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Today: How as the coverage changed and why? Focus on comparing a story from early on in the coverage of your issue or event, with a story from within the last seven days. How have the news aspects of depth of coverage, placement of coverage and style of coverage changed or stayed the same? Discuss why you think that might be in relation to news values/news worthiness.

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Example: Flight MH370 Week 1, 2 or 3 of when it happened: (9 th 29 th March) http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article /missing-flight-mh370-the-morning-after What media was covering it? The tv news is covering it, news papers, online news Choose an example story: What was the depth & placement of their coverage? (and key focus) The report isnt very detailed as the websites writers do not have enough information on the event because the event has just occurred the day before the article What was the style of the coverage? It was informal because they were giving as much information as they could and it was to early to have an opinion on it so it was strictly information What news values influenced the coverage? Timeleness because this type of event is uncommon, proximity because two new zealanders were passengers Last week: 12 th 19 th May http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/may/19/malaysia -airlines-flight-mh370-film-vanishing-act What media was covering it? The news covers the story as the plot thickens, online media, news papers Choose an example story: What was the depth & placement of their coverage? (and key focus) They covered the movie being made about the Missing flight, they mentioned that the families will be unaffected by the film and they also mentioned that the director of the film has been given harsh critisism due to his film. What was the style of the coverage? The story has developed as they learn more and more about the flight, they have a lot more information and so the director of the film can make a movie on the event What news values influenced the coverage? The story has continunuity because it has been going on as more information develops

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Early coverageRecent Coverage Almost every news organisation world-wide was covering it: Minors New on the web News Kenya CapitolNewYork.com Thedailystar.net Couriermail.com.au Countless internet blog sites and new sites Majors Television Network News - local and international (including One News, 3News, Prime/Sky News, CNN, BBC, ABC News, Fox, Euronews, etc.) Radio news & talkback including Newstalk ZB, Radio NZ, RadioLive Newspapers (print) local Including: NZ Herald, The Dominion Post, Waikato Times, Bay of Plenty Times, Otago Daily Times. International: including The Mirror (UK), The Telegraph (UK, The Independent (UK), The Sun (UK), The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times etc. Social Media: -> press release on Malaysian Airlines Facebook -> Twitter: hashtags, MH370 News account set up etc.

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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?objectid=11258526 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?objectid=11257477 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?objectid=11257656 Story from first week/second/thirdStory from last seven days SOME SUGGESTIONS/OPTIONS: (choose one to compare) SOME SUGGESTIONS/OPTIONS: (choose one to compare) http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?objectid=11227901 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?gallery_id=141988 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?objectid=11220386

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Story from first week/second/third Story from last seven days SOME SUGGESTIONS/OPTIONS: http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/malaysia-release-satellite-data- mh370-5976844 http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/author-defends-mh370-book-5975485 http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/australia-spend-97m-search-mh370-5971325 http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/nz-crew-very-determined-find- traces-mh370-5872314 http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/mh370-mystery-raises-questions-pilots- mental-health-5872821 http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/search-malaysia-airlines-jet- widens-indian-ocean-5864852

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DEPTH OF COVEREAGE http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/nz-crew- very-determined-find-traces-mh370-5872314 The article explained with names, the units being sent out to look for the missing flight. They didnt explain much information on the flight just about the search crews being sent to help find the flight The article is about the Australian government planning to spend up to 97 million dollars to help try solve the mystery of the missing flight mh370. the article didnt go into much detail just about the Australian budget http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/australia-spend- 97m-search-mh370-5971325

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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?o bjectid=11220386 http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/australia- spend-97m-search-mh370-5971325 PLACEMENT OF STORY (and why) The story was placed on the front page of the New Zealand Herald because it is affecting the families of the New Zealand passengers and also the friends of them PLACEMENT OF STORY (and why) It is on the front page because New Zealand is close with Australia

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Story from first week/second/third Story from last seven days STYLE OF COVERAGE

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Story from first week/second/third Story from last seven days NEWS VALUES AFFECTING COVERAGE