Monday 16 March 2020

Articles Week 3




The Daily Mail

Britain's coronavirus crisis could last until Spring 2021 with up to 8 million people - or 15% of the population - hospitalised, secret NHS briefing reveals - as death toll leaps 14 in a day to 35.

Members of the public spotted today on the tube as the deaths from the pandemic increased today
  • This news story is about the current global epidemic that has caused huge uproars and thousands of deaths. It has been approximately a few weeks since the official name of the epidemic and has already caused 6.5 thousand deaths.
  • The article claims that the virus will die down in summer and reappear in winter. If the rates of death keep going at the same rate as right now, that means there will be 78 thousand deaths. That figure alone is horrifying.
  • This is an example of hard news as it is an important in the time news story that affects everyone nationally and globally.
  • It may appeal to audiences as it is still happening in current time. People want to stay up to date with the news of this deadly virus. Furthermore any notices on shut downs and lock downs are likely to appear so people would read this to find out what happens next.
  • Since the story is about a current issue that we all face today. Its seriousness and importance are definitely an example of quality journalism and not clickbait.

The i

Coronavirus: UK death toll reaches 35 in largest rise of Covid-19 deaths since global pandemic began


  • This news story is about rapid growing number of coronavirus death cases in the UK.
  • The deaths on Friday sat at 11, jumping to 21 on Saturday and jumping a further 14 to hit 35 on Sunday.
  • This is an example of hard news as it shows audiences serious and important news that affects the majority of people in the world. 
  • As for how it appeals to audience members, since the disease is such a wide spread disease killing thousands of people across the globe, it means that people would been keen to keep up on the news of this.
  • This article is not clickbait as there are actual statistics that prove the words of the article.

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Articles Week 3

The Daily Mail Britain's coronavirus crisis could last until Spring 2021 with up to 8 million people - or 15% of the population...