BY: L E A H C A M E R O N , TAY LO R C U R L E Y, S A M A N T H A H A LY K , A LY SS A M C M U RT RY, H AY L E Y M U T C H , J E N N I F E R T U R N B U L L

The News Cycle

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IntroductionWhat is the news cycle?

New technologyArgument: Speed deteriorating news quality

Case Study: Luka Magnotta http://gotocrisisguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/115935

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The News Cycle-PRINT = time between one edition of the paper to the next day’s edition – a 24hr period where no new news is released.(wiseGEEK, 2013)

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The News Cycle

“It’s no longer about

which outlet breaks the new[s] or how fast, it’s going to be about how well they can report on something that everybody has already

seen.” - Mitch Joel, “Welcome to the Sixty Second News Cycle – Death to the 24 Hour News Cycle."

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Case Study: Luka Magnotta

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4 Stages of the news cycle

 1) breaking news2) context3) analysis4) archival

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Who reports it and does that change?

Everyone reported this story because it affected a large area

The area grew as more information was revealed about Magnotta and the case

More news outlets picked up the story once it infiltrated their area

Tina Spencer (Managing Editor @ Postmedia News):

“It can be difficult to keep up. It’s even more difficult to lead that news cycle, which is

why no one news organization consistently

does have the lede.”

All formats picked up the story: print, online, TV and radio

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Life of Story

Emerged on May 29, 2012 Foot was found

CTV Ottawa – May 29th, 2012 @11:59 am One of the first to break the story on Twitter

Ended on March 11, 2013 Publication ban issued

Local The Ottawa

CitizenThe Montreal

Gazette- two big players

Ottawa SunLa PresseCTV Ottawa

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National

The Globe & Mail

The National Post

CBCOther CTV local stations across Canada

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InternationalUnited States

- CNN- The New York Times- Reuters

United Kingdom- BBC- The Guardian

Europe- The Local – Berlin- Berliner Morgenpost – Berlin

Middle East- Al Jazeera

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How does the content change over time?

The content changes with official information-Police Reports of body parts in the mail http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J66uyQUy6TY

-Questions of what it could mean, speculationhttp://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/canada/archives/2012/05/20120530-212932.html

The content changes when identity revealed- Internet sources (bestgore.com), Luka Magnotta’s own pages, Montana Lawyer who reported it to police, kitten killer connections, Karla Holmoka connections, graphic descriptionshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PGTQFEl_lE 0:40- 1:40

The focus turns to Luka Magnotta’s personality -Bring in psychologists to analyse his character-Focus on narrative of Luka Magnotta and narcissism  

Focus turns to International Manhunt-International media begin to report on the story after he is suspected to be in France-Reports about how he has been spotted in Paris

Content becomes more analytical after arrest-Analyses over internet use and narcissism, fame, why police didn’t know about him, how online sleuths knew about him a year prior to murder

 Media still conflicted- June 6th- Inside his mind. Global- 3:25http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IPRK6Fjpao

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What’s reported on various platforms?

- Online and print stories shared content

- TV stories demonstrated a similar pattern in content - As popularity grew, story became sensationalized

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“It’s motion for motion’s sake...volume without

thought. It is news panic, a lack of discipline, an

inability to say no.” – Dean Starkman

Platforms continued…

Focus shifts from suspect to victim

Over time, public desensitized to graphic content

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Knowing when to break the news

For Journalists - Heightened amount

of pressure - Pack Journalism - Citizen Journalism - Getting trustworthy sources- When to follow a lead

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Social Media and the News Cycle

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Social Media and the News Cycle

Advantages Disadvantages

News is more participatory (EMEA Media Practice)

Promotes short, quick news = less investigative journalism

News is available quicker (Wilma Stassen)

Less time to fact check

More access to sources and audience (Gavin Adamson, assistant professor at Ryerson University)

Misinformation spreads quicker

“Because there’s more and more content uploaded, the speed at which a rumour can circulate is just

amazing,”

- Chris Wardle, Storyful’s director of news services

Social Media Coverage of Luka Magnotta

Received live updates through Twitter and Facebook

Media outlets posted updates on social media before their website (Gaurav Mishra)

Ottawa Sun: “Story now online, German cops arrested Ottawa/Montreal body parts suspect Luka Magnotta.”

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Social Media Coverage of Luka Magnotta

Reported speculation

“We are now hearing Ottawa police have found another body part – not sure where, could be

Canada Post,” (Michael Le Couteur, Global National Correspondent)

“Police wonder if Magnotta linked to other crimes, murder of V Leblanc in Gatineau?, comp SK

suspect.” (Dominic Fazioli, Global News)

Tried to keep the story going

“Manhunt for body-parts suspect Magnotta

continues.”

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Social Media Coverage of Luka Magnotta

Sensationalizing the story

Delving into deeper issues – “What kind of person murders and mails out victim’s body parts?”

Public Participation - helped facilitate international manhunt

Incorrect information was reported - no connection between the foot found in Ottawa and the torso found in Montreal- Reported Jun Lin’s age was 33 when he was actually 32 - Magnotta was “linked” to Karla Homolka

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EVOLUTION OF THE NEWS CYCLE

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How has the news cycle changed?

“Something happens in the world and somebody, somewhere is informing the world through text, images, audio and even video within sixty seconds.”

- Mitch Joel

Evolution cont.

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Evolution of News Cycle reflected in Magnotta Case

More reporters on the caseStory spread internationallyLocal: Body Parts

International: Arrested in Internet café in Berlin

Moved through a large news cycle

International coverage ends after June 2012

Rebooted through spin off stories

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Evolution of News Cycle reflected in Magnotta Case

Guest Speaker

Meghan Hurley-Reporter, The Ottawa Citizen

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Where does this leave us?

Speed vs.

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Where cont.

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How the 24 hour news cycle affects journalists

We can now engage in feedback and debate with our audience

Journalists produce more stories in less time

Less investigative journalism

“The nasty little truth about 24 hour news whether cable TV/the internet – is that most of it is not

news.”- (“No Time to

Think”)

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Discussion

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