Form Of News

The news is information on current events. It's and acronym for 'North East West South', which suggests that the news covers all parts of the world.
I learnt that the news can come in different forms, such as: TV, radio, and print.

News Anchor Huw Edwards, BBC News

Bafta Film Award Winner Thelma Schoonmaker

When news is broadcasted on a TV, it is highly visualised with cutaways and the news anchor. For example, for the Bafta Film Awards news piece by the BBC, it contained clips of the host announcing the award winners.



However when news is broadcasted on the radio, it is entirely audio-based, therefore there are no visual elements to the broadcast. During a radio broadcast, it is mainly the radio presenter speaking throughout the news piece as well as occasionally containing interviews to add diversity and opinion. A good example of this can be BBC Radio 4. 

 
Finally, when news is broadcasted by print, it is entirely formal and informational for the news event being mentioned. It is similar to the radio as they can both contain interviews. If the news event involves a person the print can contain the interviewee's opinion to give a sense of perspective too.