Representations of Youth in the News

Theories:
Gatekeeping: Editors act as the gatekeepers of news
The decide what news they deem worthy and print it- all based on newsworthiness
Role of the editors is to select news stories that are relevant to them and their audience, what do people want to read about?

News Values:
Our perception of what constitutes an event is culturally determined and not a natural occurrence
Newspapers choose which events are important over others depending on our culture

News articles I have found:
Positive:
Teenagers are worried about their future after Brexit: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-latest-teenager-worry-future-edelman-trust-barometer-a7602626.html 
Not all teenagers are depressed or obsessed with their image- stop telling them they're victims: http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/teenage-girls-depressed-stop-telling-them-they-are-victims-janet-street-porter-a7339156.html  
Budding engineer who was a "positive and bright" teenager dies aged 16 after aggressive brain tumour returns: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/budding-engineer-who-positive-bright-10038233 
Meet the inspirational young people who have bravely broken free from their troubled pasts: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/meet-inspirational-young-people-who-10029427 
Inspiring teenager received the Teenager of Courage award at the Pride of Britain awards in 2014: http://www.prideofbritain.com/history/2014/cissy-adamou 
Alice Pyne: http://www.prideofbritain.com/history/2012/alice-pyne
Inspirational teenagers to take to catwalk at Manchester Airport for charity: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/inspirational-teenagers-take-catwalk-manchester-12778694
These teenagers built their own mental health app: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/39303006/these-teenagers-built-their-own-mental-health-app

Negative:
Quad bike stolen after teenagers attack farmer in West Lothian: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-39205332 
'Teddy Bear ecstasy" hospitalises Wythenshawe teenagers: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-39192373 
Violence spreads through young people like a 'contagious disease', scientists find: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/violence-spreads-teenagers-contagious-disease-scientists-find-knife-crime-london-a7487081.html 
English teenagers 'are the most illiterate in the developed world', report reveals: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/english-teenagers-are-the-most-illiterate-in-the-developed-world-report-reveals-a6841166.html 

Teenager in court charge with murder of 47-year-old man: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-39353801
Teenager charge with urinating on a war memorial in Fife: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-39340483