Case Study

Case Study

 What is the angle of a news story? Give an example to explain your answer.
The angle of a news story is how you report a story.
The news angle is the perspective that the news provider takes on a certain event. Changing the angle can significantly alter the way a news story is reported

What is the difference between tabloid and broadsheet news coverage?
Tabloid is less serious content, focusing instead on celebrities, sports and crime stories

Broadsheet is serious news: politics, economics, and international news.

What would be an example of a tabloid-style TV news programme?
60 seconds news

What would be an example of a broadsheet-style TV news programme?
BBC news

What is the difference between international, national, regional and local news coverage?

International: World News

National: UK-Wide News

Regional: London/Yorkshire/Scotland

Local: West London, Leeds, Edinburgh

Answer the questions on the election coverage clips…

Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?
National, because the 2015 election only takes place in the UK.

What angle does the report take on the story?
The BBC only keeps their focus on the main UK parties. They go to different locations to find out what those parties have to offer.

Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage?
This is a more broadsheet style coverage as it presented professionally

What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?

I would expect an audience around 20-50 as the language is complicated. And that BBC’s audience is usually around 20-50.

Sky News election
1) is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?
Regional because the only keep their focus on politics that are about London.

2) What angle does the report take on the story?
Their focus is mainly on David Cameron, which is unfair and biased on the politic leaders.

3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage?
Tabloid because they showed Larry the cat on screen

4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?

Around 16-35 year olds because of the language used and because of Larry the cat, which could be a bit childish for an older audience

STV (Scottish) coverage of the election story

1) is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?
National news because it is mainly focused on the Scottish politics

2) What angle does the report take on the story?
Their focus is on only the Scottish politics which is biased towards the other politics.

3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage?
This is mainly tabloid as they use animated graphics on screen to present their news

4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?

16-40 because their news story is serious but animated which is why it does not apply to an older audience.

Channel 4 News coverage of the election story.

1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?
National as they only focus on the parties based in London.

2) What angle does the report take on the story?
Their angle is balanced as they show roughly the same amount of time on the different parties to fit their time slot

3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage?
Tabloid & Broadsheet. Tabloid because they use animated graphics to show the party leaders. Broadsheet because they show all the sides of the parties using complicated language.

4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?

Around 18-50 because of the language which is why it does not apply for a younger audience and because of the animated graphics it doesn’t apply to any older audiences.