1. Week 19 Lesson 1
AS Media Studies
Foundation Portfolio
What is news?
Look through the list below and highlight which you think are news stories. If you have highlighted a
news story then use the space underneath to say why.
1. A man goes into a pub
2. A man goes into a pub and assaults the barman
It is information that someone else might want or need to know.
3. An old lady walks home alone from a night out at bingo
4. A jumbo jet crashes and kills all on board
It is information that someone else might want or need to know.
5. A fire breaks out at Windsor castle
It is a famous landscape and people may need/want to know about the danger.
6. Tommy Bean from Oldham dies
7. David Beckham gets a new tattoo
This could be an off the wall story which fans may want to know about.
8. A 110-year-old great-grandfather still swims 20 lengths every day in the local pool
This could also be an off the wall story as it is an achievement.
9. A donkey dies on Blackpool beach
10. Sally Cinnamon from Manchester contracts MRSA after going into hospital to have an
ingrown toe nail removed