Articles Week 2

The Daily Mail

Stockpilers pushing trolleys piled high with toilet rolls form enormous queues at Costco while shelves are stripped empty in Asda in coronavirus panic.

•  This is an example of hard news as the article is about something serious and current. 
•  The article is about the rapid sales of stock seen in supermarkets across the UK including huge supermarkets such as Costco or Asda.
• The news article is very important as the Coronavirus has become an epidemic and a world wide case disease causing the deaths of hundreds of people.
• It may appeal to people as it is of present time and directly affect everyone.
• It reflects the newspapers values as it informs the readers about important information about a deadly the disease that can be harmful to everyone.
• This is not clickbait as we can see that there are actual pictures from these supermarkets that show the reader that the shelves of many of these supermarkets are in fact empty due to panic buying from customers.

The I

Italy quarantines 16 million people to stem coronavirus outbreak - what does it mean for Italians or for Brits travelling to Italy.

• This is an example of hard news as it is news of an epidemic that affects not only one country but the entire world which is very serious and important news.
• The news article focuses on Italy and the actions they have taken against the Coronavirus. The quarantine of 16 million people affects not only the people in the country but also any of their family and friends that are in different countries.
• It would appeal to readers since it is a big news story that is very recent and impactful on the people all around the world. 
• It reflects the newspapers values of being independent as there are no signs of any sort of bias information or any help from other firms to make this news article.
• This is not clickbait as the news story is seen in not only the i but many other news companies. Italy is also going through this and there are videos and pictures that show the event to prove this.