Absolute Radio- Morning News At 6am

This is the running order from Absolute radio morning news-

STORY 1- Metro police apologising

• The metropolitan police have apologised to chief Andrew Mitchell who was forced to resign after the pleb-gate affair 
• Keith Wallace admitted to lying, the 54 year old will be sentenced to prison for the next month 
• there a was an archive clip of Keith Wallace speaking tot the interviewer 

News Values:

Continuity- this is an ongoing investigation and has been going on for a long time 

Conflict- the conflict is between the police and the chief 

Scandal- seeing as there was lying involved from three different police and one person was prosecuted due to the lying then it is definatley scandal 

Elite people- Andrew Mitchell is the chief of police making him the elite person because he specialises in what he does 

STORY 2- Careers being jailed 

• Three careers have been jailed for 17 months for mistreating elderly dementia patients 
• this happened at a nursing home in Lancaster 

News Values:

Familiarity- It is in Britain which means that it is relatively close to us in terms of location 

Impact- this could make us feel threatened or worried as we may know people with dementia, and the trust we have for care units has now completely gone 

Continuity- there was an investigation, this means that is was going on for a while 

Personalisation- this provokes emotion from the audience as dementia patients need caring for as they can no longer care for themselves

STORY 3- British man has died

• After trying to save his children from drowning at a local beauty spot in a beach in the south of Sydney 
• the British father drowned, after diving in to save his children 

News Values:

Immediacy- the story happened recently in terms of when it was reported

Personalisation- we get an emotional response to this type of story

Negativity- because the father died it is a negative story 

STORY 4- river thames home owners 

• Home owners have participated in mopping up operations 
• this happened after the river thames burst it banks
• residents were told to expect flooding 

News Values:

Familiarity- it is close to us as it is in London

Amplitude- a flood would effect many people living around the banks of the river thames

Impact- this makes people feel threatened as there is a possibility of losing their homes 

Surprise- this was a surprise as no body thought that the banks would burst creating a  flood

STORY 5- David Bowie's tragic death

• The tragic death of the 69 year old music legend David Bowie 
• He was battling cancer for 18 months 
• many tributes have been paid to him 

News Values:

Immediacy- it is breaking in terms of when the story was reported 

Surprise- we did not expect this to happen, there fore it is a surprise 

Elite people- David Bowie was a music legend, he is a celebrity

Personalisation- his death was very sad and people will be distraught