News Story 4

News Story 4

News Story 4 comes from the BBC News category. It is a news article about Hurricane Sandy which affected the East-Coast of the United States extremely badly in the past couple of weeks. This is definitely considered an Immediacy News Story as it is Breaking News and shot straight up to the top of the agenda. It is also proved to be extremely important because it was the top of the agenda on a British News Channel. It is also a Familiarity News Story because it hit a very populated and tourist based city. It is also an Amplitude News Story because it affected many lives and caused a lot of damage to the East-Coast of America. It was a Predicted News Story, however also a Surprise News Story because no one could estimate how bad it was going to be. Lastly it is definitely a Negativity News Story because many lives were lost and many homes and local places were destroyed.