Naomi Wink TV and Film blog

What is meant by the term slow news day? When the term “slow news day” is used, it means that on that day there was little to no news to report and putting together a whole broadcast can be difficult and can often end up clutching at straws. What is the final story often called and what is its function? The final item is called a “kicker “and its purpose is to round off the broadcast on a light and happy note, normally a story to lift the heavier breaking stories in at the beginning or middle of the show. What is meant by the term news values and what did G and R have to do with it? 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. In 1965 media researchers Galtung and Ruge analysed international news stories to find out what factors placed them at the top of the news agenda worldwide. They came up with a list of values which acted as a scoring system. Part fou...

An Introduction to the news: Part one: The clip I watched was ITV’s evening news broadcast on Sunday 27th of May 2018 at 18:30. The stories covered during the broadcast (in order) were: Passengers get left stranded at Stansted Airport, an eighteen-year-old girl is one of two that had been killed at a festival in Portsmouth this weekend because of drug miss use, British man is the first to win the Giro D’Italia in its hundred and one-year history. During the starting sequence itv use audios and visuals to add effect to the headlines being introduced. For example, as the broadcaster introduces each item a related image or video plays in the background during the voiceover as well as dramatic opening music quietly underneath ready to increase in volume for the opening theme, this makes the whole thing flow a lot better and the visuals add information, drawing the audience to the stories and keeping them watching to see them all in full later in the programme. Part two:   The pr...