Wednesday 3 September 2014

TV News Research

 
1) The key information about the programme: 
Channel: Channel 4
Time of broadcast: Weekdays 7pm Weekends not specified
Presenter: Jon Snow
Average Viewing Figures: 4 million per day
Awards: International Emmy Award for News 2013
              British Academy TV Award for Best Coverage 2014
              British Academt TV Award for Best News and Current Affairs Journalism 1994,1993



2) The institution behind the programme – this is usually the TV channel it is broadcast on.
Launch Date: November 2 1982
Owner/Runner: OFCOM

3) The target audience 
The target audiene would mainly be mature adults aroiund the age of 20+ and the elderly at the age of 50+ due to the serious topics Jon has to present.

4) The running order for three separate editions of the programme.

Sunday 31 August 2014
  •  Arrested parents of Ashya King face neglect charge

  • What choice should parents have in treating their child?
  • Fraud claims spark Pakistan clashes
  • Rotherham child abuse report
  • Abuse scandal is a 'vastly wider issue' than Rotherham
  • Britain's unknown wheelchair tennis champion
Monday 1 September 2014
  • Ashya King's brother: 'We're afraid for his health'
  • Cameron announces new anti-terrorism power
  • Fighting escalates in eastern Ukraine
  • EU prepares more sanctions for Russia
  • Abuse with Pakistani children
  • New curriculum introduced in England and Wales                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Tuesday 2 September 2014
  • Islamic State release video showing Steven Sotloff murder
  • Independent inquiry launched over Rotherham child abuse
  • Boris island plan sunk
  • Intel on Steven Sotloff killing
  • Evidence of Russian presence in Ukraine
  • Gap closes in Scottish independence polls

2 comments:

  1. WWW: Channel 4 News is an excellent choice of programme and you've found some important information as well as including video content.
    EBI: You certainly need to go into target audience in much more detail for future media work (we'll be covering this in the next two weeks). Finally, you missed out on the last bit of the project - explaining why you think the stories appeared in the order they did.
    LR: Do you regularly watch the programme you researched? Why/why not? Where do you get your news from? Answer in a comment below.

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  2. Q1: No I don't watch the news. Reason being that 50 mins is too long and I would prefer the BBC3 60 Second news as it is short, snappy, and summarises the stories in a sentence or two.
    Q2: I got some of my news from the official site and others from the OFCOM site.

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