Introduction to News

Part 1

09:00 - 10:00 BBC News  09/03/2015

Twenty-four hours a day, the latest national and international stories as they break.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbcnews?rewindTo=current

Start sequence

Typical start sequence with the BBC theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY4IpgQWzzw

News stories

·         Free schools: David Cameron pledges 500 more by 2020  (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-31791485)

·         Tristram hunt MP comments on this

·         Former Senior Policeman Dal Babu Slams UK's Anti-Radicalisation Strategy For 'Spying' On Muslims.  (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31792238)

·         Warning over young diabetics' health (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31766645)

·         Crufts dog poisoned

·         Toddler rescue

·         Solar plane

·         Euro zone plan flawed Woodford

Side stories

Between stories one and two are stating that.

·         Ed Balls: Conservatives planning extreme spending cuts (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-31790067).

·         Ed Miliband linked to Scottish national party say Tories.

Part 2

Presenters

Carol walker

Simon McCoy

Are the presenters of the BBC news.

Norman Smith commenting on the Ed Ball story.

a TV news reporters job  is to deliver stories that are of interest to the show's viewers. TV reporting jobs are extremely competitive; the reporters who understand how to present relevant stories that interest and inform viewers have the best chance of getting hired. TV reporters find and investigate news in their community as well as write and deliver compelling news stories. There are usually given a script and are given instructions from a director and crew through an ear piece. News reporters are usual male and females between the age of 20 upwards they usually are chosen for a reason. The presents usually talk in a way in which they are drawing in the audience. The tone of the presenter’s voice is usually friendly but sometimes can be firm. The dress is usually smart but casual these are all done for a comfortable friendly feeling to the programme as the new is daily and it’s aimed at putting across truthful news in a n effective manner. The news reporter are directed on how to link stories through both the moving images played in-between and during and on how they comment and speak about what’s coming next to try and make a seamless feeling to the show .

Part 3

•             The term news ordering is used to describe the way in which news order is decided by a number of contributing factors which include; audience, breaking news story, topic and length. They are then put into a running order which is then used to create the auto queue but this order is flexible if a breaking story comes in they will change the order and remove and add things in.the most relevant and most news worth is likely to be shown first as this gives a hard hitting story to draw in and  also is usually take if a breaking story comes in The most likely story to be shown first is breaking news or news that is the biggest or most relevant for the audiences.it is usually selected by the director of the news and is a predicted story unless something come in short notice. the other stories appear in relevance and usually there is a happy piece of new placed at the end to end on a good note. but this depends on different .the ability to think quick and have a lot of staff helps with the smooth running off current and up to date news with stories coming in minuets before the news is about to be broadcast this would be on a fast news day but the other end of the scale is a slow news day in which you get minimal stories and have the usual stories that are run of the mill so you have to be on the look out for new up to date stories .Sometimes called tail-enders, closing stories are almost as important as lead stories. They are the last stories your listeners will hear and remember from the bulletin. You need to choose them carefully. However, because many listeners do not maintain their attention throughout the whole bulletin.

Part 4 (using the old broadcast about the Chowles)

 Government certainly suggests that the intrest rate cut will nothing yet to help home owners with mortgage repayments.

This story is about the number of people getting their homes repossessed for not meeting there repayments doubled last year according to a report that has been published by council of mortgage lenders. There are two main characters with in this story who are pier Chowles and his wife Christina and a sub character of their baby. They are represented in a way which displays them as victims of the system. They are also show to be normal working class people, who are first time buyers and parents. This story is used in this way to connect to a wide audience of the time it was broadcast. The story is displayed in a way in which you are supposed to feel empathy to the couple and feel like they are the same as you and its affecting you. The news story was narrativised throughout to help the audience connect and follow the story in a chronological order which is they purchased a one bedroom house for £57,000 on 100% mortgage, shortly after this --- lost his job as a factory worker to ill health. The family soon got behind on their mortgage repayments now they owe the building society more than £6000 pounds and their home is due to repossessed. They have another baby on the way. The new interest rate could have helped them but it’s too late the local council only have bed and breakfast available.

Part 5 (using a broadcast you have found)
The broadcast found was a BBC live broadcast that was Ed Balls speaking about how Labour will try and change all the Torrie governments mistakes with the economy and so on. Ed Balls wasnt really represented in any particular light, he was just standing in front of a room full of reporters going on about how he's going to fix the economy and how his party would make this happen. There was not much, if at all of a narrative or story to it, it was just a standard press conference. Had their been a narrative it may have made people who were totally in the know with politics confused. This is similar with the story aspect, it was just Ed Balls standing in front of various reporters and news cameras talking about the economy and so on and so forth.  

Part 6 (using  mediaknowall)
The act of being biased is, in basic terms, is being swayed towards a certain viewpoint or way of thinking through a number of different techniques such as through selection, order and placement, wording of a headline, camera angles, use of captions and overall choice of words."The Sun" is a mainly conservative newspaper, so they will report anything that makes the Tories look good & cast doubt or negative light on their competitors, such as Labour or the Lib Dems. This kind of selection/ omission bias can occur anywhere , but happens most frequently and noticeably in newspapers.

Bias within placement is a measure on how important the editor considers the story, placement of headlines is key because it is the most important part of a newspaper and the part that everyone reads before they purchase the newspaper is has to be the biggest story that is most relevant to the public interest. An example of this is today's news:

This shows that what the news believes is of the highest importance of the British public interest is politics, However the headlines the key mechanism to attract the people and the fact that it is placed on the front, directly addresses the audience and show the significant importance.the key attraction for the eye is the larger image and bold larger type.

Bias by headline: Headlines are the must-read part of a newspaper because they are often printed in large and bold fonts. Headlines can be misleading: conveying excitement when the story is not exciting; expressing approval or disapproval. 

Bias by captions, and camera angles: Pictures can make a person look good, bad, sick, silly, etc. Which photos a newspaper chooses to run can heavily influence the public's perception of a person or event. On TV, images, captions, and narration of a TV anchor or reporter can be sources of bias.

Names and captions can also be subject to bias. continuing on with my political examples, if the media wanted to make an interviewee seem very important they may include their title such as "Dr Steve brown". The caption may also be used in such a way, for example it may read "Dr Steve Brown, nyrological activity expert" instead of just simplifying it to say "Brain expert" while they both mean the same thing, the first, longer caption seems far more impressive

Bias by choice of words: People can be influenced by the use of positive or negative words with a certain connotation. People can also be influenced by the tone that a newscaster uses when saying certain words.

About 40 people were treated by paramedics for breathing problems following a chemical leak at a holiday park swimming pool.

Emergency services were called to Wild Duck Holiday Park in Belton near Great Yarmouth in Norfolk at 14:35 BST.

Police said the entertainment complex was evacuated but the pool was declared safe at about 17:30 BST.

Norfolk Fire Service said vehicles including an environmental protection unit dealt with a chlorine leak.