casey peart media blog

My name is Casey Peart and this is my essay about the news values of a news story. The story I have chosen is the story of the 12 soldiers who died in Niger and how Donald Trump was disrespectful Mr Johnson’s wife. Mr Johnson is one of the 12 soldiers that died in Niger. This has a high threshold as it has Donald trump in the name which is big because he is the president of the United States which is one of the most powerful countries in the world. Also the UK have an alliance with the United States meaning it has a close proximity also. It may not be close to home however we are in close relation to America. Also as we are in close relation to America stories from America reach the UK the quickest also news companies such as the BBC report on Donald Trump a lot which reaches America also. This story also links to the Paul Gilroy idea of otherness as the story portrays a white man slandering a black man and woman and the news jump on the story. Donald trump supposedly called t...