week 4

Chapter 4 - A 'know' for news

1. "Australia devoted major segments of their evening news bulletins to the tragedy and it's aftermath." There was a focus on the Australian lives lost and the close proximity of the disaster, as this is of strong interest to Australians. It affects their people. As this tsunami had a a great impact on so many and was a tragic out-of-the-ordinary event, it was a major talking point for all Australian media outlets.

2. I would probably focus on the fact that she was Australian. People are interested in stories that are related to home. The fact that she is Australian and it happened in Australia relates to us, makes us think ‘what if that happened to me one day?’. Next I would focus on how the Queensland police arrested her and Australian authorities put her in a detention center. How could they let this happen? Next I would focus on the 10 months she spent there, as it is a considerable amount of time.

3. Probably the (b) as it involves a known person, Prince Charles, and he is commenting about Australia which would be of interest to readers as this is someone who is often in the media and because it is about the country in which they live.

4. News is information that is new knowledge and is of interest to the target audience.

5. Rudyard Kipling’s Six strong men are imperative to any news story and hold equal value. These inform us of the important details, they are the building frames of the story. They should all be assigned equal value in general situations. Some situations, however, may place more importance on one, for example if the ‘who’ was famous, but you would still need the other 5 men to complete the story.