News Evaluation.

Testing what you've learned...

1) What is the angle of a news story? Give an example to explain your answer. It's a side of an story. E.g, Labour's point of view in the election.

2) What is the difference between tabloid and broadsheet news coverage? Tabloid is a non-serious form of news. Broadsheet is a formal, serious form of news. 

3) What would be an example of a tabloid-style TV news programme? BBC Three 60 Second News.

4) What would be an example of a broadsheet-style TV news programme? BBC One News at Ten.

5) What is the difference between international, national, regional and local news coverage? International is worldwide news. National is news regarding the whole country. Regional regards cities. Local regards your nearby area. 

Answer the questions on the election coverage clips...

BBC News election story - via YouTube

1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell? This is national because it's about the Prime Minster election.

2) What angle does the report take on the story?

3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage? Broadsheet.

4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?


Sky News election story not available online - use your notes

1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell? This is national because it's about the Election.

2) What angle does the report take on the story? It's biased because it focuses more on David Cameron's side of the election. 

3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage? More Tabloid than Broadsheet.

4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why? Middle Aged viewers because they're involved within deciding who the Prime Minister is going to be. 


STV (Scottish) coverage of the election story

1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell? This is a mixture of regional and national because it is talking about the election but it's normally referring to the Scottish candidates. 

2) What angle does the report take on the story?

3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage? Mainly Broadsheet.

4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?


Channel 4 News coverage of the election story.
1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?  This is national because it's talking about the Election.

2) What angle does the report take on the story?

3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage? Broadsheet

4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why? 18-35 because it's the Channel's age range but it could expand to an older age range since the election concerns them too.