Analysing Local Radio Station News Bulletin - BBC Radio Bristol at 6am

Running order:

1. The number of people sleeping rough in the BBC Bristol area has reached a new high

Facts in the story:

• council staff have counted homeless every year seeing number grown and grow
• pressures on government to do more

News Values:

• Amplitude - homeless people affected by this
• Frequency - it is not rare for us to hear about the number of homeless people being a problem
• Negativity -  more and more people are becoming homeless
• Scandal - government is not doing enough so likely to be moral outrgae especially by the Bristol population

2. A four year old boy from west is on the road to recover after undergoing pioneering surgery at a hospital in the US

Facts in the story:

• Flown to boston with a surgeon from Bristol children hospital as an observer
• To remove tumour from his heart 
• Thousands of pounds was fundraised because surgery couldn't be performed in the UK

News Values:

• Continuity - part of on going story of 4 year old boy who needed surgery and now he had it 
• Personalisation - likely to result in positive emotional response by audience

3. The government is reviewing the work it does with Oxfam following claims that the use of prostitutes by some of the charities staff was covered up

Facts in the story:

• Inappropriate behaviour by its aid workers in Haiti in 2011 following earthquake
• 4 oxfam staff memebers dismmised following an investigation
• Oxfam failed to warn other aid agencies about the staff allowing them to take other jobs in the sector

News values:

• Surprise - shocking for audiences as they wouldn't think of charity workers to participate in such acts
• Elite people - Oxfam is a well known charity
• Negativity - the charity tried to cover up its staffs behaviour and so may face consequences by the government 
• Scandal - likely to affect the charities reputation

4. A Hollywood film documenting the life of west countryman Donald Crowhurst is in cimas this weekend

Facts in the story:

• Tells story of how Crowhurst attempted to sale across the world

News Values:

• Elite people - David Crowhurst
• Surprise - unexpected of a countryman to have a Hollywood film about him