Politics National News Analysis

This article is from the BBC News website. This talks about how Trump thinks that black people are unfit.

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Donald Trump makes his statement

The 5W's

Who: Donald Trump

What: He had faced criticism after declaring that African Americans are in the worst shape.

When: Earlier this week

Where: USA

Why: This was because Donald Trump had considered the US history of slavery and segregation.

News Values:

Immediacy: It has happened recently, therefore the story is a breaking news.

Familiarity: The location of this election is geographically close to us.

Amplitude: This is a big event because it involves/ effects a wide range of people who are black.

Impact: This story can have a profound effect on our own lives because it will challenge the views of society today on racism.

Predictability: We expected Donald Trump to say something like this, however, we did not expect it to be a racist comment.

Conflict: It will cause a massive conflict/ fight between black people and Donald Trump. And also other races, will retaliate/ protest against this. This is because today in society everyone should be treated equally regardless of the colour there are.

Negativity: This is bad news as will cause protest.

Scandal: This will create moral outrage across the globe not only in USA.

Entertainment National News Analysis

This article was found on the BBC News website. This talks about two big A-List celebrities who have been together for 2 years are now divorced.

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Celebrity Divorce- Entertainment article

The 5W's:

Who: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

What: His wife Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce and has asked for privacy on their children's behalf.

When: Earlier this week.

Where: Hollywood

Why: Angelina Jolie was upset with Pitt's parenting skills.

News Values

Immediacy: This has happened recently and is the breaking news.

Familiarity: This geographically is in USA which is close to us.

Frequency: Yes. This is because Brad Pitt was in a relationship before Jolie and now in this relationship they both broke up. 

Elite People: This article has celebrities which are very well-known and have been in many movies.

Sport National News Analysis

This article is from the BBC Sport website. This story is about a retired boxer who wants to fight with a martial arts fighter but does not happen.

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Boxing Fight- Sport article


The 5W's:

Who: Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor.
What: Floyd Mayweather almost came out of retirement to fight Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight champion Conor McGregor.
When: 21st September 2016
Where: N/A
Why: The American five-weight world champion, 39, said earlier this year he would want $100m (£69.3m) to fight the 28-year-old Irish UFC star.

News Values:

Immediacy: It has happened recently. Therefore, this is breaking news on the BBC Sport website.
Frequency: This event does not happen often
Predictability: We did not expect this to happen.

Education National News Analysis

This news article is form the BBC News website. This story talks about in Harvard university how new students who joined this university are virgins with an iPhone.

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Harvard new students- Education Article

The 5W's:

Who: Harvard's new students

What: Students arriving at Harvard are a mix of traditional values and new technology

When: Earlier last week

Where: Harvard University, Cambridge, United States

Why: New students are virgins with iPhone. And among the men, they are more likely to take LSD than smoke cigarettes.

News Values:

Familiarity: This location is close to us.

Amplitude: This is a big event as it affects new students.

Frequency: This does not happen often.

Predictability: We knew this was going to happen because in this generation many people use phones all the time and this similarity has happened before.

Crime National News Analysis

This news article is from the BBC News website. This story talks about an attack on a aid convoy in Syria.

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Convoy attack- Crime article

The 5W's:

Who: The residents living in Urum al-Kubra
What: There was an attack on the convoy which could be a war crime
When: 20th September 2016
Where: Syrian city of Aleppo
Why: An air strike hit the trucks hours after the army declared a US-Russian brokered truce over.

News Values:

Immediacy: This has happened recently and is breaking news.
Amplitude: It is a big event because many people are injured approx 78,000 and few are dead.
Continuity:  This story is already defined as news and will be part of an ongoing story. This is because later on in Tuesday, Russia and US will have a talk about this event.
Conflict: there will be conflict between Syria and Russia
Negativity: This is bad news.

Technology National News Analysis

This news article is form the BBC News. This talks about how USB sticks in Australia have a harmful virus.

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Virus-Technology article

The 5W's:

Who: Residents of Pakenham

What: USB sticks containing a harmful malware

When: Wednesday afternoon

Where: Pakenham, a suburb of Melbourne in Australia

Why: The virus infected the internal network of computers running Windows.

News Values:

Immediacy: This story came out quickly. Therefore, it was breaking news.

Impact: This can effect our own lives on a daily basis because if we buy/get memory sticks and plug them into our computers, we could lose lots of data.

Negativity: This is bad news.

Scandal:  This can provoke moral outrage to people because it will make us realise that if we buy an USB stick, it may contain a virus.

Science National News Anaysis

This news article is from the BBC News website. This talks about how scientists/ researchers discovers the hardest animal in the world.

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Earth's hardest animal - Science article

The 5W's:

Who: Science Researchers

What: Discovered a genetic survival secret
When: N/A

Where: University of Tokyo

Why: It could be used to protect human cells

News Values:

Immediacy: This news story has happened today. This shows that the story was a breaking news.

Surprise: It is an unexpected event as it has never been accomplished before in human history.

Impact:  This story can have a profound effect on our own lives because later on in life, it can support our human cell, which then protects us from living things of radiation such as X-rays.

Continuity: This article can still be ongoing because researchers are still analysing these findings and coming up with an overall final conclusion.