News Diary

News Diary of Monday 17th October 2011

Broadcast - 

BBC News on BBC One 

News Agenda:

1.       David Cameron meets big six energy providers - (hard news)

2.       Trial of Jonna Yeates – Vincent Tabak admits he strangled Jonna Yeates  - (hard news)

3.       Death of Iraq solider - (hard news)

4.       Death of Dan Wheldon  - (hard news)

5.       Travellers being evicted from  Dale Farm - (hard news)

6.       Release of Hillsborough documents – after the accident that happened 22 years ago at Anfield - (hard news)

7.       Racial discrimination of police officers - (hard news)

8.       British embassy to reopen in two years in Libya – (good news)

9.       Oil spillage BP - (hard news)

10.   Pakistani Bowlers Trial continues- (hard news)

11.   Vincent Van Gogh – book released (soft news)

BBC News London

1.       London Riots and views on Met Police - (hard news)

2.       SBTV Jamal Edwards – young interpreter Labour campaign –(soft news)

3.       University lecturer jailed for drugs which led to murder of university student in West London - (hard news)

4.       St Pauls Cathedral – Protests - (hard news)

5.        Green Wall in London – (soft news)

6.       Air India flight from Mumbai to Heathrow delayed at Gatwick - (hard news)

7.       Bus Times available on mobile – (soft news)

8.       Fauja Singh – 100 year old runner  -(soft news)

The BBC news broadcast at 6pm opened with the big storyline of the ongoing problems and debates about the prices of the energy providers. The main news story was repeated throughout the news agenda. The news started of with hard news and continued with hard news throughout most of the news programme. However towards the end of the news broadcast the news became softer and happier leaving viewers happier and forgetting about the hard news that was said earlier.

Radio-

Capital FM

1.       Royal Mail to get new price freedom

2.       Battered teen’s mum to sue ‘all involved’

3.       Dale Farm travellers refused eviction appeal

4.       Hospital poisoning: 17 cases investigated  

5.       Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars to play at MTV EMAS

6.       Katy Perry enjoys beans on tours

The news on the radio began hard news and breaking news about Royal Mail, however it broke out in soft news about celebrities and music artists.

Print -

The Sun – Tabloid – National Newspaper

1.      1.  Front Page -  XFACTOR Exclusive “Cowell Explodes”, - ( soft news) alongside “Brits to ‘to foot bill’ for euro” – (hard news)

2.      2.  Katy Perry’s love for beans - ( soft news)

3.       3. Front page news “sort it out” x factor drop in viewers - ( soft news)

4.       4. Liam Fox – (hard news)

5.      5.  Zara Philliops and Mike Tindall on holiday - ( soft news)

6.       Princess Anne’s tribute to Royal Wootton Bassett  - ( soft news)

7.       Bizarre – The official charts, Lady Gaga and her outfits and Nicole Scherzinger - ( soft news)

8.       Perfect Breasts for page 3 models – accessed by doctors - ( soft news)

9.       Teen stabbed dad – (hard news)

10.   Goals pull out - ( soft news)

11.   Premier league news and results - ( soft news)

The Gazette (Southall) – Local Newspaper

1.       Front Page- Ealing Hospital faces new cutbacks – (hard news) alongside Hindu festival –(soft news)

2.       Headteachers could go on strike – (hard news)

3.       A disabled women from Hanwell told to get job after benefit cuts– (hard news)

4.       Private college in Ealing shut down due to license being taken away – (hard news)

5.       Vitamail – spam mail – (hard news)

6.       Kidney patient refused operation due to his mattress– (hard news)

7.       Charity Christmas shop open – (soft news)

8.       Coummunity centre could be reopened– (soft news)

9.       Your Letters – (mixture of news)

10.   Pictures of new school children – (soft news)

11.   Houses on sale with various agents

12.   Jobs

13.   Local sport in the area – (soft news)

The Sun newspaper had a front line headline about the xfactor which would encourage people to buy the paper than buying a paper with hard news on it. However on the side of the newspaper was the headline about the David Cameron meeting the big six companies. However the xfactor headline looked a more important storyline on the page. In comparison to the local paper the Gazette opened the newspaper with hard news. However the hard news was about the closure of a local hospital which will shock people and which will lead them to buy the newspaper to find about more news about something that will concern them.

E-media

BBC News online website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/

1.       Top 3 news article – Huhne encourages energy switching

2.       Top 3 news article - Murder enquiry of Jonna Yeates

3.       Top 3 news article -  Liam Fox Row

4.       Call from PM Hillsborough Disaster

5.       White police accused  of Met of racism

6.       ‘End of road’ for travellers

7.       Family salute Dan Wheldon

8.       Afghan solider named by MoD

On the BBC news website you can watch news bulletins and news reports on main headlines. The site is user friendly and has a clear structure. On the top of the page there is a regular update of latest news. Also on the site the news is organised in different categories such as technology, entertainment, education and so on.  Many of the news headlines are linked onto another page which contains the information of the news article. The news website has a mixture of hard and soft news for users as they can select which news article they would like to read. You can also register for BBC news’ RSS feeds, podcasts, text message alerts and email news. You also can comment on news articles and read the editors blog which allows users to be more interactive and put their views across.