2. Immediacy
• Immediacy in terms of local newspapers is news that happens over a week, however,
If they have a website then they can update their news daily, even hourly.
Has it happened recently? Is it new?
The issue is the 17th
December issue
which means all
news between 10th
and 17th
December
will be in here
Main story changes every
day.
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3. Familiarity
• Because we are researching local newspapers the majority of the news will
be about the borough we live in unless there is breaking national news or
even sometimes world wide news.
Does it mean something to us where we live? Can we relate to it?
This story from the
hackney gazette is
related to schools in
hackney
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4. Amplitude
Is it a big event? Does it involve many people?
This is a story from the
harrow observer about the
in the infamous ‘Sir Alan
Davies’ this involved 100
people that worked in
Copland school.
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5. Frequency
• Events that happen every year and
are reported on i.e. Notting hill
carnival.
• This type of news would mainly
come from a newspaper like
‘Paddington & Westminster times’ or
‘Harrow Observer’ yearly because it
relates to their areas they cater for.
Whether it maybe the celebration
itself, crime that is associated with it
or maybe even to the monstrous
traffic that is throughout all of harrow
road, they will report on it.
Is it something that happened fairly quickly or regularly?
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6. Unambiguity
• Newspapers have the tendency to not reveal certain stories if they think that they are too difficult
to explain, local newspapers may also adopt this same principle.
Is it clear? Are the results/effects obvious?
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7. Predictability
• When the July 7 bombings happened of course it would be filtered through
the media as soon as it happened, of course that was to be in the evening
editions of newspapers or the papers the next day. And on newspaper
articles on websites we would expect it to be there the very next day.
Is it predictable? Do we expect it to happen?
Late article relating to 7/7
bombings .. That are still in
the news even till this day.
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8. Surprise
• Many people may argue that London, being given the chance to host the Olympics in
2012 came as a surprise, which was of course in the papers the next day.
Is it a rare or unexpected event?
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9. Continuity
• The Story of Madeleine McCann is a story that rocked the nation but has
lasted for nearly 3 years.
Has it already been defined as news? Is it a running story?
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10. Elite nations or
people
• The world cup going to South Africa was big news as it was the first world cup on
African soil. Local newspapers may talk about the effect that the world cup may have
on the area.
Has the event happened in a country that is important to the audience? Does it
concern well-known people?
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11. Personalization
• Stories that effect normal people like me and you or stories that relate to you
personally or experience’s you may have gone through.
Is it a personal or human interest story?
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13. Exclusivity
• If a newspaper gets a unique story then it would be very beneficial for them as they
will make money and in turn increase the level of competition.
“Are we the only newspaper that has this story?”
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14. Visual Impact
• Images are said to have a big impact on how a story is taken. If an
image is strong enough to add a large amount of emphasis or
seriousness to the story, the reader will started to visualise the story
and be more inclined to read the story.
Is there a really strong image?
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15. Balance
• Of course, balance will probably be used in some form in local newspapers. There is
always a story that will be of some comfort as the government probably wouldn’t want
the country to be in fear.
Is it being used to counterbalance other stories?
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