feel good. Especially if the majority of stories have been downbeat.

News values determine what story will be more prominent in the news broadcast. And what audiences would be attracted to. It is essentially what is newsworthy. G & R makes sure that news stories are relevant and pitchers don't blabber on.

For example if you wanted to Frequency you could talk about Syria. Or if you wanted to do Proximity you could mention how chemical leaked into a pool in Belton. Anything that is going to gain attention to the viewer.


Part 4

An example of bias through selection and omission could be if there is an article like "African American assaulted in a hate crime". However the journalist will find a way to blame the victim for provoking the attacker. The journalist is trying to get some kind of a reaction from the reader.

An example of bias through placement is if Taylor Swift is say on the front page of a newspaper with a story like "Taylor Swift wins two grammies". However a more important story like "Conflict in Syria is at its worst". This story will be on something like page 10. It's essentially a journalist or a newswriter manipulating someone to read or tune in because someone who is famous is on the front page of a newspaper. As if they put an article about Syria on the front page people are less likely to pick it up.

The article of Taylor Swift will more likely be on the front page then the article about Syria. 

 If someone was bias through headlines they'd put something like an article in the daily express "Bombers are all spongeing Asylum seekers". This paints a bad image of Asylum seekers and it shows that the newspaper is extremely one sided and extremely right wing. The journalist is using his or her own views to make a normal people look like a stereotype. The bold headline with capital letters will grab someones attention really quickly and make them believe it. 

With Bias through a picture you could use any picture of someone to paint a bad picture of them. Even if it's not related as it will gain attention.For example if they wanted to write an article negatively like "Ed Milliband has stepped back from being the Labour leader". They would use a picture like this.

Even if it has nothing to do with the article the picture emphasizes the negativity in the article towards the subject showing him or her in a  demeaning way. 

Bias through names and captions is often used to paint a picture of someone. For example you could paint someone like "British hero comes home a War hero". Or "Terrorist kills War hero". With names and captions you can easily make someone look like a good person or bad person. Even if it isn't true. Sometimes newspapers refer terrorists to Muslim's and supporters of Islam when Muslim's and supporters of Islam weren't even involved. However the journalist wants to over simplify it for the readers even if that provokes a negative reaction.

Bias through use of language is quite common. People can be influenced easily by this. Especially with the tone of how it is written. Something like "All water produced in Yorkshire is bad for you because it will give you vicious headaches" will influence people even more as it is outright saying to the reader not to drink the water. And the way the sentence has been phrased emphasizes it more.