Why were the murders of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in Soham in 2002 such a huge news story? Why did serial killer Dr Harold Shipman gain such infamy in 2000? Or, more recently, why did the deadly crimes and the pursuit of Raoul Moat in 2010 so fascinate the media? And what about the media focus on the recent murder of 12-year-old Tia Sharp, whose body was only discovered in her grandmother’s loft in 2012 during the fourth police search of the house? What singles out these cases from the hundreds of other murder cases that are never, or minimally, reported?
WHY DO JOURNALISTS THINK THAT SOME HOMICIDES ARE MORE NEWSWORTHY THAN OTHERS?
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