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Crime and courts / Melbourne, VIC

Former Melbourne girls' school teacher charged with sexual assault

ABC News Judd Boaz
Summary

Sexual Offences

From the report

Methodist Ladies' College in Melbourne's east has confirmed a teacher whose work was ended this year has been charged with sexual assault.

How outlets headlined it

Each outlet's own headline. Struck through: the loaded words our calmer version leaves out. Fewest struck first.

  • ABC News Former Melbourne girls' school teacher charged with sexual assault
  • The Age Teacher at prestige girls’ school charged with sex assault of student
  • The West Australian Elite School's teacher sacked over alleged sex assaults 1 change
  • 7NEWS Prestigious Inner Melbourne girls’ school emails alumni about grim charge for former teacher 2 changes

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The teacher taught students in years 7 to 12 at the Melbourne school until the end of last term.
The teacher taught students in years 7 to 12 at the Melbourne school until the end of last term.

A summary of ABC News’s report. The score is for the full 386-word report.

How calmly each outlet wrote it

The West Australian, The Age, WAtoday, The Sydney Morning Herald and Brisbane Times also covered it; we only receive their summaries, so their writing is not scored here.

Outlet Niral ScoreAdjectivesSourcingSentimentMood
ABC Newsas they published this story 93.6 0 65 -0.3 22.4
7NEWS 88.2 8 63 -0.5 46.5

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The same event elsewhere

7 outlets from 3 newsrooms reported this story: the one you are reading and the other 6 below. The table above compares the reports we could score.

The West Australian School's teacher sacked over alleged sex assaults summary only, not scored The Age Teacher at prestige girls’ school charged with sex assault of student summary only, not scored WAtoday Teacher at prestige girls’ school charged with sex assault of student summary only, not scored The Sydney Morning Herald Teacher at prestige girls’ school charged with sex assault of student summary only, not scored Brisbane Times Teacher at prestige girls’ school charged with sex assault of student summary only, not scored 7NEWS Inner Melbourne girls’ school emails alumni about charge for former teacher Niral 88.2 · mostly calm writing political 0