TV news research

           TV NEWS RESEARCH

 1) The key information about the programme:

• Channel 4 UK
• Throughout the week between 6 and 7 pm
• Jon Snow, Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Cathy Newman
• between 650,00 and 700,000 views a year
• international emmy award for news 2002 and 2013,British academy television award for best news coverage 1997 and 1993
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2) The institution behind the programme – this is usually the TV channel it is broadcast on.                                                                                                    

• Channel 4 news was launched on November 2nd 1982
• Channel 4 is a publicly owned commercially funded broad cast service
• The channel is famous for showing shows such as, Big brother, Educating Yorkshire and One born every minute
• Channel 4 won a fierce bidding war to air The Simpsons in 2002, with a deal worth £70,000 per episode

2) The target audience –if you can’t find the official target audience for the programme, make an educated guess based on the rest of your research. Remember: % gender, age range, social class, level of education. Job/earnings etc.

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 This programmes target audience ranges from 16 years to over 55 years old. With the majority being those over 55.

        The programmes target audience according to social class range from upper class to unskilled, channel 4 news viewers are mainly upper class.

   

The programmes target audience is both male and female. Channel 4 news viewers are mainly Females

Through all of the data I can gather that Channel 4 news target audience are 55+ upper class females

4) The running order for three separate editions of the programme. Watch at least 20 minutes of the programme on three separate days.

·       Day 1 

1.     Israel and Palestine conflict. 

2.     MH17 victims’ bodies arrive in Netherlands.

3.     Metropolitan police spy on victims’ families.

4.     Commonwealth games ceremony.

I think that the editors put these stories in this particular order due to the information that and the most important.

·       Day 2

1.     Israel and Palestine conflict cause an American soldier to dies fighting for Israel.

2.     Metropolitan police deny spying on victims but admit to gathering information without the victims’ families’ knowledge on 18 different cases.

3.     Europe struggle to agree on sanctions for Russia.

4.     Barrack Obama declares urgent humanitarian situation in Mexico.

The editors this time around put the stories in order of most relevant and the ones with the information.

·       Day 4

1. Gaza conflict continues with no let-up of the attacks.

2. Britain’s economy is now bigger then it was at the beginning of the financial crisis.

3. Ed milliband says “If you want a politician from central casting, vote for the other guys.

4. Global hunt for Vladimir Putin’s daughters continues in surrey.

The editors arranged the stories in order of the most popular and breaking news to the stories with less relevance and information.

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tv news bulletin task

           Tv news bulletin task

1) What were the five stories your group chose to broadcast?

 Greenford news story: three men convicted of the death of a polish man.

 National news story: women gave birth outside primark in Birmingham street.

 London news story: police are treating the death of Tommy main as unexplained.

 Sports news story: Belgium are through to the semi final.
 Funny news story: Miley Cyrus declares Birmingham the sluttiest city in the world.

2) For each story above, explain WHY you chose that particular story and not something else. Why would it interest a Greenford audience? 
  Greenford news story: we choose this story as it informs students that things like this occur near you.
 National news story: this story is very intriguing and lightens the mode after
the news of someone being murdered.
  London news story: this not only tells people about the news but informs them of the punching game
 Sports news story: it tells people about he world cup which is a popular sporting event.
 Funny news story: it is just purely entertaining.

3) What order did you broadcast the stories in? Why did you place the stories in that order?

 we did not order our broadcast in a particular order as we did not consider this. but primarily we placed them from greenford,national,london,sports and funny.

4) How did you make sure the script was the right length?
we made the bulletins as short as possible to be like headlines but with a bit more detail. with a fluent newsreader it was the right length.

5) How did you make sure each story was clear and easy to understand?
we made each story clear and easy to understand by using short sentences packed full of information so the viewer could gain as much information as possible and understand the news

6) How did you make sure the broadcast was professional?
we made sure that our broadcast was professional by using a formal one and setting out the script in a sensible manner.

7) What was your specific role in the group?
my specific role in the group was the news reader and director.

8) Rate your group’s ability to work collaboratively out of 5 (1=poor, 5=excellent)
overall I would rate my group a 4.

9) How could your group have worked more effectively as a team?
I think that our group would have worked more effectively if we shared the workload out a bit more.

10) Finally, what would you have done differently if you were given the opportunity to do this again?
if we could do this again I would try and share the workload much more equally  and have a more effective script probably. 



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