News running order

BBC news at six

Top story: 

• Israel has shelled a residential area of Gaza killing around 25 civilians.

Second story:

• A woman has been convicted of murdering her husband. He was a wealthy banker and she a stay-at-home mum.

Third story:

• Two prisoners convicted of armed robbery have escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison in West London.

Fourth story:

• An anti-austerity march against government cuts has been held in London today and was attended by 50,000 people. The protest was calm.

Fifth story:

• A well-known politician has been named on Twitter as being investigated by police for fraud.

BBC 3 60 second news

Top story:

• Israel has shelled a residential area of Gaza killing around 25 civilians.

Second story:

• David Cameron’s office has announced he will be visiting Washington next week to meet President Obama.

Third story:

• A tweet by Miley Cyrus telling a fan to ‘get a life’ has started a ‘Twitter storm’.

Fourth story:

• Lady Gaga is in London and has been spotted jogging in Hyde Park.

Fifth story:

• Cheryl Cole has announced she is pregnant.

News angles

Case Study: News Angles

1.      The angle of a news story is their views that they have; for example, most newspapers will focus on the British side of things as it is aimed at British people.

2.       Tabloids usually have less serious stories compared to broadsheets which have more sophisticated stories. Broadsheets also feature a much more extensive use of vocabulary.

3.      BBC Three’s news bulletin “60 Seconds”.

4.      BBC News at 6.

5.      International is around the world, national news is news around the UK, regional is around London, Scotland etc.

Sky news Election story

1.      This news is regional because it is mainly about London

2.      This takes a British angle on the news as the news clip is only about British people.

3.      Broadsheet

4.      18-80 Year olds

STV Coverage on the Election

1.      This is regional because it’s about London

2.      The angle which is taken is British

3.      This is more broadsheets

4.      I think people aged 30 and up would watch this report

Channel 4 Coverage

1.      National

2.      A British angle

3.      Broadsheet

4.      18-80 year olds that are Scottish citizens