Listening Journal #2

BBC-
This newscast consisted of 8 different stories focusing first on the news hit for the whole week regarding the earthquake in Chile that caused chaos in the region and they need aid there. This was the first story in the cast. Then the stories were as follows a US story then a story concerning BBC and the way they will operate according the director general concerning the new strategies. Then the stories moved to Europe concerning a Pakistan based scholar who travelled to London calling for a Fatwa to stop suicide bombing and he condemned it writing a 300 page document stating that.
Then the stories resorted to Africa; Egypt and South Africa. Also it included sports news which made it interesting. The news cast was 5 minutes and 53 seconds long. It mostly consisted of an anchor and only around a couple included an anchor and reporter or anchor and sound bite.
There were not any sound bites yet the anchor and the reporters were very expressive and the sound was clear and the quality was very good. The news cast was relatively short regarding all the information and stories included. I believe that if the name of the cast was written or a title or at least the duration it would have made a difference and made it easier.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/worldservice/meta/tx/summary5min?size=au&bgc=003399&lang=en-ws&nbram=1&nbwm=1

NPR-
This newscast consisted of 7 stories most of which about the US and issues happening in different states in the US. The cast was 4 minutes and 46 seconds long. It did not cover the African region at all.
There was natural sound included in the news however the anchors were not as powerful as those in BBC. They were not as firm or assertive. NPR reporters seemed very young which maybe for me made them sound not as formal as those in BBC. The quality of sound still was good but that of the BBC was way clearer.
http://www.npr.org/