I will be researching a large number of exiting news stories, I am going to look into how the news is presented in newspapers, and on TV and online news stories.
the best way to define news stories is to describe them into the form of the'5Ws' used by journalists as a formula for getting the full story.
Who is it about?
What happened?
Where did it take place?
When did it take place?
Why did it happen?
How did it happen (this information come later in the story)
News value
Not only will I be looking at news stories, but I am going to be researching news values as well. News values are the important or intrest value of an event, they are the factors that influence whether a story will be picked for coverage.
News values that I will be looking at are
Familiarity: Is it5 culturally or geographically close to us in London/Britain/Europe/ the USA?
Amplitude: Is it a big event or one which involves large number of people?
Frequency: Does the even happen often?
Impact: Can we identify with the story as having a profound effect on our own lives? does the story contain elements that would make us feel threatened?
Predictability: Did we expect it to happen?
Surprise: Is it an unusual or unexpected event?
Continuity: has this story already been defined as news? is it part of an on-going or long-running story?
Conflict: Does the story contain drama in describing disagreement, argument, fights or battles between two or more people/organisations?
Elite people: Does the story concern well-known people, such as celebrities?
Personalisation: Is it a human interest story?
Negativity: Is it bad news?
Scandal: Is the story likely to provoke moral outrage from parts of the audience?
Balance: The story may be selected to balance other news, such as a human survival story to balance a number of stories concerning death
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