Responding to a real radio newscast !

Having listened to sky news centre at 9 o'clock in the morning , I heard a variety of news reports with different news values. These are some of the news I heard:


- Anti social behavior is taking over the streets , forces are said to not to be taking the problem seriously. 26 incidents happen every minute and only a 1/4 get reported. I think the news value being practiced in this news report is negativity and threshold. The sound code that I have identified in this  news report is , silence and voice and speech. The lady reporting the news seemed to have a brave , heavy tone.

- Stalking and harassment on the internet. Nearly 2 million are victims of stalking every year. The news value in this story I would say is , currency and oddity. Personally , I would have reported this story after much more important news , such as the bridge collapsing in the olympic stadium in New Delhi , India.

- The Indian Prime Minister hold a meeting over the crisis regarding the commonwealth games. The news values interpreted into this story , is threshold , currency and some sort of conflict. I think they chose this story ,because a lot of people are interested in world sorts etc.

- The Deathly Hallows will be released again in 3D in two parts, the 1st hitting cinemas in November. The news values in this report would be timelessness and threshold. The reporter gives us a sneak sound preview of the film . The sound codes effectively being used here are : Sound effects and voice/speech too authenticate the opening of the film.

The four sound codes !

- Voice / Speech
- Music
- Sound Effects
- Silence

News Values

There are nine news values .
1. THRESHOLD : The bigger the news , the better.
2. NEGATIVITY : Bad news is good news.
3. TIMELESSNESS : Events that happened recently.
4. PROXIMITY : 'Closeness' of an item to an audience , news usually consists of items relevant to the region. ( Local or National )
5. PROMINENCE : People in the public eye tend to be more newsworthy than those not in the public eye.
6. CONFLICT : Events and people that feature conflict tend to be more newsworthy.
7. CURRENCY : Sometimes , a story is newsworthy because its about an issue in the public consciousness at that particular time.
8. ODDITY : News about weird or unusual people , places , things , or events.
9. HUMAN INTEREST : Stories that play to human emotions can be very newsworthy. They are usually about ordinary people.

What is local news ?

Local news is news that would appeal to people of a particular region/area .
The purpose of local news is to notify people about current affairs that may relate or affect them . For example , lately Brancroft Library officialy re-opens but must find £5m for further works.

DAY ONE :)

Today, sir told us to get into groups. So I got into a group with two of my friends . After minutes of discussion we decided to call our radio station 'Money Music' :) , this is because we decided that our radio would be street associated, and a lot of young people are in the process of searching for ways to make money , particularly boys. Our slogan is ' your life , your music !'

The target audience is 15-20 year olds. We are going to  be looking at inequality in east London and we will touch on the following aspects : GUN AND KNIFE CRIME/ DRG USAGE , Celebrity gossip , boys and sexual activity and lack of concentration , education-wise,girls and their obsession about their appearance and teenage pregnancies. Cheesy Chat up lines are going to be added for humour and we are going to focus on nicole and trey and talk about hoow they influence young adults amibitions to make it big in life etc.                  

This is our logo for our radio station :)