Key Information
BBC news is broadcast 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. The scheduled timing of broadcast can be found on the BBC website - http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcnews/programmes/schedules - the schedule for BBC news differs every day so there aren't any specific time slots; other than BBC news at 6.00, 13.00, 17.00, 18.00 and 20.00. There is a long list of presenters who present on the show, not all of them can be listed as it will go on and on, therefore I will list a few who work regularly: Anna Ford, George Alaghia, Natasha Kaplinsky and the list goes on. On average 256 million people of the public watch BBC news on a weekly basis - this is a figure which has risen by 7% within the last year. BBC news won a Peabody award for Newsnight in 1997. Also, they won the international Emmy award for news. The following picture below is the logo for BBC news.
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I will be showing a short clip of BBC news from YouTube below.
More information on BBC news.
BBC news was first launched on 9th November 1997. BBC news is owned by BBC which is then owned by HM Government. BBC news is famous for international and worldwide news. The channel logo is shown as above. A YouTube trailer advertising a show on the channel which will be shown below. BBC news main slogan is "Britain's most watched news channel". During the news broadcast, weather coverage is also included. BBC news has 3,500 employees of which 2000 are journalists.
Target Audience
BBC news channel is aimed at many audiences such as children, adults, elderly&teenagers. BBC news is mainly aimed at middle aged people as a large slice of audience towards BBC news are middle aged people.
The average age of the audience for BBC news is around 32. The gender of which watches BBC news is fairly balanced.
Three separate editions of the programme
Day 1 news stories
1. Rotherham sexual harassment against children.
2. Russian troops deployed in Ukraine.
3. Rooney named new England captain by Roy Hodgson.
I think that the editors of the programme put the main news stories in this order by putting them from most important to least important. The first news story was about 1,400 Rotherham children who got sexually harassed between the years of 1997-2013 as no action was taken towards . Secondly, Russian troops were deployed in Ukraine as Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko accused Russia for deploying their troops in the east of his country. Finally, Wayne Rooney has been named the new England captain by manager Roy Hodgson.
Day 2 news stories
1. Journalist killing in Syria,
video was taken to show beheading of a US reporter.
Three separate editions of the programme
Day 1 news stories
1. Rotherham sexual harassment against children.
2. Russian troops deployed in Ukraine.
3. Rooney named new England captain by Roy Hodgson.
I think that the editors of the programme put the main news stories in this order by putting them from most important to least important. The first news story was about 1,400 Rotherham children who got sexually harassed between the years of 1997-2013 as no action was taken towards . Secondly, Russian troops were deployed in Ukraine as Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko accused Russia for deploying their troops in the east of his country. Finally, Wayne Rooney has been named the new England captain by manager Roy Hodgson.
Day 2 news stories
1. Journalist killing in Syria,
video was taken to show beheading of a US reporter.
2. Justin Beiber charged with assault
3. Celebrity leaks 'no breach' - Apple
I think that the editors of the programme put these news stories in this order by putting them from most popular&read stories.
Day 3 stories
1. Beheading will not intimidate US.
2. Ashaya's mother 'cried and prayed'.
3. British Ebola patient discharged.
I think that the editors of the programme put the stories by putting them from most serious&important to less serious&important.
