Chapter 4
1) The story dominated the front pages of the nation's newspapers as well as broadcast news bulletins and online news. News broadcasts devoted major segments of their bulletins to the tragedy and its aftermath. The impact news value was used by journalists. Proximity was also used as Australia's population is clustered around low-lying coastline and a nation neighboring the worst hit nation, Indonesia. Some of the devastated areas such as Thailand, were a favorite holiday destination for Australians. The media played tthe devastation in tourist areas up.
2) Conflict, Proximity and Human Interest. Conflict attracts reader interest and the readers become spectators. Here there has been a conflict between the woman and Qld police. This story has proximity in Australia as well. This can be a worry for many as Australia is a multicultural nation and its residents speak many different languages. Human interest is also found within this story. It provides an insight into the immigration policies and how police work.
3) b. Prince Charles is a highly recognisable character on an international scale. As chapter 4 (pg 93) says, 'names make news.'
4) A contemporary event or issue that is new and different from the normal flow of events.
5) Yes definitely. It covers all the focus points that a news story should contain. It would provide enough detail to satisfy human interest/expectations. Stories have always included the five Ws and the H and should continue to!
Things that I thought were interesting-
2) Conflict, Proximity and Human Interest. Conflict attracts reader interest and the readers become spectators. Here there has been a conflict between the woman and Qld police. This story has proximity in Australia as well. This can be a worry for many as Australia is a multicultural nation and its residents speak many different languages. Human interest is also found within this story. It provides an insight into the immigration policies and how police work.
3) b. Prince Charles is a highly recognisable character on an international scale. As chapter 4 (pg 93) says, 'names make news.'
4) A contemporary event or issue that is new and different from the normal flow of events.
5) Yes definitely. It covers all the focus points that a news story should contain. It would provide enough detail to satisfy human interest/expectations. Stories have always included the five Ws and the H and should continue to!
Things that I thought were interesting-
- 'News, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.' (Pg 78)
- Benjamin Bradlee- defines news as 'the first rough draft of history.' (pg 79)
- 'Readers don't want the predictable.' (pg 79)
- just as the readings this week say, distinctions should be made between 'truth', 'news' and 'versions of reality,' that are based on self-interested 'sources.' (Epstein 1975, 3)
- 'News' signalise a new event. 'Truth' bring to light hidden facts to set them in relation with each other.'
- 2001 ABA study (chapter 1) found that 90% of those surveyed believe media owners influenced the news and current affairs. They were concerned with sensationalised, intrusive, biased and inaccurate reporting.
- News can be defined as any information of interest to the target audience. (pg 81)
- News values that make a story newsworthy are: impact, conflict, timeliness, proximity, prominence, currency, human interest and the unusual.
- Who, What, When, Where, Why and How- Kipling 1986. Always needs to be answered in some form, as close to the beginning of the story as possible and link in with the news values. (pg 83-84)
- The greater the impact, the bigger the story. (pg 85)
- Repetition erodes currency and will diminish impact unless a fresh angle is found.
- It is a journalists job to define news values.
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