2. • Title sequence with graphics/montage of images and music
• Logo prominent on screen
• Run down of the day’s top stories with non-diegetic pulsing music
playing, giving the impression that the news is alive and evolving
constantly
• Astons/name captions for reporter/interviewee
3. • Studio set with sofas/desk and large screen –
often able to see screens and journalists at work –
connotations of a busy workplace with news
coming in all the time
• Regular presenters/anchors
• Presenters usually in MCU facing the audience,
maintaining eye contact with camera/audience
• Presenters likely to wear smart, conservative
clothes
• Presenters usually maintain serious expression
with minimal body language (as if to be neutral)
• Camera will zoom in on still images during stories,
giving the effect of movement and excitement to
the audience
4. • News crawl/ticker across lower part of screen
with top stories or breaking news – particularly
on rolling news shows like Sky or BBC News 24
5. • Use of headlines
• Mix of studio-based presenters in direct address to
audience and pre-recorded news packages with
some live reporting
• Use of throw forwards and summaries
• Use of formal language by presenters – no dialect
or slang
6. • Structured to start with the most important story
and move through to the least important
• Often finishing with an ‘And finally’ story –
something lightweight or feel-good to give a
positive feeling to the end of the programme
• Likely to include sport and weather as separate
sections towards the end of the programme
7. Conventions more specific to 24
Hour/Rolling News
• Emphasis on breaking news (however minor)
signalled by breaking news straps (graphics –
often on the ticker)
• Prominent use of the news ticker
• Dramatic sound stings
• Repeated 30 minute bulletins
• News agenda features hard news,
international and political events
8. Conventions more specific to local
news
• Studio set and credit montage feature images
from the local area
• Show will share some of the visual iconography
as the national version
9. • More chat and ad-libs between presenters
• More friendly and informal feel
• At least one presenter will have a (not strong)
local accent
10. • News agenda features local stories and
national stories with a local connection
• Sports and weather are often presented from
a standing position
