Writing Copy

Codes & Conventions

• These are the elements that define a media text and make it what it is, and to show you how it is different from any other  media text. 
• Newspapers share the same sort of content as other media format  such as television and radio- they have stories about events that interest people. This is news in a particular way. 

Literal meaning: Denotation
different meanings: Connotation

Codes and conventions of popular newspapers:

• Are based on the way the news is presented to the reader. 
• Newspapers have a masthead with their title 
• The copy is as up to date as possible- yesterday's news is not news. 
• Articles are written in columns 
• Newspapers use headlines 

Simple sentence:
A simple sentence, also called and independent clause, contains a subject and a verb.

Compound sentence:
A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator.

Complex sentence: A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses. A complex sentence always has a subordinator such as because, since, after, although, or when or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or which.

• In a straight news story, it's best to get  the most important information in your story up to the top. 
• As the first paragraph in an article, the introduction is very important. Its contents tell the reader in more detail what the article is about. 
• The mail on Sunday: 

Front page news story- Anarchists fly migrant in on Ryan air.

• Used quotes for effect and make it bolder/ easier to read. 
• The bigger text outlines the article and it gets straight into the story.

Research on KathaKali:

KathaKali was first discovered in 1987 by Kathakali make-up specialist Kalamandalam Barbara Vijayakumar and the KathaKali actor himself Kalamandalam Vijayakumar. They brought the art and drama to the UK and had the chance to go on tour. KathaKali is based on Hinduism and is a highly charged drama which combines devotion, drama, dance, music, costumes and makeup in order to produce one of the world's most amazing form of sacred theatre. KathaKali provides a window into the past and allows the audience to learn about the ancient heritage of this piece.

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED AT THE BREAK IN?

The Queen has recently been spotted and it seems as if nothing has happened…

ROBYN DUNN

The break in at the palace has been the main talk of all major newspapers and online, however, we still haven’t heard anything from The Queen herself. This image was sent in by a reader, it’s not certain if she’s checking for her security or aimlessly looking out the window. Police have recently confirmed that over £3M of jewellery was stolen but have not confirmed the robber’s identity.

We spoke to the Royals team surrounding the Palace and they commented: “We have no idea how someone made it into the Palace, our team are so alert when it comes to making sure everyone is safe, we don’t know what happened?”

This isn’t the first time Buckingham Palace has been broken into.  Back in 2013 A suspected burglar was arrested after scaling a 12-foot fence and breaking in to Buckingham Palace. A second man was arrested outside the palace for conspiracy to commit burglary following the incident. It was also recorded that the police investigate whether either of the men had terrorist links.

Argument of The Assisted Dying Bill

The Assisted Dying Bill is something that has been discussed through the media a lot over the years. It allows those who is terminally ill to end their life with the assistance of a family member. A Bill is a “draft of a proposed law presented to parliament for discussion”. There are a few advantages of having this put in place in the UK but there are also a few disadvantages with allowing people having an assisted death; the main one is that people might take things too far and misuse the fact that it should be used for those who are unable to live their lives.

Simon Binner was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (“A progressive disease involving degeneration of the motor neurons and wasting of the muscles”) arguments have occurred from this and some have said that the decision to allow him to do this will be taken into consideration and they would allow him to fly to Switzerland with his family to have an assisted death however majority of people are against this and have said that he has no right to have an assisted death because it is Illegal within the United Kingdom.

Back in 2015 the right to die was the talk of the Telegraph online- one article which I have researched states:  “MPs vote against enshrining right to die in British law, blocking second reading of Assisted Dying Bill by 212 majority in historic Commons vote.” This was decided in a free vote within the Commons in September 2015, this was when the Parliament decided to enshrine the right to die within the British law. “330 MPs were against” and “118 were in favour” to allow people who have a terminal illness to end their lives under medical supervision.


Column piece research and planning:

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