Monday, 18 November 2013

Local News Analysis 7/Disaster

This news article, from BBC News Devon, is about a flood in Lynmouth.



















Below is a link to the rest of the article:

Lynmouth flood disaster- Disaster article

The 5Ws:
Who- 34 people
What- They lost their lives
Where- Lynmouth
When- August 1952
Why- A flood

News values:
Familiarity- This article is geographically close to the readers
Surprise- A big flood caused by rain does not happen often
Continuity- This story has been in the news before
Conflict- In the article there is a conflict about how the flood happened
Negativity- People dying is bad news

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