The Way the News is Reported on Radio

I am going to start with BBC Radio 4 news, I will be analysing how the news is reported and what other ways that they elaborate on the story.

1. The first thing that happens is that the radio show will do a small summary of one or two news stories. 
2. The theme music to the news is also played this is usually dramatic sound effect
3. The presenter doing the news will always introduce the story and explain what has happened 
4. If they have an archive clip then they play it after they have explained the story, there may not even be an introduction to the clip, it is played straight after the story to back it up, it will usually finish it off 
5. On BBC radio 4, they speak extremely clearly with good language, their tone is calm
6. When bringing in a correspondent they will introduce who they are speaking (name and where they are) to and then go to them 
7. Half way through telling the stories they have switched from a female presenter to a male presenter 

Now I will be listening to Heart, to hear how they report the news.

1. On this radio it is a man who reports the news, he speaks quickly and it is not as clear as BBC 
2. Not as many archive clips or correspondents are used, but when they are used there is no introduction to them, it just leads into it 
3. When they say something important he slows down when speaking