Comparing National and Local News Stories

When analysing national and local news articles I found that they both had a number of similarities and differences.

I found that most of the time, both national and local news articles contain the 5Ws, towards the beginning of the article. In both national and local news, stories have been picked depending on the news values.

The dominant news values for National News are:
Immediacy
Familiarity
Amplitude
Surprise
Conflict
Negativity
Elite People

The dominant news values for Local News are:
Familiarity
Amplitude
Surprise
Continuity
Negativity
Scandal

• Both National and Local news articles are dominated by Familiarity, Amplitude, Surprise and Negativity.
• Although Familiarity is dominant for both National and Local news, it is more dominant for Local news, as it it contained in every Local news article. 
• Familiarity is the number one news value for Local News.
•  Negativity is equally dominant for National and Local news, as the vast majority of news that is reported is bad news.