Analysing Local Radio Station News Bulletin- BBC Radio Gloucestershire @12pm

Running order for the news bulletin at 9th October @12pm:

1. Headline: 2 men has been released of murder

Facts in the story: 

• The 2 men has been released on Friday.
• They both murdered a man.
• The 2 men were not charge.

News Values:

Familiarity: This news story has happened in Gloucestershire and therefore is geographically close to us.

Impact: This story has a profound effect on our own lives because people may not know if these two men will strike again and therefore will make us feel threatened because they could be anywhere. 

Conflict: It may contain arguments because these two men were not charged for what they did, and the family who it would effect would want them to be charged for committing a crime.

Negativity: This is a bad news story because they murdered someone.

       2. Headline: Man died after being stabbed

Facts in the story:

• The man was stabbed around 5pm on Friday afternoon
• Paramedics and police went to the location where this occurred.
• The man who was stabbed was only 49 years old.
• He died an hour later after being stabbed.

News Values:

Immediacy: This story has happened recently

Familiarity: This is a local radio and therefore this story is occurring in the local area.

Frequency: This event does happen often because it is a knife crime and this generally happens.

Impact: This story has an effect on our lives because it is a knife crime story and it can happen to anyone.

Negativity: This is bad news because somebody got stabbed and then died after one hour.

         3. Headline: Cheltenham High Street closed

Facts in the story:

• Police close Cheltenham high Street.
• Officers investigated a double assault.

News Values:

Familiarity: This news story is happening locally and therefore is on the local radio station.

Surprised: This is an unexpected and unusual event because this doesn't happen especially on a high street with lots of people.

Conflict: This is because people are getting hurt and will create fighting between the people.

Negativity: This is a bad news story.

         4. Headline: plan to force firms to reveal foreign workers numbers abandoned

Facts in the story:

• Government ministers have abandoned proposers. 
• Firms with low numbers of British born employers maybe named and shamed.
• The defence secretary is disagreeing with this.

News Values:

Amplitude: This news story involves a large number of people in the government and the British employers.

Immediacy: This has happened recently and it is a breaking news. Therefore, it was heard on the local radio station. 

Conflict: There will be arguments between the Defence Secretary and the Government Ministers.