National News Story- Crime

This crime story is about the wife of a drug rings boss who is not imprisoned for helping the launder his money whilst he was in prison

THE DRUG LORD STORY

The 5W's-

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NEWS VALUES-

• it contains the news value familiarity, meaning that it takes place near us 
• frequency- the event does not happen often
• it also contains continuity, this is because it is part of a long running investigation into the family 
• conflict is another news value that it contains because the family could be arguing and the court 
• it is a surprise because the event does not happen often 
• it was not predictable