News Diary In this diary I have done the following things: Compared a story as reported in both a tabloid and a broadsheet newspaper Tracked the development of a story through from its first appearance as front-page news Compared T.V. news treatment of a story to newspaper coverage of the same story Found out about newspaper audiences, circulation trends and advertising rates Explored the target audience and values & ideology of a specific newspaper Compared the above to a T.V. News programme Made a detailed study of the angle of a particular story Discussed the question of privacy and intrusion using examples from the stories covered in the diary. After completing this project, I have learned the following: NAME: DATE: from to In doing these things I have also covered the key concepts of: Media Language Media Institutions Representation Genre Audience Ideology & Values I have / have not enjoyed this project because: Teacher s comments: GRADE: Page 1 of 8
Compare a story as reported in both a tabloid and a broadsheet newspaper Brief summary of the story: Newspaper Broadsheet Tabloid Pictures, layout and typography Style of reporting: Vocabulary Other points of interest: Page 2 of 8
Compare a story as reported in both a tabloid and a broadsheet newspaper Brief summary of the story: Newspaper Broadsheet Tabloid Pictures, layout and typography Style of reporting: Vocabulary Other points of interest: Page 3 of 8
Track the development of a story through from its first appearance as front-page news to its disappearance. Date 1 st appeared Newspaper Basic story: Next appearance: Development Date of next appearance Headline Development Date of next appearance Development Page 4 of 8
Compare T.V. news treatment of a story to newspaper coverage of the same story Brief summary of the story: Medium: Newspaper T.V. News programme Media language: Style of reporting (and angle): Vocabulary Other points of interest: Page 5 of 8
Find out about newspaper audiences, circulation trends and advertising rates. Newspaper: Image it presents of itself: Age of largest percent of readership: Social grade of largest percent of readership Region of largest percent of readership: Other circulation trends: Circulation figures: Advertising rates: Image of celebrity writers: OBSERVATIONS: Page 6 of 8
Explore the target audience and values and ideology of a specific newspaper Chosen newspaper: Editorial topic: Attitudes gleaned from editorial: Other clues to target audience and values and ideology gleaned from the rest of the paper: Editorial topic Attitudes gleaned from editorial Other clues to target audience and values and ideology gleaned from the rest of the paper: From this evidence I deduce the following: Page 7 of 8
Make a detailed study of the angle of a particular story Chosen newspaper: Story headline Basic story: Evidence of angle If you were an editor, how would you change the angle of this story without lying? Give some examples. Look at the story you followed through, did the angle of that story change as it developed? How might the angle of the story change as it develops? Page 8 of 8