Evaluation - Using Conventions Of Real Media Prodcuts - News

The main part of my radio show is a news bulletin, so I did lots of research into the 5W's, news values and the ways that news is presented online, in both newspapers and on radio. This was to help me make my news stories as authentic as possible

Research into the 5W's
Research into News Values



I analysed a number of news stories online for both local and national news to see the similarities and differences. This was important because I wanted my news stories to highlight the conventions I found in local news as my station was broadcasting specifically to the London area.

Local News Story - Disaster
National News Story - Disaster
Comparing Local and National News



After this I listened to a number of news bulletins on different radio stations, both national and local to see if the news stories changed depending on the genre of the station and the target audience, I have listed my findings below. This helped me when scripting my own stories and deciding the order in which my stories should appear.

News Bulletin - Kerrang!
News Bulletin - Magic Radio
Comparing News Bulletins On Local Radio



I have also researched other elements that are found in news bulletins, for example; voxpops, archive clips, specialist reporters, outside broadcast and soundbites, so I could include some in my radio across different news stories.


Below are the voxpops that I used in my story about the death of singer Bella Rose. The voxpops are people being interviewed outside the house of Bella Rose being asked about about how they feel about the news. i advised the actors who recorded the voxpops to speak naturally and not as if they were reading a script as this would hep make it sound more authentic.

Research into Voxpops and other research found in News Bulletins





Accompanying my news stories I also included soundbites one of a detective outside about a death and another of a footballer talking about an upcoming game on a football training ground.





Here is my complete news bulletin after mixing, as you can hear it includes all of the elements that i noticed when researching existing news bulletins from real radio stations.