Preliminary Task
Preliminary exercise
Preliminary exercise: the introductory music/jingle for a show on the radio with a presenter introducing and greeting their guest (who must respond) and playing an archive sound clip relating to the guest (approximately 30-40 seconds duration in total).
Preliminary Task
As an independent learner, I had to create the script, edit the recording and find a suitable story for the task that I was given. When researching radio news, I felt that a presenter needed a voice that was audiogenic because the presenter would have to be the most appealing and easiest to understand character in my show. I also learnt that an interviewee needed to be an important person for the story that I decided to report because it would help to give the audience a view inside the story from outside.
This exercise is to demonstrate understanding of sound editing and mixing and conventions of radio.
Main task
Preliminary exercise: the introductory music/jingle for a show on the radio with a presenter introducing and greeting their guest (who must respond) and playing an archive sound clip relating to the guest (approximately 30-40 seconds duration in total).
All audio material must be original, produced by the candidate(s), with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source. Both preliminary and main tasks may be done individually or as a group. Maximum four members to a group.
Production Roles
Hany Tahir - Writer, Editor
Preliminary exercise
Preliminary exercise: the introductory music/jingle for a show on the radio with a presenter introducing and greeting their guest (who must respond) and playing an archive sound clip relating to the guest (approximately 30-40 seconds duration in total).
Preliminary Task
As an independent learner, I had to create the script, edit the recording and find a suitable story for the task that I was given. When researching radio news, I felt that a presenter needed a voice that was audiogenic because the presenter would have to be the most appealing and easiest to understand character in my show. I also learnt that an interviewee needed to be an important person for the story that I decided to report because it would help to give the audience a view inside the story from outside.
Preliminary exercise: the introductory music/jingle for a show on the radio with a presenter introducing and greeting their guest (who must respond) and playing an archive sound clip relating to the guest (approximately 30-40 seconds duration in total).
Preliminary Task
As an independent learner, I had to create the script, edit the recording and find a suitable story for the task that I was given. When researching radio news, I felt that a presenter needed a voice that was audiogenic because the presenter would have to be the most appealing and easiest to understand character in my show. I also learnt that an interviewee needed to be an important person for the story that I decided to report because it would help to give the audience a view inside the story from outside.
This exercise is to demonstrate understanding of sound editing and mixing and conventions of radio.
Main task
Preliminary exercise: the introductory music/jingle for a show on the radio with a presenter introducing and greeting their guest (who must respond) and playing an archive sound clip relating to the guest (approximately 30-40 seconds duration in total).
All audio material must be original, produced by the candidate(s), with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source. Both preliminary and main tasks may be done individually or as a group. Maximum four members to a group.
Production Roles
Hany Tahir - Writer, Editor
Final Script
Role
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Name
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Speech
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SFX
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Presenter
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Isaiah
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Good morning and welcome to Galaxy FM! My name is Isaiah and it is 10:23 AM and today we have up and coming singer, Daisy Knightly. We also have updates on the weather and traffic coming soon.
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Jingle
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Presenter
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Isaiah
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Firstly, Daisy, how are you so talented at being able to sing at such a young age?
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Guest
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Niomie
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Honestly, I don't know myself. I've been practicing since I was 7 so I guess it's practice.
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Presenter
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Isaiah
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That's amazing! Thank you for coming on Galaxy FM and where can we see you next?
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Guest
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Niomie
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It's not official yet, but I'll be on stage around April or May of 2016
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Presenter
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Isaiah
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Thank you and more on to be discussed after this quick break.
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Outro Jingle
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Editing
For editing I mainly used the website freesound.org, but for the main task where I have to produce a five minute radio news I want to use other websites like freesoundarchive.org orsoundcloud.com to expand my choices in sound archives. Also, for some of the jingles I would like to produce it on Garage Band as it was a free program that I could use and it already contained sample jingles.
This was the complete radio show with everything that we were tasked to use with annotations discussing some of the decisions that were made.
This was the jingle that I used for the radio show. I used a jingle because they are a code and convention for a radio show and are common in radio shows, especially local radio
news.
Understanding the GENRE of local radio NEWS
Recording Local Radio News from BBC Shropshire
I decided to go to BBC Radio and look a local radio news bulletin that I could analyse. At first I wanted to analyse one station as I felt that I would understand the codes and conventions that were in the bulletin. However I decided to choose two stations as I felt that I would have a more accurate understanding about what the codes and conventions are of local radio news bulletins. This would also allow me to see any anomalies in the news bulletins. For example, if I found a convention in one bulletin that wasn't in the other, I'd understand that it isn't a code and convention of local radio news and feature what is seen as a local radio news bulletin rather than a specific code and convention that would only be used by a specific station
Understanding what were common codes and convention is important as it would've been appropriate to understand what the target audience or the general public want to listen to rather than a code and convention that a station would use for a specific target audience. I chose BBC Shropshire as I felt that after listening to multiple radio bulletins from multiple radio stations, BBC Shropshire gave me the most common codes and conventions compared to other radio stations. For example, I found that some radio stations would ignore the hierarchy of news by randomly arranging the story as they see fit rather than what they thought would be the most important story to discuss to the audience.
The geographical reach of the BBC Shropshire radio transmitters and location of its TARGET AUDIENCE
CC1- Jingles
From my research on the codes & conventions of local radio news broadcasts, I found that both BBC Shropshire and BBC Berkshire had both used jingles before the presenter would introduce him/herself. I found the jingle to be an alert for the audience to know when the presenter of the radio will be speaking and it made it easier to know when the audience should focus on what the radio is saying.
Editing
For editing I mainly used the website freesound.org, but for the main task where I have to produce a five minute radio news I want to use other websites like freesoundarchive.org orsoundcloud.com to expand my choices in sound archives. Also, for some of the jingles I would like to produce it on Garage Band as it was a free program that I could use and it already contained sample jingles.
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| This was the complete radio show with everything that we were tasked to use with annotations discussing some of the decisions that were made. |
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| This was the jingle that I used for the radio show. I used a jingle because they are a code and convention for a radio show and are common in radio shows, especially local radio news. |
Understanding the GENRE of local radio NEWS
Recording Local Radio News from BBC Shropshire
I decided to go to BBC Radio and look a local radio news bulletin that I could analyse. At first I wanted to analyse one station as I felt that I would understand the codes and conventions that were in the bulletin. However I decided to choose two stations as I felt that I would have a more accurate understanding about what the codes and conventions are of local radio news bulletins. This would also allow me to see any anomalies in the news bulletins. For example, if I found a convention in one bulletin that wasn't in the other, I'd understand that it isn't a code and convention of local radio news and feature what is seen as a local radio news bulletin rather than a specific code and convention that would only be used by a specific station
Understanding what were common codes and convention is important as it would've been appropriate to understand what the target audience or the general public want to listen to rather than a code and convention that a station would use for a specific target audience. I chose BBC Shropshire as I felt that after listening to multiple radio bulletins from multiple radio stations, BBC Shropshire gave me the most common codes and conventions compared to other radio stations. For example, I found that some radio stations would ignore the hierarchy of news by randomly arranging the story as they see fit rather than what they thought would be the most important story to discuss to the audience.
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| The geographical reach of the BBC Shropshire radio transmitters and location of its TARGET AUDIENCE |
CC1- Jingles
From my research on the codes & conventions of local radio news broadcasts, I found that both BBC Shropshire and BBC Berkshire had both used jingles before the presenter would introduce him/herself. I found the jingle to be an alert for the audience to know when the presenter of the radio will be speaking and it made it easier to know when the audience should focus on what the radio is saying.
From my research on the codes & conventions of local radio news broadcasts, I found that both BBC Shropshire and BBC Berkshire had both used jingles before the presenter would introduce him/herself. I found the jingle to be an alert for the audience to know when the presenter of the radio will be speaking and it made it easier to know when the audience should focus on what the radio is saying.
CC2- Presenter name
I found it that presenter name was an important feature in local radio news broadcasts because it would allow the audience to identify who the presenter is and know what radio broadcast the audience is listening to. The presenter's name is important as it gives credibility to the presenter.
CC3- Station identification
This allows the audience to know what local radio news broadcast they're listening to. They do this by saying the name of the radio station, website and play song in the background while 2 different speakers are presenting the features of radio identification.
CC4- Hierarchy of NEWS
First topic is an important code and convention because the first topic of a local radio news broadcast is going to be the headline/most important topic. The first topic needs to have the most amount of time out of all the other topics because it should be the biggest story.
CC5 - Time
I found it that presenter name was an important feature in local radio news broadcasts because it would allow the audience to identify who the presenter is and know what radio broadcast the audience is listening to. The presenter's name is important as it gives credibility to the presenter.
CC3- Station identification
This allows the audience to know what local radio news broadcast they're listening to. They do this by saying the name of the radio station, website and play song in the background while 2 different speakers are presenting the features of radio identification.
CC4- Hierarchy of NEWS
First topic is an important code and convention because the first topic of a local radio news broadcast is going to be the headline/most important topic. The first topic needs to have the most amount of time out of all the other topics because it should be the biggest story.
Time is an important code & convention because it allows the audience to know what the time is at the moment and it also allows the broadcast to keep up to date with each topic and not be behind schedule. This is why time is an important component of news: last week's news or yesterday's news is no longer relevant today.
CC6 - Interview/Guest
Having an interview or a guest allows the radio broadcast to have an expert in the topic and makes the broadcast more reliable when discussing about a topic. An interview gives a different opinion or point of view on a specific news story. This also makes the news story more trustworthy and reliable because the journalist took their time out to research the story and find other sources.
CC7 - Weather
I found it that having a short weather forecast for the day was important because it informs the audience of how the weather would be and allowing the audience to make adjustments to their day. It is also the news' job to inform the listener with sufficient amount of information.
CC8 - Traffic
I found it that having a short weather forecast for the day was important because it informs the audience of how the weather would be and allowing the audience to make adjustments to their day. It is also the news' job to inform the listener with sufficient amount of information.
CC8 - Traffic
I found that the traffic information was important as it gave the audience information about what roads to avoid if they are traveling. It is also the news' job to inform the listeners with sufficient amount of information.
CC9 - Outro music
The outro music symbolises the end of the news segment and the transition into the next segment.
I found that the traffic information was important as it gave the audience information about what roads to avoid if they are traveling. It is also the news' job to inform the listeners with sufficient amount of information.
CC9 - Outro music
The outro music symbolises the end of the news segment and the transition into the next segment.
BBC Berkshire
Purple Outline indicates the location of Berkshire
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| Purple Outline indicates the location of Berkshire |
CC1- Date
The date is an important code & convention of the news because news yesterday is no longer relevant today because everyday and every hour, there are new news stories coming out.
CC2- Hierarchy
When I enrolled into FutureLearn, I learnt news values, this was very useful information because it helped me understand that there is a hierarchy present in radio. If a story has more news values than another story then it is prioritized.
CC3- Guest
From what I learnt from the previous codes and conventions of Shropshire, a guest is an important code and convention because it makes the news story more reliable and trustworthy as other sources are being used to back up the story or even give a different opinion to the news.
CC4- Jingle/Outro
There is an intro to represent the beginning of the news segment, but there is also an end jingle to represent the end of the news segment but to also symbolize the transitions into the next feature of that radio show.
CC5- Outside Broadcast
An outside broadcast is used to make the news story more reliable, also this outside broadcast is an interview with someone from the general public, this means that the general public will have a voice and their opinions on that news story.
CC6- Presenter Name
A presenters name is used because media is the fourth estate that overlooks the other estates. Therefore, if the presenter gives out information for the news it needs to be correct, as they are credible to that news story.
CC7- Specialist Reporter
A specialist reported provides the listener with accurate information about the news story. This makes the news more reliable and trustworthy as the journalist took time to research if there were other sources that could benefit the story.
CC8- Sports Summary
The sports is read out because the local audience might want to know what is going around in their area, but also the sports could be something that the local audience would like to know, especially if it is a global sports story.
CC9- Station ID
As radio is a blind medium, the listener needs to constantly be reminded of what they are listening, so they are given cues like jingles to symbolise the beginning and end of the news segment, but also a station id is given out to remind the listener of what news station they are listening as it might be their local area.
CC10- Weather
It is the news' job to provide the audience with sufficient amounts of information that will benefit them. The local audience might want to know what the weather would be like in their area, incase the weather affects their normal routines.
CC1- Date
The date is an important code & convention of the news because news yesterday is no longer relevant today because everyday and every hour, there are new news stories coming out.
CC2- Hierarchy
When I enrolled into FutureLearn, I learnt news values, this was very useful information because it helped me understand that there is a hierarchy present in radio. If a story has more news values than another story then it is prioritized.
CC3- Guest
From what I learnt from the previous codes and conventions of Shropshire, a guest is an important code and convention because it makes the news story more reliable and trustworthy as other sources are being used to back up the story or even give a different opinion to the news.
CC4- Jingle/Outro
There is an intro to represent the beginning of the news segment, but there is also an end jingle to represent the end of the news segment but to also symbolize the transitions into the next feature of that radio show.
CC5- Outside Broadcast
An outside broadcast is used to make the news story more reliable, also this outside broadcast is an interview with someone from the general public, this means that the general public will have a voice and their opinions on that news story.
CC6- Presenter Name
A presenters name is used because media is the fourth estate that overlooks the other estates. Therefore, if the presenter gives out information for the news it needs to be correct, as they are credible to that news story.
CC7- Specialist Reporter
A specialist reported provides the listener with accurate information about the news story. This makes the news more reliable and trustworthy as the journalist took time to research if there were other sources that could benefit the story.
CC8- Sports Summary
The sports is read out because the local audience might want to know what is going around in their area, but also the sports could be something that the local audience would like to know, especially if it is a global sports story.
CC9- Station ID
As radio is a blind medium, the listener needs to constantly be reminded of what they are listening, so they are given cues like jingles to symbolise the beginning and end of the news segment, but also a station id is given out to remind the listener of what news station they are listening as it might be their local area.
CC10- Weather
It is the news' job to provide the audience with sufficient amounts of information that will benefit them. The local audience might want to know what the weather would be like in their area, incase the weather affects their normal routines.
Secondary Research Methods
1. Using A Search Engine
I used a Google search engine and searched 'local radio news' and found 561,000,000 within 0.48 seconds. I used Google as I knew that it was a reliable source. I made a specific search about 'local radio news' because it was relevant to my research as a learner and a researcher.
561,000,000 results were found in 0.48 when searching 'Local Radio News.'
I used a Google search engine and searched 'local radio news' and found 561,000,000 within 0.48 seconds. I used Google as I knew that it was a reliable source. I made a specific search about 'local radio news' because it was relevant to my research as a learner and a researcher.
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| 561,000,000 results were found in 0.48 when searching 'Local Radio News.' |
I used the Google search engine again to look for specific result, which was BBC iPlayer. Google found about 142,000,000 results within 0.49 seconds. seconds. After going on the website BBC iPlayer I went onto local radio and listened to the news segment which is on every hour. I chose BBC iPlayer radio as it has a multitude of choices, in terms of types of radio shows and the genre that's available.
142,000,000 results in 0.49 seconds.
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| 142,000,000 results in 0.49 seconds. |
2. Learning from a MOOC
MOOC
muːk/
noun
noun: MOOC; plural noun: MOOCs
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a course of study made available over the Internet without charge to a very large number of people.
"anyone who decides to take a MOOC simply logs on to the website and signs up"
I enrolled in Future Learn into a course called Journalism to better expand my knowledge on the topic in order to help me develop skills in what makes a good news story, and what news values are.
There are guidelines that I felt that influenced journalists decisions on the news stories that they cover. For example:
Bad News - News stories that affect people negatively or are generally depressing, like war and death.
Entertainment - Stories on events happening on the internet or around world, like operas, movies and music videos and featured because they attract to peoples' interests.
Politics - Different media outlets provide different outlooks on politics and any issues about politics. The media are more than often censored by the government however they will more than often release stories that are manipulative.
Celebrities - Having known celebrities that have a large fan base tend to be shown frequently in the media. For example, the BBC had Kevin Hart appear on their news segment 'BBC News' and talk about his television show 'Husbands of Hollywood' and talk about when and where you can watch his television show.
Unusualness - Surprising news stories that tend not to be shown
Proximity - Understanding the distance between where the news stories and audience are important because news stories in Norwich are irrelevant to people in London.
Timeliness - Understanding when a news story is relevant is important as news yesterday is not important compared to news today.
Good News - Stories on something that has changed peoples lives' for the better are stories that the media constantly report.
Follow Ups - Stories that have already been shown on the news and have more to come in the future tend to be shown frequently because people tend to be more familiar with the story so they'll have more interest in the story.
MOOC
muːk/
noun
noun: MOOC; plural noun: MOOCs
a course of study made available over the Internet without charge to a very large number of people.
"anyone who decides to take a MOOC simply logs on to the website and signs up"
I enrolled in Future Learn into a course called Journalism to better expand my knowledge on the topic in order to help me develop skills in what makes a good news story, and what news values are.
There are guidelines that I felt that influenced journalists decisions on the news stories that they cover. For example:
Bad News - News stories that affect people negatively or are generally depressing, like war and death.
Entertainment - Stories on events happening on the internet or around world, like operas, movies and music videos and featured because they attract to peoples' interests.
Politics - Different media outlets provide different outlooks on politics and any issues about politics. The media are more than often censored by the government however they will more than often release stories that are manipulative.
Celebrities - Having known celebrities that have a large fan base tend to be shown frequently in the media. For example, the BBC had Kevin Hart appear on their news segment 'BBC News' and talk about his television show 'Husbands of Hollywood' and talk about when and where you can watch his television show.
Unusualness - Surprising news stories that tend not to be shown
Proximity - Understanding the distance between where the news stories and audience are important because news stories in Norwich are irrelevant to people in London.
Timeliness - Understanding when a news story is relevant is important as news yesterday is not important compared to news today.
Good News - Stories on something that has changed peoples lives' for the better are stories that the media constantly report.
Follow Ups - Stories that have already been shown on the news and have more to come in the future tend to be shown frequently because people tend to be more familiar with the story so they'll have more interest in the story.
There are guidelines that I felt that influenced journalists decisions on the news stories that they cover. For example:
Bad News - News stories that affect people negatively or are generally depressing, like war and death.
Entertainment - Stories on events happening on the internet or around world, like operas, movies and music videos and featured because they attract to peoples' interests.
Politics - Different media outlets provide different outlooks on politics and any issues about politics. The media are more than often censored by the government however they will more than often release stories that are manipulative.
Celebrities - Having known celebrities that have a large fan base tend to be shown frequently in the media. For example, the BBC had Kevin Hart appear on their news segment 'BBC News' and talk about his television show 'Husbands of Hollywood' and talk about when and where you can watch his television show.
Unusualness - Surprising news stories that tend not to be shown
Proximity - Understanding the distance between where the news stories and audience are important because news stories in Norwich are irrelevant to people in London.
Timeliness - Understanding when a news story is relevant is important as news yesterday is not important compared to news today.
Good News - Stories on something that has changed peoples lives' for the better are stories that the media constantly report.
Follow Ups - Stories that have already been shown on the news and have more to come in the future tend to be shown frequently because people tend to be more familiar with the story so they'll have more interest in the story.
5W's of journalism
Who - doctors, commute, public
What - power cuts, traffic jams, health systems
When - Now? Yesterday?
Where - London/England
Why - Why is this happening?
How - opinions, anecdotes, experts, city council.
Who - doctors, commute, public
What - power cuts, traffic jams, health systems
When - Now? Yesterday?
Where - London/England
Why - Why is this happening?
How - opinions, anecdotes, experts, city council.
Effective news writing
To present effective news writing, you must be able to identify every part of the story rather than talking about an old piece of news. You need to be informative towards the readers. If the story has some sort of influence on you, then it's best to discuss your experience or you knowledge of the story as it could make you more willing to read the story. It also appeals to the audience as it contains human emotion. Facts and accuracy of the story is crucial when writing an effective news story because your audience will find your news reliable. Considering what stories to present due to ethics is important as it's possible that you audience may be offended by the news and may cause a lot of trouble for the news.
To present effective news writing, you must be able to identify every part of the story rather than talking about an old piece of news. You need to be informative towards the readers. If the story has some sort of influence on you, then it's best to discuss your experience or you knowledge of the story as it could make you more willing to read the story. It also appeals to the audience as it contains human emotion. Facts and accuracy of the story is crucial when writing an effective news story because your audience will find your news reliable. Considering what stories to present due to ethics is important as it's possible that you audience may be offended by the news and may cause a lot of trouble for the news.
What makes a GOOD NEWS WRITING?
You should write your story about people and their experiences and get their names as validation. Identify the angle of the story. Be able to pick out the main, important and most typical point, the newest piece of information and emphasise that in your writing. Always think about the audience and who you're writing this for as they will be the ones reading this. News is factual, not speculation and its not about your own opinion. They should be crisp, cut and straight to the point. They should be dramatic in content but not necessarily dramatic in language. The story should answer key questions, including the 5W's because that will give the reader all the information they need to understand the story. To construct your story, reporters use a template called the inverted pyramid.
Quotes are almost always used in news stories but this is something the reporter can't say. It should express an opinion, feeling, eyewitness account or reaction. These quotes should be colourful and interesting as a quote with just facts would easily bore readers. You also need to attribute these quotes by including the full name and title of the person you're quoting if it's the first time and first quotes should be strongest you use from your interviewees.
You should write your story about people and their experiences and get their names as validation. Identify the angle of the story. Be able to pick out the main, important and most typical point, the newest piece of information and emphasise that in your writing. Always think about the audience and who you're writing this for as they will be the ones reading this. News is factual, not speculation and its not about your own opinion. They should be crisp, cut and straight to the point. They should be dramatic in content but not necessarily dramatic in language. The story should answer key questions, including the 5W's because that will give the reader all the information they need to understand the story. To construct your story, reporters use a template called the inverted pyramid.
Quotes are almost always used in news stories but this is something the reporter can't say. It should express an opinion, feeling, eyewitness account or reaction. These quotes should be colourful and interesting as a quote with just facts would easily bore readers. You also need to attribute these quotes by including the full name and title of the person you're quoting if it's the first time and first quotes should be strongest you use from your interviewees.
Undertaking a CONTENT ANALYSIS
Local Radio News
27/09/15
Analysis
Showing how the News Values determine the overall broadcast structureHeadlines/Timing News Content News Values Faced with possible budget cuts of almost a quarter over the next 5 years, a Reading GP says the way they are funded discriminates against young people. (10.1 seconds) A GP in Reading feels that they are being treated poorly by the government due to the government reducing the how much it costs for a young person to have surgery.
One news value presented by the story is bad news as the headline uses the word discriminate to emphasise how young people are being treated. It also bad news as it uses the GP’s opinion to show how much of a negative impact it has on people.
Proximity is also a news value used in this headline because the headline/radio station is based near Reading, therefore it will gain more attention due to their audience living near Reading.
David Cameron will announce measures later aimed at building 200,000 affordable homes for first time buyers by 2020.
(45.2 seconds)Prime Minister, David Cameron, announced that he will start planning to build 200,00 affordable homes for first time buyers by 2020. Planning rules will change, as it will help developers no longer offer low cost homes for rent.
This headline uses 3 news values. Good news, politics and timeliness.
Firstly, good news is used by Cameron making an announcement to introduce 200,00 affordable homes for first time buyers. This gives more homes to people that need it.
Secondly, politics is used when the story has taken place at the conservative conference. This means that the conservative party has been trying to discuss how to make their party and the country better.
Lastly, it uses timeliness, as it is relevant news that people should expect to come in the immediate future. The headline uses the date that is said by Cameron to show that it is relevant. The headline discusses about the future because they know that news from the past is irrelevant. A man has been convicted of more 20 sexual offenses against children. Pleading guilty. 67 year old man from east Berkshire pleading guilty of 26 offenses, including 4 counts of rape of girls under 13. He's been sentenced to a life term for each count of rape. The judge explained he'll serve a minimum of 10 years before he can be considered eligible for release. Offenses took place across South East England within the past decade committed against more than 1 victim. Impact: It impacts the lives of the girls that he raped and the lives of the parents that were affected. Volkswagen vehicles affected by the diesel emission scandal will be called for repair in January. Volkswagen new chief executive says the vehicles affected by the diesel emission scandal will be called for repair in January. Most will need a software update.
Good news: It gives the public assurance of repair for their Volkswagen cars.
Impact: It reduces the diesel emission being released.
Follow Up: The story had already happened, therefore this part of the story is a follow up from the scandal.
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Local Radio News
27/09/15 |
Analysis
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| Headlines/Timing | News Content | News Values |
| Faced with possible budget cuts of almost a quarter over the next 5 years, a Reading GP says the way they are funded discriminates against young people. (10.1 seconds) | A GP in Reading feels that they are being treated poorly by the government due to the government reducing the how much it costs for a young person to have surgery. |
One news value presented by the story is bad news as the headline uses the word discriminate to emphasise how young people are being treated. It also bad news as it uses the GP’s opinion to show how much of a negative impact it has on people.
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David Cameron will announce measures later aimed at building 200,000 affordable homes for first time buyers by 2020.
(45.2 seconds) | Prime Minister, David Cameron, announced that he will start planning to build 200,00 affordable homes for first time buyers by 2020. Planning rules will change, as it will help developers no longer offer low cost homes for rent. |
This headline uses 3 news values. Good news, politics and timeliness.
Firstly, good news is used by Cameron making an announcement to introduce 200,00 affordable homes for first time buyers. This gives more homes to people that need it.
Secondly, politics is used when the story has taken place at the conservative conference. This means that the conservative party has been trying to discuss how to make their party and the country better.
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| A man has been convicted of more 20 sexual offenses against children. Pleading guilty. | 67 year old man from east Berkshire pleading guilty of 26 offenses, including 4 counts of rape of girls under 13. He's been sentenced to a life term for each count of rape. The judge explained he'll serve a minimum of 10 years before he can be considered eligible for release. Offenses took place across South East England within the past decade committed against more than 1 victim. | Impact: It impacts the lives of the girls that he raped and the lives of the parents that were affected. |
| Volkswagen vehicles affected by the diesel emission scandal will be called for repair in January. | Volkswagen new chief executive says the vehicles affected by the diesel emission scandal will be called for repair in January. Most will need a software update. |
Good news: It gives the public assurance of repair for their Volkswagen cars.
Impact: It reduces the diesel emission being released.
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Understanding Audiences
Understanding Audiences
Journalism Workshop Visit
On the 5th November 2015, I attended a journalism workshop which was located at Odeon Cinema in Covent Garden. Film journalist Charles Gant came in to discuss his career and how to fulfil ambitions within the media industry using his experiences to give me a guideline of how to be successful in the media industry.
Gant worked his way through published adverts for trade publication
then became a production editor for Culture magazine then finally a
film critic. He went on to write reviews and watch films everyday to
commission people to write reviews for them.
He writes columns for Box Office which analyse a recent film
being released. His latest column focused on Spectre.
Gant gave people at the workshop advice when it came to blogging, films and getting into journalism:
- Blogs should be short and snappy to not bore readers.
- In order to create a film, engage with a wide audience to grip more viewers and increase popularity.
- Find some place where somebody will give constructive feedback.
- Be Concise... craft writing to make it informative and creative.
- If you plan to on steering towards print journalism, it's vital to know spelling and grammar as critiques won't pay attention to your writing if you don't.
On the 5th November 2015, I attended a journalism workshop which was located at Odeon Cinema in Covent Garden. Film journalist Charles Gant came in to discuss his career and how to fulfil ambitions within the media industry using his experiences to give me a guideline of how to be successful in the media industry.
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| Gant worked his way through published adverts for trade publication then became a production editor for Culture magazine then finally a film critic. He went on to write reviews and watch films everyday to commission people to write reviews for them. |
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| He writes columns for Box Office which analyse a recent film being released. His latest column focused on Spectre. |
Gant gave people at the workshop advice when it came to blogging, films and getting into journalism:
- Blogs should be short and snappy to not bore readers.
- In order to create a film, engage with a wide audience to grip more viewers and increase popularity.
- Find some place where somebody will give constructive feedback.
- Be Concise... craft writing to make it informative and creative.
- If you plan to on steering towards print journalism, it's vital to know spelling and grammar as critiques won't pay attention to your writing if you don't.
Hypodermic Needle Theory
The hypodermic needle theory is the idea that the audience is passive to the information they are given by the media. To put this into perspective, the audiences are being 'brainwashed' or influenced by the media into believing what the media say. This is called the hypodermic needle theory because the message in being injected into their brains, metaphorically, because the audience is not being active with the information they are being given then they are passive and do not question the information given.
The theory originates from the 1920s and 1930s because events like World World One, which led to the deaths of millions, and corrupted the peoples minds with ideas because of the propaganda used. Propaganda was commonly used during the First World War because it would influence what the audience believed and would 'brainwash' them. The theory clearly shows how the media has a massive influence on people and their beliefs.
The hypodermic needle theory is the idea that the audience is passive to the information they are given by the media. To put this into perspective, the audiences are being 'brainwashed' or influenced by the media into believing what the media say. This is called the hypodermic needle theory because the message in being injected into their brains, metaphorically, because the audience is not being active with the information they are being given then they are passive and do not question the information given.
The theory originates from the 1920s and 1930s because events like World World One, which led to the deaths of millions, and corrupted the peoples minds with ideas because of the propaganda used. Propaganda was commonly used during the First World War because it would influence what the audience believed and would 'brainwash' them. The theory clearly shows how the media has a massive influence on people and their beliefs.
Cultivation Theory
The Cultivation theory is a social theory that is based on the long term effects of the television or other media platforms. It "states that more time people spend 'living' in the television world, the more likely they are to believe social reality portrayed on television".
The theory was introduced in the mid 1960s as the public were concerned with the amount of TV that people watched. Gerbner and Gross wanted to find out if the amount spend in front of a TV affected everyday life and activities. They found that heavy viewers of TV believed that the world they saw on TV was an accurate representation of the real world. Theorists are best known for studying television violence and how it can affect viewers. If an audience sees violence daily on the TV then they start to believe that the world is a violent place.
The theory suggest that TV does pose a small influence on the viewers, and that it can influence their opinions their opinions and views on society and the people in the real world.
One news article which highlights the theory is the man who has been arrested for going outside half-naked while he is thinking that he is playing Grand Theft Auto. The man started running amok on the street and challenged motorists and strangers to fist fights.
For most media outlets, the general public is almost always the audience that we want to listen to our radio shows. However, we need to separate our audience into a constituency. This allows us to create specific demographics. Like:
Researcher look at his/her demographic audience
- Age
- Gender
- Ethnicity
- Social Class
- Region
- Disability/Ability
- Religious background/ cultural background
From my research, I found that I needed to understand what is meant by the concept of audience and to do so with more than one analytical tool. From asking my partners, we all came up to the assumption that most people just think of media audiences as either the general public or a specialised audience. We consider these as the mass audience and the niche audience.
Stuart Hall was a sociologist and cultural theorist, who worked and lived in the UK. Hall is credited for playing a significant role in expanding the scope of cultural studies on race and gender, and with helping to incorporate new ideas derived from the work of French theorists.
Encoding and Decoding
Stuart Hall's approach to encoding and decoding discussed how messages are produced, published and interpreted. He claimed that TV and other media audiences are given messages that are decoded due to a person's cultural background, economic standing and personal experiences with the messages being given. Encoding is messages/texts being given to an audience that allows them to translate the story. Decoding is how messages/texts can be interpreted by the audience. Decoding has verbal and non-verbal forms through communication. Decoding is the process of obtaining, absorbing, understanding and sometimes using information that was given through a non-verbal/verbal message.
The Cultivation theory is a social theory that is based on the long term effects of the television or other media platforms. It "states that more time people spend 'living' in the television world, the more likely they are to believe social reality portrayed on television".
The theory was introduced in the mid 1960s as the public were concerned with the amount of TV that people watched. Gerbner and Gross wanted to find out if the amount spend in front of a TV affected everyday life and activities. They found that heavy viewers of TV believed that the world they saw on TV was an accurate representation of the real world. Theorists are best known for studying television violence and how it can affect viewers. If an audience sees violence daily on the TV then they start to believe that the world is a violent place.
The theory suggest that TV does pose a small influence on the viewers, and that it can influence their opinions their opinions and views on society and the people in the real world.
One news article which highlights the theory is the man who has been arrested for going outside half-naked while he is thinking that he is playing Grand Theft Auto. The man started running amok on the street and challenged motorists and strangers to fist fights.
One news article which highlights the theory is the man who has been arrested for going outside half-naked while he is thinking that he is playing Grand Theft Auto. The man started running amok on the street and challenged motorists and strangers to fist fights.
For most media outlets, the general public is almost always the audience that we want to listen to our radio shows. However, we need to separate our audience into a constituency. This allows us to create specific demographics. Like:
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| Researcher look at his/her demographic audience |
- Age
- Gender
- Ethnicity
- Social Class
- Region
- Disability/Ability
- Religious background/ cultural background
Stuart Hall was a sociologist and cultural theorist, who worked and lived in the UK. Hall is credited for playing a significant role in expanding the scope of cultural studies on race and gender, and with helping to incorporate new ideas derived from the work of French theorists.
Encoding and Decoding
Stuart Hall's approach to encoding and decoding discussed how messages are produced, published and interpreted. He claimed that TV and other media audiences are given messages that are decoded due to a person's cultural background, economic standing and personal experiences with the messages being given. Encoding is messages/texts being given to an audience that allows them to translate the story. Decoding is how messages/texts can be interpreted by the audience. Decoding has verbal and non-verbal forms through communication. Decoding is the process of obtaining, absorbing, understanding and sometimes using information that was given through a non-verbal/verbal message.
Dominant/Negotiated/Oppositional Readings
Hall stated that there are 3 different views that audiences can take when they decode information within cultural texts, specifically televisual discourses. These are the dominant, negotiated and oppositional view.
Dominant viewing is when the viewer follows the message of the story and agrees with the text. This means that there is little to no miscommunication as both the writer and view are working under the same rule set. This allows the viewer to understand the message the best.
Oppositional is when the reader goes against the message presented. This may be because of their cultural background, economic standings or personal experiences with the message. The oppositional view may also be seen as the message with an unintended meaning.
Negotiated viewing is when the viewer is able to decode the message like they read it from a dominant reading. However, they are interpreted differently to a dominant reading because the reader is not necessarily within the dominant viewpoint. However, the negotiated viewpoint looks at both dominant and oppositional but wouldn't consider one over the other.
Hall stated that there are 3 different views that audiences can take when they decode information within cultural texts, specifically televisual discourses. These are the dominant, negotiated and oppositional view.
Dominant viewing is when the viewer follows the message of the story and agrees with the text. This means that there is little to no miscommunication as both the writer and view are working under the same rule set. This allows the viewer to understand the message the best.
Oppositional is when the reader goes against the message presented. This may be because of their cultural background, economic standings or personal experiences with the message. The oppositional view may also be seen as the message with an unintended meaning.
Negotiated viewing is when the viewer is able to decode the message like they read it from a dominant reading. However, they are interpreted differently to a dominant reading because the reader is not necessarily within the dominant viewpoint. However, the negotiated viewpoint looks at both dominant and oppositional but wouldn't consider one over the other.
Dominant viewing is when the viewer follows the message of the story and agrees with the text. This means that there is little to no miscommunication as both the writer and view are working under the same rule set. This allows the viewer to understand the message the best.
Oppositional is when the reader goes against the message presented. This may be because of their cultural background, economic standings or personal experiences with the message. The oppositional view may also be seen as the message with an unintended meaning.
Negotiated viewing is when the viewer is able to decode the message like they read it from a dominant reading. However, they are interpreted differently to a dominant reading because the reader is not necessarily within the dominant viewpoint. However, the negotiated viewpoint looks at both dominant and oppositional but wouldn't consider one over the other.
Using Stuart Hall's theory on my content analysis
One example of the viewpoints is from BBC Berkshire. One of the headlines used in the broadcast discussed David Cameron's announcement of measures later aimed at building two hundred thousand affordable homes for first time buyers. The dominant reading is that it's great to more homes at an affordable price and it's great that people are no longer offered low cost homes for rent.
The oppositional reading is that it could affect the environment and destroy the wildlife and decreases the amount of greenery in the UK. The people who would argue for oppositional would also be environmentalists and people who aren't first time buyers. The people who aren't first time buyers would argue that it's unfair for these people not getting support by David Cameron. First time buyers will also find it a problem that they will start planning in 2020.
The negotiated reading is that the idea of help giving people homes is great, however where does David Cameron think the money will come from? The negotiated view would believe that David Cameron is using tax to create these homes. It also comes into question where they plan to build these homes because it comes to question why they would place the homes in places like parks or any environmental friendly home.
One example of the viewpoints is from BBC Berkshire. One of the headlines used in the broadcast discussed David Cameron's announcement of measures later aimed at building two hundred thousand affordable homes for first time buyers. The dominant reading is that it's great to more homes at an affordable price and it's great that people are no longer offered low cost homes for rent.
The oppositional reading is that it could affect the environment and destroy the wildlife and decreases the amount of greenery in the UK. The people who would argue for oppositional would also be environmentalists and people who aren't first time buyers. The people who aren't first time buyers would argue that it's unfair for these people not getting support by David Cameron. First time buyers will also find it a problem that they will start planning in 2020.
The negotiated reading is that the idea of help giving people homes is great, however where does David Cameron think the money will come from? The negotiated view would believe that David Cameron is using tax to create these homes. It also comes into question where they plan to build these homes because it comes to question why they would place the homes in places like parks or any environmental friendly home.
4. Using Rajar
Rajar statistics of BBC Radio Berkshire and Shropshire
Ofcom is an independent regulator and authority for the UK's communication industries. This website thus provides key documents on what is needed to provide media with the ability to expand their works all around. According to my study into local radio, they typically have a coverage radius of up to 5km and on a not-to-profit basis. They cater for whole communities or different areas of interest. This reflects a diverse mix of demography for individuals of all kinds to listen in on broadcasts. For example, serving urban, rock music, aiming at young, old people, religious groups or even armed forces and families.
However, for all of this to happen, radio stations need a license before anything can be broadcast because its a legal requirement to play recorded music in TV or radio. In other words, copyright holder(s) may want to allow third parties to play their own products. As a broadcaster, obtaining permission from thousands of companies to playback their own recordings would be a daily routine for those in the TV and Radio industry essentially. Therefore a license gives access to recorded music readily available within the UK simple, quick and legally.
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Rajar statistics of BBC Radio Berkshire and Shropshire
Ofcom is an independent regulator and authority for the UK's communication industries. This website thus provides key documents on what is needed to provide media with the ability to expand their works all around. According to my study into local radio, they typically have a coverage radius of up to 5km and on a not-to-profit basis. They cater for whole communities or different areas of interest. This reflects a diverse mix of demography for individuals of all kinds to listen in on broadcasts. For example, serving urban, rock music, aiming at young, old people, religious groups or even armed forces and families.
However, for all of this to happen, radio stations need a license before anything can be broadcast because its a legal requirement to play recorded music in TV or radio. In other words, copyright holder(s) may want to allow third parties to play their own products. As a broadcaster, obtaining permission from thousands of companies to playback their own recordings would be a daily routine for those in the TV and Radio industry essentially. Therefore a license gives access to recorded music readily available within the UK simple, quick and legally.
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Local: What does it mean?
In the dictionary, the term local is relating to a particular area(s). However, to me I find that my locality would range in the area that I'm familiar with. I live in Mayfair, however I find it easy to familiarise myself with Oxford street, Marble Arch and Mayfair. This is because all my life, I've gone to these areas frequently. I find it incredibly easy to familiarise myself with each key destinations in each area due to how much I've seen and how long I've lived near these areas. I found that traveling to places like Kilburn and Camden, I wouldn't be familiar with any points of interest because I've never familiarised myself with the area. Furthermore, distance of travel from one area to another can be a factor in understanding whether something is local or not as some areas may stretch for miles. In terms of local radio news, proximity would determine whether something is local as broadcasters would have to be sure if stories would relate to the local community.
In the dictionary, the term local is relating to a particular area(s). However, to me I find that my locality would range in the area that I'm familiar with. I live in Mayfair, however I find it easy to familiarise myself with Oxford street, Marble Arch and Mayfair. This is because all my life, I've gone to these areas frequently. I find it incredibly easy to familiarise myself with each key destinations in each area due to how much I've seen and how long I've lived near these areas. I found that traveling to places like Kilburn and Camden, I wouldn't be familiar with any points of interest because I've never familiarised myself with the area. Furthermore, distance of travel from one area to another can be a factor in understanding whether something is local or not as some areas may stretch for miles. In terms of local radio news, proximity would determine whether something is local as broadcasters would have to be sure if stories would relate to the local community.
3. Appropriate Books
'What do we mean by local?'
Bill Heine, who was the BBC Radio Oxford presenter, wrote a book called 'What Do We Mean By Local?' I read and analysed the book where I was able to take some useful quotes that I could use in my local radio news bulletin:
"I don't listen to national news anymore... They are talking at me, not with me" (p.189) - This quote told me that news needs to be engaging with the viewer. Not just regurgitating information. However, Bill Heine still believes that news is reporting information to an audience, but should create a sense of familiarity between the presenter and audience.
"In order to understand what's happening to local in commercial radio we need to differentiate between its various component parts. Firstly, there's a list of functional local information that represents the sine qua non for any local radio station" (p.197) - This suggest that codes and conventions of local radio is still important in order to construct my own local radio news bulletin. Which means I must make sure that the quality of codes and conventions in my local radio news bulletin is the best and highest quality possible. 'Sine Qua Non' means essential condition, which means codes and conventions, in context of media.
'What do we mean by local?'
Bill Heine, who was the BBC Radio Oxford presenter, wrote a book called 'What Do We Mean By Local?' I read and analysed the book where I was able to take some useful quotes that I could use in my local radio news bulletin:
"I don't listen to national news anymore... They are talking at me, not with me" (p.189) - This quote told me that news needs to be engaging with the viewer. Not just regurgitating information. However, Bill Heine still believes that news is reporting information to an audience, but should create a sense of familiarity between the presenter and audience.
"In order to understand what's happening to local in commercial radio we need to differentiate between its various component parts. Firstly, there's a list of functional local information that represents the sine qua non for any local radio station" (p.197) - This suggest that codes and conventions of local radio is still important in order to construct my own local radio news bulletin. Which means I must make sure that the quality of codes and conventions in my local radio news bulletin is the best and highest quality possible. 'Sine Qua Non' means essential condition, which means codes and conventions, in context of media.
Production
Planning Resources:
Planning source 1 - Schedule for recording our audio piece
Week
Responsibility
Who’s doing it?
1
Collecting/Recording News Item 1
Presenter: Dominic
Researcher: Jay
Editor: Dominic/Mark
2
Collecting/Recording News Item 2
Health – Good News, Impact, Proximity
Presenter: Dominic/Hany
3
Collecting/Recording News Item 3
Presenter: Dominic/Mark
4
Collecting/Recording News Item 4
Presenter: Dominic/Mark
5
Collecting/Recording News Item 5
Presenter: Jay
6
Collecting/Recording News Item 6
Presenter: Dominic/Mark
7
Collecting/Recording News Item 7
Presenter: Mark
This plan allowed us to know which role each person shall take for each news story/week, which kept us organised when producing our local radio news bulletin. The schedule was extremely useful in reminding us what news values should be presented in each news story, which were included in each story.
Planning source 2 - Multiple attempts of Script Writing:
We felt that several of our scripts never sounded like a convention local radio news bulletin. Therefore we decided to research into drafts and the importance of drafts.
Although the website was about freelance writing, we felt that it was still suitable when writing suitable news stories for the residents of Hampstead and Kilburn. One of the reason why a draft was important was because you could "dump your ideas about your topic on paper (or on screen) with the 'help' of your internal editor." We took that into consideration and wrote whatever came to mind with the draft script of news story 3.
We also took into consideration of our visit to a journalism workshop where Charles Gant gave insightful information about writing to our fullest potential where stated that "if you do not have good grammar then editors will take one look at your script and will not read on if you do not know how to use commas."
Draft script (news story 3)
Running Order
Script
Dominic
There has been a non-fatal stabbing in West Hampstead at Billy Fury Way and multiple incidents too. Mark is there reporting on the latest incidents in the West Hampstead.
Mark
(Outside Broadcast)
I’m here reporting in West Hampstead, and within the past week a man has been stabbed and came into Veronica Beatty’s cab office. With multiple other young men and women come into her office for safety as well. Veronica Beatty says it’s a dangerous area, and that’s obvious. There have been pleas from Veronica Beatty for CCTV to be invested in West Hampstead and to make Billy Fury Way safer, as of the recent stabbings.
Running Order
Script
SFX
Dominic
In other news, there has been a non-fatal stabbing in West Hampstead via Billy Fury Way.
And now over to our crime correspondent, Mark Murphy.
Mark
I’m here reporting from West End Lane in West Hampstead, where a young adult male was stabbed last night upon exiting the tube station. He staggered towards Veronica Beatty’s cab office for safety. This is not the first time this has happened this year.
The proprietor of the Cab office had this to say………….
Veronica Beatty
‘It’s not usually a dangerous area, I’ve been most surprised’
Mark
The metropolitan police are now requesting any eyewitnesses to contact them about potentially violent incidents in the area of Billy Fury Way. The contact number is 07920 233766.
There's a massive change in quality when writing the draft compared to the final script as we were able to create a script that sounded professional and as close to a local radio news bulletin.
Planning source 3 - Flow Chart (script 4):
A flow chart was extremely useful in the production of news story 4 as we were able to have a set structure to this news story that gave us targets to achieve, like specific time targets. We intended for this item to last 30 seconds, but the story lasted for 29, which helped us follow the guideline that we set for ourselves.
The planning for this news story was essential, as it would help us to keep our news story structured and organised with the use of time target for each role and sound effect. It was a guideline for the news story that tested our ability to present a news story within certain amount of time.
Our analysis into other local radio news bulletins, like BBC Radio Shropshire and BBC Radio Berkshire, was useful in understanding how to produce a studio-based radio bulletin, and how to order our news items, as our most important news-worthy stories were at the beginning of the broadcast. The way our stories were presented were also extremely important, as the audience would be more interested in listening to a news story based on the tone, which was one of the most engaging parts of a news story from my analysis of BBC Radio Shropshire and BBC Radio Berkshire.
Planning Resources:
Planning source 1 - Schedule for recording our audio piece
Planning source 1 - Schedule for recording our audio piece
Week
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Responsibility
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Who’s doing it?
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1
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Collecting/Recording News Item 1
Politics – Proximity, Timeliness, Media Agenda
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Presenter: Dominic
Researcher: Jay
Editor: Dominic/Mark
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2
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Collecting/Recording News Item 2
Health – Good News, Impact, Proximity
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Presenter: Dominic/Hany
Researcher: Jay
Editor: Dominic/Mark
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3
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Collecting/Recording News Item 3
Crime – Bad News,
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Presenter: Dominic/Mark
Researcher: Mark
Editor: Hany
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4
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Collecting/Recording News Item 4
Business – Impact,
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Presenter: Dominic/Mark
Researcher: Jay
Editor: Hany
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5
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Collecting/Recording News Item 5
Social Activities – Entertainment,
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Presenter: Jay
Researcher: Jay/Dominic
Editor: Mark/Hany
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6
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Collecting/Recording News Item 6
Travel – Impact, Bad News
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Presenter: Dominic/Mark
Researcher: Hany
Editor: Dominic
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7
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Collecting/Recording News Item 7
Weather – Proximity, Impact
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Presenter: Mark
Researcher: Hany/Jay
Editor: Dominic/Jay
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This plan allowed us to know which role each person shall take for each news story/week, which kept us organised when producing our local radio news bulletin. The schedule was extremely useful in reminding us what news values should be presented in each news story, which were included in each story.
Planning source 2 - Multiple attempts of Script Writing:
We felt that several of our scripts never sounded like a convention local radio news bulletin. Therefore we decided to research into drafts and the importance of drafts.
Although the website was about freelance writing, we felt that it was still suitable when writing suitable news stories for the residents of Hampstead and Kilburn. One of the reason why a draft was important was because you could "dump your ideas about your topic on paper (or on screen) with the 'help' of your internal editor." We took that into consideration and wrote whatever came to mind with the draft script of news story 3.
We also took into consideration of our visit to a journalism workshop where Charles Gant gave insightful information about writing to our fullest potential where stated that "if you do not have good grammar then editors will take one look at your script and will not read on if you do not know how to use commas."
Draft script (news story 3)
Running Order
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Script
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Dominic
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There has been a non-fatal stabbing in West Hampstead at Billy Fury Way and multiple incidents too. Mark is there reporting on the latest incidents in the West Hampstead.
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Mark
(Outside Broadcast) |
I’m here reporting in West Hampstead, and within the past week a man has been stabbed and came into Veronica Beatty’s cab office. With multiple other young men and women come into her office for safety as well. Veronica Beatty says it’s a dangerous area, and that’s obvious. There have been pleas from Veronica Beatty for CCTV to be invested in West Hampstead and to make Billy Fury Way safer, as of the recent stabbings.
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Running Order
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Script
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SFX
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Dominic
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In other news, there has been a non-fatal stabbing in West Hampstead via Billy Fury Way.
And now over to our crime correspondent, Mark Murphy.
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Mark
(Outside Broadcast)
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I’m here reporting from West End Lane in West Hampstead, where a young adult male was stabbed last night upon exiting the tube station. He staggered towards Veronica Beatty’s cab office for safety. This is not the first time this has happened this year.
The proprietor of the Cab office had this to say………….
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Veronica Beatty
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‘It’s not usually a dangerous area, I’ve been most surprised’
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Mark
(Outside Broadcast)
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The metropolitan police are now requesting any eyewitnesses to contact them about potentially violent incidents in the area of Billy Fury Way. The contact number is 07920 233766.
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There's a massive change in quality when writing the draft compared to the final script as we were able to create a script that sounded professional and as close to a local radio news bulletin.
Planning source 3 - Flow Chart (script 4):
A flow chart was extremely useful in the production of news story 4 as we were able to have a set structure to this news story that gave us targets to achieve, like specific time targets. We intended for this item to last 30 seconds, but the story lasted for 29, which helped us follow the guideline that we set for ourselves. The planning for this news story was essential, as it would help us to keep our news story structured and organised with the use of time target for each role and sound effect. It was a guideline for the news story that tested our ability to present a news story within certain amount of time.
Our analysis into other local radio news bulletins, like BBC Radio Shropshire and BBC Radio Berkshire, was useful in understanding how to produce a studio-based radio bulletin, and how to order our news items, as our most important news-worthy stories were at the beginning of the broadcast. The way our stories were presented were also extremely important, as the audience would be more interested in listening to a news story based on the tone, which was one of the most engaging parts of a news story from my analysis of BBC Radio Shropshire and BBC Radio Berkshire.
Topic 1:
Politics - Theresa May Lords Mayor's banquet.
This is a news item produced by the BBC about Theresa May's Lord Mayor's banquet speech on 14th November 2016, aimed towards her foreign aims since Britain leaving the EU.
It is about Theresa May's Lords Mayor's banquet speech upon what she wants to do via businesses, foreign policies and Brexit.
This news story is about Theresa May's speech at the Lords Mayor's banquet on 14th November 2016, in which she headed her speech towards the leading business figures in Britain. And that she proposed that she wants to develop Britain post Brexit, and how she wants to spread the wealth among Britain. As well as she set out her aim of being the leader of Europe despite of Brexit.
This was Theresa May's first Foreign Policy speech since her being elected as Prime Minster after the Brexit result. And this would set an impression on Britain as of Theresa May's plans for Britain abroad, as of leaving the EU.
Draft Topic 1 Script:
Running Order
Script
SFX
Dominic
Welcome to The Heath, Prime Minister Theresa May presented her speech at the Lord’s Mayor’s banquet last night among the biggest UK's businessmen has promised to make globalisation “Work for all”." This is a new direction - a new approach to managing the forces of globalisation so that they work for all - and it is the course on which the government I lead has embarked," THERESA MAY SPEECH.
Dominic
There's mixed opinions upon Theresa May's speech, and her as a Prime Minister, many people have different views either she is good post Brexit or that she isn't. There has also been rumours that she's unfit to be prime minister.
Finalised Topic 1 Script:
Running Order
Script
SFX
Dominic
Welcome, its 9 O’clock and you’re listening to The Heath, I’m Dominic Kehoe, our top news story: Prime Minister Theresa May who gave her speech at the Lord’s Mayor’s banquet last night has promised to make globalisation “Work for all”. There has been mixed opinions upon Theresa May's speech, and her as a Prime Minister, there's also been rumours on that she has no idea on what she's doing and needs to be clear with the Brexit associations.
Dominic
All we see in the headlines is “Brexit”; after months of reflection have people changed their Brexit views? We caught up with people to gather their view upon her promises………….
VOX POP
Dominic
Handing over to Ellie with information going on in the Royal Free Hospital.
Changes within the script:
There wasn't any difference between the original script and final script other than the fact that we felt that the original script was too long and therefore decided to cut and add new things into our script. Dominic cut around 2-8 seconds of audio, which was extremely helpful in giving our local radio news bulletin more time to include other pieces of audio that could be better in the long run.
Editing upon what Theresa May said at the Lord's Mayor banquet on 14th November 2016.
This is evidence of me using the audacity tool from audacity "Amplify", which makes a specific audio piece louder than it was originally. I had to amplify my voice as that it was too low at the original piece of recording, so that in turn I had to amplify my voice so that it accompanies Theresa May's speech volume too.
Politics - Theresa May Lords Mayor's banquet.
This is a news item produced by the BBC about Theresa May's Lord Mayor's banquet speech on 14th November 2016, aimed towards her foreign aims since Britain leaving the EU.
It is about Theresa May's Lords Mayor's banquet speech upon what she wants to do via businesses, foreign policies and Brexit.
This news story is about Theresa May's speech at the Lords Mayor's banquet on 14th November 2016, in which she headed her speech towards the leading business figures in Britain. And that she proposed that she wants to develop Britain post Brexit, and how she wants to spread the wealth among Britain. As well as she set out her aim of being the leader of Europe despite of Brexit.
This was Theresa May's first Foreign Policy speech since her being elected as Prime Minster after the Brexit result. And this would set an impression on Britain as of Theresa May's plans for Britain abroad, as of leaving the EU.
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Welcome to The Heath, Prime Minister Theresa May presented her speech at the Lord’s Mayor’s banquet last night among the biggest UK's businessmen has promised to make globalisation “Work for all”." This is a new direction - a new approach to managing the forces of globalisation so that they work for all - and it is the course on which the government I lead has embarked," THERESA MAY SPEECH.
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| There's mixed opinions upon Theresa May's speech, and her as a Prime Minister, many people have different views either she is good post Brexit or that she isn't. There has also been rumours that she's unfit to be prime minister. |
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Welcome, its 9 O’clock and you’re listening to The Heath, I’m Dominic Kehoe, our top news story: Prime Minister Theresa May who gave her speech at the Lord’s Mayor’s banquet last night has promised to make globalisation “Work for all”. There has been mixed opinions upon Theresa May's speech, and her as a Prime Minister, there's also been rumours on that she has no idea on what she's doing and needs to be clear with the Brexit associations.
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All we see in the headlines is “Brexit”; after months of reflection have people changed their Brexit views? We caught up with people to gather their view upon her promises………….
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Handing over to Ellie with information going on in the Royal Free Hospital.
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Changes within the script:
There wasn't any difference between the original script and final script other than the fact that we felt that the original script was too long and therefore decided to cut and add new things into our script. Dominic cut around 2-8 seconds of audio, which was extremely helpful in giving our local radio news bulletin more time to include other pieces of audio that could be better in the long run.
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| Editing upon what Theresa May said at the Lord's Mayor banquet on 14th November 2016. |
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| This is evidence of me using the audacity tool from audacity "Amplify", which makes a specific audio piece louder than it was originally. I had to amplify my voice as that it was too low at the original piece of recording, so that in turn I had to amplify my voice so that it accompanies Theresa May's speech volume too. |
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Topic 2:
Health - Royal Free Hospital teaming up with technology leaders to improve and save lives.
Source: https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk/news-media/news/nhs-and-technology-leaders-agree-groundbreaking-partnership-to-improve-safety-and-save-lives/
This is a news story which was collected by the Royal Free Hospital, which was posted on the 22nd November 2016 which is about the Royal Free Hospital who is teaming up with British Technological company DeepMind, which will set up streams which will alert doctors updates within seconds, not hours.
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Landmark things happening at the Royal Free Hospital, where The Royal Free has signed an agreement with British Technological company DeepMind. Where they will be developing “Streams” where nurses and doctors will be notified immediately when test results show a patient is at risk of becoming seriously ill.
Jay
This will speed up the time to alert nurses from hours down to seconds. Helping to reduce at least 10,000 life’s who die in UK Hospitals.
Ellie
With the first version of the streams will be set up in early 2017.
Jay
This will reduce the amount of papers you’ll see in hospitals, and able to see data on mobile which is more accessible.
Ellie
However, this partnership will have a high amount of security where patients information is in hands on a network. “Privacy and trust are paramount, and we’re holding ourselves to an unprecedented levels” said DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman.
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Landmark events happening at the Royal Free Hospital, where The Royal Free has signed an agreement with British Technological company DeepMind. They will be developing “Streams” which will notify nurses and doctors when their patient is in danger or is ill.
Dominic
This will speed up the time to alert nurses from hours down to seconds. Helping to reduce at least 10,000 deaths in UK Hospitals. With the first version of “Streams” to be set up in early 2017.
Jay
We’ve caught up with DeepMind’s co-founder Shane Legg on the phone to talk about the privacy of this deal.
Interview
“This partnership will have high levels of security where patients’ information is network encrypted. Privacy and trust are paramount, and we’re holding ourselves to unprecedented levels of account"
Changes within the script:
There is a clear difference within the proposed script and the finalised script that Jay actually wrote. As that the first proposed script was too long for not only our liking but also the time, as that the script alone will account for 1 minute (approximately). And so Jay cut the script down so that it will be shorter in length, thus meaning that it will be less time consuming whilst discussing near about the same particular topic. And we actually got an interview from one of the co-founders of DeepMind Shane Legg.
The tool Dominic used when editing his recording is the Equalizer tool. And within this tool he changed the recording of the audio to a "Telephone". He got a pure recording of the audio, but he changed up the script since, which then this interview was conducted by telephone. So that the Equalizer tool changes the sound of the audio into it actually being sounded that the piece of audio was actually conducted over the telephone. And that now the piece of audio sounds like it was actually conducted over the phone, which is suitable to the recording.
Health - Royal Free Hospital teaming up with technology leaders to improve and save lives.
Source: https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk/news-media/news/nhs-and-technology-leaders-agree-groundbreaking-partnership-to-improve-safety-and-save-lives/
Source: https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk/news-media/news/nhs-and-technology-leaders-agree-groundbreaking-partnership-to-improve-safety-and-save-lives/
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| This is a news story which was collected by the Royal Free Hospital, which was posted on the 22nd November 2016 which is about the Royal Free Hospital who is teaming up with British Technological company DeepMind, which will set up streams which will alert doctors updates within seconds, not hours. |
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Landmark things happening at the Royal Free Hospital, where The Royal Free has signed an agreement with British Technological company DeepMind. Where they will be developing “Streams” where nurses and doctors will be notified immediately when test results show a patient is at risk of becoming seriously ill.
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This will speed up the time to alert nurses from hours down to seconds. Helping to reduce at least 10,000 life’s who die in UK Hospitals.
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Ellie
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With the first version of the streams will be set up in early 2017.
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This will reduce the amount of papers you’ll see in hospitals, and able to see data on mobile which is more accessible.
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Ellie
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However, this partnership will have a high amount of security where patients information is in hands on a network. “Privacy and trust are paramount, and we’re holding ourselves to an unprecedented levels” said DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman.
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Landmark events happening at the Royal Free Hospital, where The Royal Free has signed an agreement with British Technological company DeepMind. They will be developing “Streams” which will notify nurses and doctors when their patient is in danger or is ill.
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This will speed up the time to alert nurses from hours down to seconds. Helping to reduce at least 10,000 deaths in UK Hospitals. With the first version of “Streams” to be set up in early 2017.
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Jay
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We’ve caught up with DeepMind’s co-founder Shane Legg on the phone to talk about the privacy of this deal.
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Interview
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“This partnership will have high levels of security where patients’ information is network encrypted. Privacy and trust are paramount, and we’re holding ourselves to unprecedented levels of account"
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Changes within the script:
There is a clear difference within the proposed script and the finalised script that Jay actually wrote. As that the first proposed script was too long for not only our liking but also the time, as that the script alone will account for 1 minute (approximately). And so Jay cut the script down so that it will be shorter in length, thus meaning that it will be less time consuming whilst discussing near about the same particular topic. And we actually got an interview from one of the co-founders of DeepMind Shane Legg.
The tool Dominic used when editing his recording is the Equalizer tool. And within this tool he changed the recording of the audio to a "Telephone". He got a pure recording of the audio, but he changed up the script since, which then this interview was conducted by telephone. So that the Equalizer tool changes the sound of the audio into it actually being sounded that the piece of audio was actually conducted over the telephone. And that now the piece of audio sounds like it was actually conducted over the phone, which is suitable to the recording.
Topic 3:
Crime - Stabbing in West Hampstead sparks plea for more CCTV cameras in area.
Source: http://www.camdennewjournal.com/billyfury-stabbing
This news story is about a recent stabbing that occurred within the past couple of weeks. With more incidents occurring in West Hampstead, numerous amount of young people seeking shelter within Veronica Beatty's cab office on West End Lane in West Hampstead. And now, Veronica Beatty is pleading to local authorities in Camden for more CCTV cameras to be in West Hampstead and Billy Fury Way, where the recent stabbing happened.
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There has been a non-fatal stabbing in West Hampstead at Billy Fury Way and multiple incidents too. Mark is there reporting on the latest incidents in the West Hampstead.
Mark
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I’m here reporting in West Hampstead, and within the past week a man has been stabbed and came into Veronica Beatty’s cab office. With multiple other young men and women come into her office for safety as well. Veronica Beatty says it’s a dangerous area, and that’s obvious. There have been pleas from Veronica Beatty for CCTV to be invested in West Hampstead and to make Billy Fury Way safer, as of the recent stabbings.
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There has been a non-fatal stabbing in West Hampstead via Billy Fury Way. Mark is there reporting on the incident in West Hampstead.
Mark
(Outside Broadcast)
I’m here reporting in West Hampstead, and within the past week a man has been stabbed and came into Veronica Beatty’s cab office. And many other young people come into her office for safety too. Veronica Beatty says it’s a dangerous area, and I can see too. There have been pleas from Veronica Beatty for CCTV to be invested in West Hampstead and to make Billy Fury Way safer.
There was little change within the script itself apart from some minor word changes which helped to make the script potentially shorter for an outside broadcast. And despite the word changes, the script is now shorter and sounds the same as it would have been before.
We used the envelope tool in audacity, which is similar to amplify, but works differently. In this case, it only works on background sounds. The image above shows two pieces of audio that has been used by the envelope tool, where it has been lowered. The envelope tool is used on the background music and verbal audio, the background audio was reduced lower than the verbal audio as we want the audience to hear the verbal audio clearly.
Crime - Stabbing in West Hampstead sparks plea for more CCTV cameras in area.
Source: http://www.camdennewjournal.com/billyfury-stabbing
Source: http://www.camdennewjournal.com/billyfury-stabbing
This news story is about a recent stabbing that occurred within the past couple of weeks. With more incidents occurring in West Hampstead, numerous amount of young people seeking shelter within Veronica Beatty's cab office on West End Lane in West Hampstead. And now, Veronica Beatty is pleading to local authorities in Camden for more CCTV cameras to be in West Hampstead and Billy Fury Way, where the recent stabbing happened.
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There has been a non-fatal stabbing in West Hampstead at Billy Fury Way and multiple incidents too. Mark is there reporting on the latest incidents in the West Hampstead.
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I’m here reporting in West Hampstead, and within the past week a man has been stabbed and came into Veronica Beatty’s cab office. With multiple other young men and women come into her office for safety as well. Veronica Beatty says it’s a dangerous area, and that’s obvious. There have been pleas from Veronica Beatty for CCTV to be invested in West Hampstead and to make Billy Fury Way safer, as of the recent stabbings.
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There has been a non-fatal stabbing in West Hampstead via Billy Fury Way. Mark is there reporting on the incident in West Hampstead.
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I’m here reporting in West Hampstead, and within the past week a man has been stabbed and came into Veronica Beatty’s cab office. And many other young people come into her office for safety too. Veronica Beatty says it’s a dangerous area, and I can see too. There have been pleas from Veronica Beatty for CCTV to be invested in West Hampstead and to make Billy Fury Way safer.
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There was little change within the script itself apart from some minor word changes which helped to make the script potentially shorter for an outside broadcast. And despite the word changes, the script is now shorter and sounds the same as it would have been before.
We used the envelope tool in audacity, which is similar to amplify, but works differently. In this case, it only works on background sounds. The image above shows two pieces of audio that has been used by the envelope tool, where it has been lowered. The envelope tool is used on the background music and verbal audio, the background audio was reduced lower than the verbal audio as we want the audience to hear the verbal audio clearly.
Topic 4:
Business - Inflation rate rose to 1.2% in November up from 0.9% in October.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38300919
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38300919
Currently in December 2016, the UK's inflation rate has been at its highest point since 2 years prior in 2014, where it currently is at 1.2%. Which that 2 months before the figure stood at 0.9%. The figure has rose as a result of rising clothing and fuel prices.
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Dominic
In other news, inflation rate here in Britain was at its highest point since October 2014, where now it’s at 1.6%.
Mark
Last month the inflation rate stood at 1.2%. This was the result of the rise in clothing and fuel prices within the past couple of years.
Mark
The Bank of England expects this figure to rise throughout 2017 to 2.7% and will remain above the ideal 2% inflation rate until 2020.
Another tool used in Audacity was the noise reduction tool. The image above shows a piece of audio that had background noises, like static effects. We wanted to remove it from our news bulletin because it would be much smoother and would follow the conventions of a local radio news bulletin.
Business - Inflation rate rose to 1.2% in November up from 0.9% in October.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38300919
Currently in December 2016, the UK's inflation rate has been at its highest point since 2 years prior in 2014, where it currently is at 1.2%. Which that 2 months before the figure stood at 0.9%. The figure has rose as a result of rising clothing and fuel prices.
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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38300919
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In other news, inflation rate here in Britain was at its highest point since October 2014, where now it’s at 1.6%.
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Last month the inflation rate stood at 1.2%. This was the result of the rise in clothing and fuel prices within the past couple of years.
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Mark
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The Bank of England expects this figure to rise throughout 2017 to 2.7% and will remain above the ideal 2% inflation rate until 2020.
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Another tool used in Audacity was the noise reduction tool. The image above shows a piece of audio that had background noises, like static effects. We wanted to remove it from our news bulletin because it would be much smoother and would follow the conventions of a local radio news bulletin.
Topic 5:
Social/Lifestyle - Ice Skating Rink opened in West Hampstead.
This is an update on social activities on people who are living in West Hampstead, as that now in JW3 an ice rink will be opening. And will be opened from Saturday the 3rd of December to Sunday
the 8th of January.
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Dominic
Winter has begun! An ice rink has opened in JW3. It is already open and will stay opened until Sunday the 8th of January.
Dominic
The Ice Rink is even opened on Christmas Day for those willing to go ice staking.
Dominic
Like I said it’s located in JW3, and provides a great opportunity to explore the area, which contains cafés, cinemas and more activities. With it in JW3 it’s great so you won’t have to travel into Central London.
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Jay
Winter has begun! An ice rink is open here in JW3. It is already open and will remain open until Sunday 8th January.
Jay
It’s located in JW3, and provides a great opportunity to explore the area, which contains cafés, cinemas and various activities. With it being located here, it means that they don’t have to travel into Central London just to ice skate.
There was changes within the script, as initially this script was supposed to be recorded normally, but we decided to change this into an outside broadcast. In that we condensed the script as far as possible, despite keeping the same content as the previous news bulletin. We changed words to make it more sophisticated to our audience and to condense it as we were able to do that.
We raised the DB scale on Audacity, where the audio will be measured by a decibel scale and we found that the ideal scale was -9. It was the best choice we could make because if we made it lower, it would be fine but quiet. If it was higher, it would sound distorted, which would destroy our local radio news bulletin's appeal. The green bar measures how high or low the audio is on the decibel scale, with the orange line to show where the audio peaks.
Social/Lifestyle - Ice Skating Rink opened in West Hampstead.
This is an update on social activities on people who are living in West Hampstead, as that now in JW3 an ice rink will be opening. And will be opened from Saturday the 3rd of December to Sunday
the 8th of January.
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Dominic
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Winter has begun! An ice rink has opened in JW3. It is already open and will stay opened until Sunday the 8th of January.
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Dominic
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The Ice Rink is even opened on Christmas Day for those willing to go ice staking.
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Dominic
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Like I said it’s located in JW3, and provides a great opportunity to explore the area, which contains cafés, cinemas and more activities. With it in JW3 it’s great so you won’t have to travel into Central London.
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Winter has begun! An ice rink is open here in JW3. It is already open and will remain open until Sunday 8th January.
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Jay
(Outside Broadcast)
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It’s located in JW3, and provides a great opportunity to explore the area, which contains cafés, cinemas and various activities. With it being located here, it means that they don’t have to travel into Central London just to ice skate.
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There was changes within the script, as initially this script was supposed to be recorded normally, but we decided to change this into an outside broadcast. In that we condensed the script as far as possible, despite keeping the same content as the previous news bulletin. We changed words to make it more sophisticated to our audience and to condense it as we were able to do that.
We raised the DB scale on Audacity, where the audio will be measured by a decibel scale and we found that the ideal scale was -9. It was the best choice we could make because if we made it lower, it would be fine but quiet. If it was higher, it would sound distorted, which would destroy our local radio news bulletin's appeal. The green bar measures how high or low the audio is on the decibel scale, with the orange line to show where the audio peaks.
Topic 6:
Travel - Information on the upcoming London Underground Strike.
Source: Transport for London.
I got information off Transport for London's website to get the current information upon all the transport information within London, but I was specifically looking for road information within Hampstead.
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Mark
The London Underground is on standstill as of the strike that happened today which is set to last until 6pm.
Jay
All tube lines are shut down, with the London Overground and the DLR only running within London. Along side with London Buses. Yet it is expected that all of he available transport routes will be packed and people will have to find alternative routes.
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The London Underground is on standstill as of the strike about the ongoing issue with station staff and passenger safety. The strike starts tomorrow, which is set to last until 6pm on Monday.
Jay
All tube lines are shut down, with the London Overground and the DLR only running services in London. Alongside with London Buses. Yet it is expected that all of the available transport routes will be packed with people finding alternative routes.
Dominic
We’ve caught up with a couple people to get their opinions upon the upcoming tube strike.
Vox-Pops
Mark
There is clearly some anger upon this strike, and this will affect daily travel for commuters.
Travel - Information on the upcoming London Underground Strike.
Source: Transport for London.
I got information off Transport for London's website to get the current information upon all the transport information within London, but I was specifically looking for road information within Hampstead.
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The London Underground is on standstill as of the strike that happened today which is set to last until 6pm.
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All tube lines are shut down, with the London Overground and the DLR only running within London. Along side with London Buses. Yet it is expected that all of he available transport routes will be packed and people will have to find alternative routes.
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The London Underground is on standstill as of the strike about the ongoing issue with station staff and passenger safety. The strike starts tomorrow, which is set to last until 6pm on Monday.
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All tube lines are shut down, with the London Overground and the DLR only running services in London. Alongside with London Buses. Yet it is expected that all of the available transport routes will be packed with people finding alternative routes.
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Dominic
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We’ve caught up with a couple people to get their opinions upon the upcoming tube strike.
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There is clearly some anger upon this strike, and this will affect daily travel for commuters.
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There was a change within the scripts as of how we included a vox-pop, which changed the initial script from what we wanted it to be, and we had to adjust the script so that a vox-pop could be included. Despite that we included the original script, we had to add more lines so that it can include a vox-pop.
We used the time-shift tool in Audacity, which allows the user to change where the piece of audio is. The image above shows an example this. We re-arranged the order of the audio so that none of them will overlap each other and be inaudible. The time shift allowed us to move edited pieces of audio as well as unedited, which was extremely helpful when organising our local radio news bulletin.
There was a change within the scripts as of how we included a vox-pop, which changed the initial script from what we wanted it to be, and we had to adjust the script so that a vox-pop could be included. Despite that we included the original script, we had to add more lines so that it can include a vox-pop.
We used the time-shift tool in Audacity, which allows the user to change where the piece of audio is. The image above shows an example this. We re-arranged the order of the audio so that none of them will overlap each other and be inaudible. The time shift allowed us to move edited pieces of audio as well as unedited, which was extremely helpful when organising our local radio news bulletin.
Script 7
Weather - The current weather that is in the Hampstead Area.
Source: The Met Office/BBC News
I went onto several websites to gain information upon the weather around the Hampstead Area, to find accurate results. And that both of the websites (Met Office/BBC News) had roughly the same results so i contained my findings within the script.
Finalised Topic 7:
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Ellie
Today’s weather in the Hampstead area is foggy with low humidity, with temperatures at the lowest of -1°C. And the highest at 1°C. As a result there is 100 flight cancellations out of Heathrow this morning from all the fog.
Ellie
With tomorrows temperature not improving that much, with the highest temperature at 3 °C and the lowest at 1°C. In the Hampstead area.
Sound Effects:
The Homepage of FreeSound.org
This is where I collected some of my sound effects that
I'm going to use within the radio broadcast, to not make it
sound dull.
For all the news stories that we've collected,we had to get some sound effects to accompany our radio broadcast so that it wouldn't be bland with us just speaking throughout. So that i gathered some sound effects off YouTube as well as FreeSound. As that on FreeSound I collected sound effects that would be relevant to a particular topic. This was the case in the Political news story with Theresa May, I downloaded the chimes of Big Ben, and incorporated it into our news topic. This is relevant in terms within this particular topic.
I downloaded the sound effect from FreeSound imported it into my Audacity file and used the chimes of Big Ben as a transitional sound within our vox-pops.
The highlighted audio tracks on Audacity were taken (through download) from Freesound.org. Dominic used the audio from Freesound as a transitional sound to support his audio track on the screenshot above.
Title Music:
One of the codes and conventions of a local radio news bulletin is to have an introductory title music, an ending title music and in between the two is to involve jingles. Instead of using something like www.freesound.org as our source for jingles and other music is to compose our own music. We decided to use Garageband to compose these three songs, where we used only two of the three in the actual recording. The two that were used was both introductory and ending title music.
This is our completed composition of the title music on Garageband. The use of several instruments in the title music made the composition more suitable for our local radio news bulletin in Hampstead and Kilburn.
Completed Local Radio News Bulletin: The Heath
This is our final product for our Local Radio News Bulletin, named The Heath. Which is 5 minutes and 26 seconds long, which follows all codes and conventions of a Local Radio News Bulletin.
Evaluation
The following seven questions will be addressed:
Question 1:
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Question 3:
Question 6:
Question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Weather - The current weather that is in the Hampstead Area.
Source: The Met Office/BBC News
I went onto several websites to gain information upon the weather around the Hampstead Area, to find accurate results. And that both of the websites (Met Office/BBC News) had roughly the same results so i contained my findings within the script.
Finalised Topic 7:
Source: The Met Office/BBC News
I went onto several websites to gain information upon the weather around the Hampstead Area, to find accurate results. And that both of the websites (Met Office/BBC News) had roughly the same results so i contained my findings within the script.
Finalised Topic 7:
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Today’s weather in the Hampstead area is foggy with low humidity, with temperatures at the lowest of -1°C. And the highest at 1°C. As a result there is 100 flight cancellations out of Heathrow this morning from all the fog.
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Ellie
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With tomorrows temperature not improving that much, with the highest temperature at 3 °C and the lowest at 1°C. In the Hampstead area.
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Sound Effects:
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| The Homepage of FreeSound.org This is where I collected some of my sound effects that I'm going to use within the radio broadcast, to not make it sound dull. |
For all the news stories that we've collected,we had to get some sound effects to accompany our radio broadcast so that it wouldn't be bland with us just speaking throughout. So that i gathered some sound effects off YouTube as well as FreeSound. As that on FreeSound I collected sound effects that would be relevant to a particular topic. This was the case in the Political news story with Theresa May, I downloaded the chimes of Big Ben, and incorporated it into our news topic. This is relevant in terms within this particular topic.
I downloaded the sound effect from FreeSound imported it into my Audacity file and used the chimes of Big Ben as a transitional sound within our vox-pops.
The highlighted audio tracks on Audacity were taken (through download) from Freesound.org. Dominic used the audio from Freesound as a transitional sound to support his audio track on the screenshot above.
Title Music:
One of the codes and conventions of a local radio news bulletin is to have an introductory title music, an ending title music and in between the two is to involve jingles. Instead of using something like www.freesound.org as our source for jingles and other music is to compose our own music. We decided to use Garageband to compose these three songs, where we used only two of the three in the actual recording. The two that were used was both introductory and ending title music.
This is our completed composition of the title music on Garageband. The use of several instruments in the title music made the composition more suitable for our local radio news bulletin in Hampstead and Kilburn.
Completed Local Radio News Bulletin: The Heath
This is our final product for our Local Radio News Bulletin, named The Heath. Which is 5 minutes and 26 seconds long, which follows all codes and conventions of a Local Radio News Bulletin.
Completed Local Radio News Bulletin: The Heath
This is our final product for our Local Radio News Bulletin, named The Heath. Which is 5 minutes and 26 seconds long, which follows all codes and conventions of a Local Radio News Bulletin.
Evaluation
The following seven questions will be addressed:
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Question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
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