It is important for us to receive advice and guidance on every aspect of journalism, especially on our website which provides our audience with all our news stories, bulletins and features work. In terms of progress and development we have massively improved and we are doing great with our ratings. We have just recently launched our new features magazine Here and Now which is a combined magazine full of all of our great features that we have produced from previously separate magazines as we thought it would be easier for our audiences to locate the features if it is all in one section. Paul wood originally created the WINOL website, he writes on his blog;
"I was involved with the creation of a news website which was a relative success with even people who weren’t directly involved with the project visiting the website. The site that I helped to make a success became known as WINOL and is now a fundamental part of the award winning course at the University of Winchester."
The bulletin this week was good, it had a string of recognisable packages that were credible and full of interesting content. This week was slightly different in editing terms as the editor had to make hard choices by dropping a few of the stories that had been reported on. It is essential that we think of it positively, it is a good development for WINOL as we now have options we can choose from which gives us a range of choices to play around with in the bulletin.
The headlines were good, they were engaging and flowed with the bulletin as well as working effectively with the strap lines which were visually moving. The order of the bulletin wasn't that well thought out this week as it was quite messy and potentially wrong as there was no gradual progression between the stories so that is an element that needs to be improved upon next week.
Lucy's bishop story was difficult as the vote had not yet been announced as to whether women could become female bishops so it was a news story that was still happening however she took a good approach to it by getting two interviews that had two different points of view to balance out the story. Her sequences were good however the choreography of these needed slightly tweaking to flow a bit more smoothly but apart from that the end report came across very professional and gave her room to follow up the story.
Tom's rave story at Highclere castle was good, the idea behind the visuals was creative with the contrast between the serene shots of the countryside and of the castle and then the high powered impact of the rave with the music, dancing and flashing lights. Tom also managed to get an interview with a legal rave organiser who provided some great archived footage from the student scene that Tom could include in his piece.
Ben's piece on the grit was great as he gained access to a really good location where all the grit was being kept with the gritting vehicles in the background, however his opening shot could have been much stronger but due to a few technical problems the story had to be re-worked and a few shots changed so Ben edited the piece exceptionally well to make it suitable for the bulletin. The camera work was professional with a variation of shots and a strong, well formed interview.
Christina's rape story was exceptional this week, after taking on board Claudia's advice from last week she presented the report extremely well as it was an emotionally hard and heavy report to have to read. The piece to camera was excellent, she gave the audience all the right information and painted a picture for us by including comments taken from the witness statements. The structure of the piece was very neat, it flowed smoothly and she set up her three sequence shots well with a solid interview to add depth to the story.
The cuts on the council story wasn't that strong this week as it needed more impact and the camera work needed improving as the shots were not varied enough. It is important to remember to get a range of shots, especially low angled shots as these are more interesting for our viewers. There was too much overlay on the UKIP element of the piece which proved distracting and would have been more effective to find one really good clip or edit to use, it is vital that you don't go over board on editing as 'less is always more'.
Ellen's turbine piece was good, it could have been better if she had found bigger turbines but due to circumstances that wasn't possible. The lack of pictures didn't leave much room for editing so it is always important to get as many visuals as possible so there are plenty of options when it comes to putting the shots together in order to get a wide range of angles. As Paul said it is all about 'coming back with a variation of shots'. The audio was good and the interviews were solid that conveyed both sides of the argument.
Zeena's health story on the new app for heart defibrillators and where the nearest one is located was brilliant as people will be interested in these kind of stories as it could potentially effect them so we are relating to our viewers. Zeena managed to get two solid interviews with two interesting people and excellent audio which makes the package extremely watchable as the audience will listen to what they are saying. Zeena's piece to camera was good with steady pace and a well thought out explanation of what the story was all about, the shots she got were good with a clever ending shot of the app on an iPhone that worked effectively with her pay off line.
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