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Press freedom: In the UK, “the press” is free, and most journalists believe this is fundamental to a democratic society. This means that newsmakers should seek out and circulate news, information, ideas, comment and opinion and hold those in authority to account. The press provides the platform for a multiplicity of voices to be heard. This means that newspapers are allowed to express opinions, and this includes political views.  After the 2011 phone hacking scandals involving a range of newspapers, a major report was published, by Lord Leveson.  As a result, a new press regulator, IPSO, was set up.  The aim was to ensure the press was more tightly regulated, which might have meant less freedom than under the previous system, where the press regulated itself. A bit of history: This means that newspapers are allowed to express opinions, and this includes political views.  After the 2011 phone hacking scandals involving a range of newspapers, a major repo...

 News value essay: 400-800 words News values is about how professionals decide on what is newsworthy, how to attract an audience in newspapers, on line and social news. News values  (1981 study by Galtung and Ruge)  is a criteria used by media outlets e.g newspapers to determine how important stories are. According to former Times and Sunday Times Editor, Harold Evans, a newsworthy story consists of some of the few listed below: 1.        necessary information and  unusual events 2.        based on  observable facts 3.       should be an  unbiased  account 4.       should be  free  from the reporter’s opinion the news article i analysed was called ‘a look at the catholic churches sex scandals’ , which is quite a broad topic to be discussed in the media. This article uses proximity, proximity means ...

News values is about how professionals decide on what is newsworthy, how to attract an audience in newspapers, on line and social news.  News values (1981 study by Galtung and Ruge) is a criteria used by media outlets e.g newspapers to determine how important stories were; According to former Times and  Sunday  Times Editor, Harold Evans, a news story: is about necessary information and unusual events should be based on observable facts should be an unbiased account should be free from the reporter’s opinion  Negativity  - Bad news is always highly more rated than good news, because it's more exciting and interests the readers more. Proximity  - Stories that involve people from their own countries or stories that are close to people geographically.  Recency  - newspapers are generally competitive about breaking news. Currency   - This is the opposite to recency, stories that have been in the public eye that a...