The Guardian:
‘Cuts blamed as mental health
death toll soars’
Immediacy – New reveal that
the cuts are being blamed as the reason for the deaths due to mental health.
Nearness- Involves people
involved in the NHS and people who are effected by mental health.
Consequence – It will affect people that are in UK as it is part of the NHS which is a national health service and something that everyone uses.
Conflict - This story has conflict between the government and the NHS.
Human Interest - It involves human interest as mental health issues can effect anyone.
The Sun:
'Story about a woman claiming to have won the lottery but she accidentally put her ticket in the wash'
Immediacy - This news is new because it was in the immediate aftermath of one of the biggest lotteries of the past few years.
Nearness - It involves people and places known to the reader as the story is about the lottery in the UK.
Consequence - The news affects all the readers because if she is lying then she would have taken the money potentially of someone else in the UK.
Suspense - The article doesn't mention if she has actually has the winning ticket and it creates suspense.
Oddity - This story is odd because it is an extremely large amount of money and it is unheard of for someone to lose their ticket and get it back.
Magnitude - It is shocking as she might be trying to defraud the people who run the lottery.
"On balance, given the content across the whole newspaper, which news value would you say are the most important to this newspaper. Give a reason for your answer"
I think that human interest is the most important news value to The Guardian because the readers are typically most interested in things that will affect their day to day lives like things to do with politics and business decisions, this is different in comparison to The Sun as they focus on
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