Thursday 22 June 2017
Monday 19 June 2017
An Introduction to the news
Part 1
BBC London News, 15th June 2017 at 10:45pm
The only story shown was that of the Grenfell tower block fire.
⦁ Politicians visit the area of the Grefell tower block fire to meet the services involved.
⦁ Interview with friends of people missing.
⦁ Mayor of london praising the reaction/support of the local community.
⦁ Interview with Jeremy Corbyn, Labour party leader.
⦁ Comment from Housing minister, that all families will be supported through this time.
⦁ Residence concerned about their safety living in the tower blocks.
⦁ Interviews with residence living in similar buildings.
⦁ Fire Safety in the tower blocks, ordering inspection of the tower blocks.
⦁ Latimer Road: Wall of condolences near the Grenfell tower block after the fire. With Flowers and candles being put down.
⦁ Interview with neighbours coming together to give donations.
⦁ Statistics - 79 households affected by the fire and being put up in hotels in the surrounding areas.
⦁ Charity concert for the victims/families in Grenfell, Grime for Grenfell.
To the weather.
Opening sequence includes footage of the public going about their everyday life as well as aerial shots of London, I think the news companies use these type of images to show the public they are concerned and interested in the everyday lives of the people. The audio they use is very simple but impactful they use this to grab the attention of the viewers and if this audio is heard during a programme people know it is urgent news.
Part 2
In the news segment, I watched it was presented by Charlie Stayt, 54, is a presenter for the BBC. His extensive career has seen him anchor Five News's 9/11 coverage and he spent a total of 10 years at ITN, both as correspondent and presenter.
He has presented numerous current affairs programmes, and hosted live reality TV shows Jailbreak, and Are You Telepathic. Before moving into television, Charlie worked in radio, hosting Capital Radio's award winning news programme The Way It Is, also reporting for LBC and BBC Radio 5 live.
Charlie started his career in commercial radio in Gloucester, his hometown. He says he was a "late starter as a journalist", but that his years spent working as a roofer; a roadie and a barman were not entirely wasted.
A news presenter – is a person who presents news during a news program on television, on the radio or on the Internet.
8 Skills a news presenter needs:
⦁ Knowledge base: An understanding of issues, names, geography, history and the ability to put all of these in perspective for viewers.
⦁ Ability to process new information: Sorting, organizing, prioritizing and retaining massive amounts of incoming data.
⦁ Ethical compass: Sensitivity to ethical land mines that often litter the field of live breaking news -- unconfirmed information, graphic video, words that potentially panic, endanger public safety or security or words that add pain to already traumatized victims and those who care about them.
⦁ Command of the language: Dead-on grammar, syntax, pronunciation, tone and storytelling -- no matter how stressed or tired the anchor or reporter may be.
⦁ Interviewing finesse: An instinct for what people need and want to know, for what elements are missing from the story, and the ability to draw information by skilful, informed questioning and by listening.
⦁ Mastery of multitasking: The ability to simultaneously: take in a producer's instructions via an earpiece while scanning new information from computer messages, texts or Twitter; listen to what other reporters on the team are sharing and interviewees are adding; monitor incoming video, live-tweet info to people who have come to expect information in multiple formats.
⦁ Appreciation of all roles: An understanding of the tasks and technology that go into the execution of a broadcast, the ability to roll with changes and glitches, and anticipate all other professionals involved.
⦁ Acute sense of timing: The ability to condense or expand one's speech on demand, to sense when a story needs refreshing or recapping, to know without even looking at a clock how many words are needed to fill the minute while awaiting a satellite window, live feed or interviewee.
Part 3
⦁ News ordering is The process of deciding on the order of stories or segments in a news program; also called formatting or stacking (putting in order in a stack).
⦁ Stories that are likely to be aired combine a mixture of elements such as how new the story is, whether the story will sell, the tone of the story as well as newsworthiness, Newsworthiness is defined as a subject having sufficient relevance to the public or a special audience to warrant press attention or coverage.
⦁ Stories are chosen by how important it is to get the story across to the public, this is usually presented as the longest story of the news. If the story is important for the public to hear it is likely it will be put first, however if there is 'breaking news' this story will be placed first as it is seen as the most important.
⦁ After the main story the other stories appear to be shorter as these are less important although they include as much information necessary for the audience to know what is going on and what the story is about.
⦁ Due to new news happening all the time in the real world the presenter can not control what happens therefore they must think quickly as to whether what they are reporting is more important than the new story coming in, they must act quickly to change stories if the other is more important to get this across to the audience watching.
⦁ A day with relatively little hard news, or news of consequence; also called a light news day. The opposite is heavy news day (not fast news day).
⦁ News values, sometimes called news criteria, determine how much prominence a news story is given by a media outlet, and the attention it is given by the audience. Galtung & Ruge put together news values in 1973, I shall be examining whether this news report stuck to the list below;
Immediacy: Has it happened recently? Yes, the Grenfell Block Tower Fire is very recent.
Familiarity: Is it culturally close to us in Britain? Yes, as it happened in London.
Amplitude: Is it a big event that affects large numbers? Yes, it affect 79 different households.
Frequency: Does the event happen often? No, this was a shock to everyone.
Unambiguity: Is it clear and definite? Yes, the event is very significant.
Predictability: Did we expect it to happen? No, it was very shocking.
Surprise: Is it rare or unexpected event? Yes, specially on such a large scale.
Continuity: Has it previously been defined in the news? No, only been in the news once apart from updates on the condition.
Elite Nations/People: Big countries or celebrities? Yes, Some celebrities including prime ministers attended the site to see the people affect by the fire.
Personalisation: is it a human interest story? Yes, as many people had relatives and families in the building that burnt.
Negativity: Is It bad news? Yes, the number of deaths and people missing are still rising.
Balance: A fun story to balance the bad news? No, this broadcast only focused on the fire.
Part 4
Bias through selection and omission -
⦁ An editor can express bias by choosing whether or not to use a specific news story. Within a story, some details can be ignored, others can be included to give readers or viewers a different opinion about the events reported. Only by comparing news reports from a wide variety of sources can this type of bias be observed.
Bias through placement / order -
⦁ Where a story is placed influences what a person thinks about its importance. Stories on the front page of the newspaper are thought to be more important than stories buried in the back. Many television and radio newscasts run stories that draw ratings first and leave the less appealing for later.
Bias through shot selection and camera angles -
⦁ Pictures can make a person look good, bad, silly, etc. Which photos a news producer 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.
Bias through names and captions (how you describe a person) -
⦁ News media often use labels and titles to describe people, places, and events. In many places around the world, one person's friend is another person's enemy. A person can be called an "ex-con" or be referred to as someone who "served time for a drug charge".
Bias through use of language (phrasing and emotive language etc.) -
⦁ 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.
BBC London News, 15th June 2017 at 10:45pm
The only story shown was that of the Grenfell tower block fire.
⦁ Politicians visit the area of the Grefell tower block fire to meet the services involved.
⦁ Interview with friends of people missing.
⦁ Mayor of london praising the reaction/support of the local community.
⦁ Interview with Jeremy Corbyn, Labour party leader.
⦁ Comment from Housing minister, that all families will be supported through this time.
⦁ Residence concerned about their safety living in the tower blocks.
⦁ Interviews with residence living in similar buildings.
⦁ Fire Safety in the tower blocks, ordering inspection of the tower blocks.
⦁ Latimer Road: Wall of condolences near the Grenfell tower block after the fire. With Flowers and candles being put down.
⦁ Interview with neighbours coming together to give donations.
⦁ Statistics - 79 households affected by the fire and being put up in hotels in the surrounding areas.
⦁ Charity concert for the victims/families in Grenfell, Grime for Grenfell.
To the weather.
Opening sequence includes footage of the public going about their everyday life as well as aerial shots of London, I think the news companies use these type of images to show the public they are concerned and interested in the everyday lives of the people. The audio they use is very simple but impactful they use this to grab the attention of the viewers and if this audio is heard during a programme people know it is urgent news.
Part 2
In the news segment, I watched it was presented by Charlie Stayt, 54, is a presenter for the BBC. His extensive career has seen him anchor Five News's 9/11 coverage and he spent a total of 10 years at ITN, both as correspondent and presenter.
He has presented numerous current affairs programmes, and hosted live reality TV shows Jailbreak, and Are You Telepathic. Before moving into television, Charlie worked in radio, hosting Capital Radio's award winning news programme The Way It Is, also reporting for LBC and BBC Radio 5 live.
Charlie started his career in commercial radio in Gloucester, his hometown. He says he was a "late starter as a journalist", but that his years spent working as a roofer; a roadie and a barman were not entirely wasted.
A news presenter – is a person who presents news during a news program on television, on the radio or on the Internet.
8 Skills a news presenter needs:
⦁ Knowledge base: An understanding of issues, names, geography, history and the ability to put all of these in perspective for viewers.
⦁ Ability to process new information: Sorting, organizing, prioritizing and retaining massive amounts of incoming data.
⦁ Ethical compass: Sensitivity to ethical land mines that often litter the field of live breaking news -- unconfirmed information, graphic video, words that potentially panic, endanger public safety or security or words that add pain to already traumatized victims and those who care about them.
⦁ Command of the language: Dead-on grammar, syntax, pronunciation, tone and storytelling -- no matter how stressed or tired the anchor or reporter may be.
⦁ Interviewing finesse: An instinct for what people need and want to know, for what elements are missing from the story, and the ability to draw information by skilful, informed questioning and by listening.
⦁ Mastery of multitasking: The ability to simultaneously: take in a producer's instructions via an earpiece while scanning new information from computer messages, texts or Twitter; listen to what other reporters on the team are sharing and interviewees are adding; monitor incoming video, live-tweet info to people who have come to expect information in multiple formats.
⦁ Appreciation of all roles: An understanding of the tasks and technology that go into the execution of a broadcast, the ability to roll with changes and glitches, and anticipate all other professionals involved.
⦁ Acute sense of timing: The ability to condense or expand one's speech on demand, to sense when a story needs refreshing or recapping, to know without even looking at a clock how many words are needed to fill the minute while awaiting a satellite window, live feed or interviewee.
Part 3
⦁ News ordering is The process of deciding on the order of stories or segments in a news program; also called formatting or stacking (putting in order in a stack).
⦁ Stories that are likely to be aired combine a mixture of elements such as how new the story is, whether the story will sell, the tone of the story as well as newsworthiness, Newsworthiness is defined as a subject having sufficient relevance to the public or a special audience to warrant press attention or coverage.
⦁ Stories are chosen by how important it is to get the story across to the public, this is usually presented as the longest story of the news. If the story is important for the public to hear it is likely it will be put first, however if there is 'breaking news' this story will be placed first as it is seen as the most important.
⦁ After the main story the other stories appear to be shorter as these are less important although they include as much information necessary for the audience to know what is going on and what the story is about.
⦁ Due to new news happening all the time in the real world the presenter can not control what happens therefore they must think quickly as to whether what they are reporting is more important than the new story coming in, they must act quickly to change stories if the other is more important to get this across to the audience watching.
⦁ A day with relatively little hard news, or news of consequence; also called a light news day. The opposite is heavy news day (not fast news day).
⦁ News values, sometimes called news criteria, determine how much prominence a news story is given by a media outlet, and the attention it is given by the audience. Galtung & Ruge put together news values in 1973, I shall be examining whether this news report stuck to the list below;
Immediacy: Has it happened recently? Yes, the Grenfell Block Tower Fire is very recent.
Familiarity: Is it culturally close to us in Britain? Yes, as it happened in London.
Amplitude: Is it a big event that affects large numbers? Yes, it affect 79 different households.
Frequency: Does the event happen often? No, this was a shock to everyone.
Unambiguity: Is it clear and definite? Yes, the event is very significant.
Predictability: Did we expect it to happen? No, it was very shocking.
Surprise: Is it rare or unexpected event? Yes, specially on such a large scale.
Continuity: Has it previously been defined in the news? No, only been in the news once apart from updates on the condition.
Elite Nations/People: Big countries or celebrities? Yes, Some celebrities including prime ministers attended the site to see the people affect by the fire.
Personalisation: is it a human interest story? Yes, as many people had relatives and families in the building that burnt.
Negativity: Is It bad news? Yes, the number of deaths and people missing are still rising.
Balance: A fun story to balance the bad news? No, this broadcast only focused on the fire.
Part 4
Bias through selection and omission -
⦁ An editor can express bias by choosing whether or not to use a specific news story. Within a story, some details can be ignored, others can be included to give readers or viewers a different opinion about the events reported. Only by comparing news reports from a wide variety of sources can this type of bias be observed.
Bias through placement / order -
⦁ Where a story is placed influences what a person thinks about its importance. Stories on the front page of the newspaper are thought to be more important than stories buried in the back. Many television and radio newscasts run stories that draw ratings first and leave the less appealing for later.
Bias through headlines -
⦁ Headlines are the must-read part of a news story 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.
⦁ Headlines are the must-read part of a news story 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 through shot selection and camera angles -
⦁ Pictures can make a person look good, bad, silly, etc. Which photos a news producer 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.
⦁ News media often use labels and titles to describe people, places, and events. In many places around the world, one person's friend is another person's enemy. A person can be called an "ex-con" or be referred to as someone who "served time for a drug charge".
Bias through use of language (phrasing and emotive language etc.) -
⦁ 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.
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