Running Orders

Planning a TV news running order: blog task

1) Name the TV news programme you created a running order for in this morning's lesson.
BBC 60 Second News 2) List the five stories you chose and explain why you chose each one.
1. Top Story: A woman has been convicted of murdering her husband. He was wealthy banker and she a stay-at-home mum
2. Second Story: A well known politician has been named on Twitter as been investigated by police for fraud 
3.Israel has shelled a residential area of Gaza, killing around 25 civillias
4. Cheryl Cole has announced that she is pregnant
5. A news series of BBC drama Sherlock achieved record viewing figures last night 3) Use the Uses and Gratifications theory to explain why ONE of the stories appeals to the target audience for that programme.
The news story on BBC drama, Sherlock. This is used as a diversion as it is seen as escapism and the viewers are allowed to exit reality and go into the world of TV dramas. It is used as entertainment to add a lighter side to the news they may have already presented
4) Now choose one of the other TV news programmes we have focused on and choose a five-story running order for that programme. The four TV news progammes are:

Newsround:
Top Story: Israel has shelled a residential area of Gaza - this story would be phrased differently 
Secondly: David Cameron's office has announced he will be visiting Washington next week to meet President Obama. 
Thirdly: Lady Gaga is in London and has been spotted jogging in Hyde Park
Fourth: A well known politician has been named on Twitter as being investigated by police or fraud
Fifth: A news drama on Sherlock 

Channel 4:
Top Story: Israel has shelled a residential area of Gaza killing around 25 civilians 
Second: Gunfire has been reported on the streets of Moscow although no there are no details as yet regarding open fire
Third: 20  people were killed in 15 different accidents
Fourth: A tweet by Miley Cyrus 
Fifth: Cheryl Cole has announced she is pregnant