WINOL Week 10 debrief

Angus' Feedback

Overall Angus felt that since it is our last WINOL of the semester that we all just kind of trailed off. Spence, who was News Editor this week, saved the bulletin with his range of ideas. We should have had a shed load of stories and also drive because this was our last bulletin and we wanted to go out with a bang! There is no such thing as a quiet news week, we are given a whole week to do a bulletin therefore it should be full to the brim with stories. There were some good stories in the bulletin but need to spice/sex up the headlines. The end title sequence has a glitch and a horrible jump cut that needs fixing. The 'coming up' needs extending.

-Callum's Uni lecturer strike story had a good use of NATSOT which really gave a flavour of what the story was about and also what was going on. In the first interview however, the eyeline was all wrong and also the gun mic shouldn't be in shot. If the interviewee is taller than yourself, ask them to sit down etc. don't be afraid to control an interview. It's your shots, make them good. Good angles/interviewees, needed just a bit more detail as to why the lecturers are striking. 'More flesh on the story'.

- Sam (presenter) The presenter of the bulletin should always have a copy of the script on his desk in the event that you are going live and the autocue fails. This is what happened this week and Sam carried on seamlessly. Was calm and collected and just read form the hardcopy on his desk. Well done. This does happen, technology can fail. It's life.

-Liam's Chief Whip Story still worked despite there being no interview. In the right place (Westminster) was worth going to try and get an interview. Very good graphics.

-Zeena's police on buses story was well thought out. The PTC worked well on the bus however, needed footage of the police actually on the bus. Good graphics. Maybe should have picked up on a more positive point in the recorded phone call with Policeman.

- Harvey's Unemployment package was a very dry piece since there was only one interview. The Christmas style sign off was a contrast to the seriousness of the story. Should have said soemething quirky to give a reason for the Christmas sign off.

-Tom's death row story needed to be linked to the Innocent Project here at Winchester. Interviewed Brian perhaps? Get some opinions from people in the audience of the talk. All these things would have added to the story.

Sport

Relax, 'lighten up' when presenting, soften it.

Drew- don't describe what's on screen but is nicely paced.

Laura- Handball- Like the idea of delving into different sports. Problems with the camera so must ensure you always have a spare battery. Needed to decide what your focus was going to be in this package and stick with it.

Poonam Bahal from BBC South Today was our guest Editor this week. She explained how she was very impressed with what we do here. Poonam said how at 2:30 (30 mins before our deadline) she felt the 'buzz' in the newsroom and this is what she loves about Journalism.

The headlines she thought had a good choice of stories. Always think what would make a good headline shot when you are out filming. This helps editors on the day .

Strike- Good top story- current, good actuality. Need to still know more about the story e.g. facts and figures. Needs to be relevant and verified.

Chief Whip- Very impressed with graphics, used to explain a lot of facts very well. Always check facts. Could have used vox pops to give it a local angle.

Buses- Forward planning of the story could have led to filming police on the buses. Good script.

Unemployment- Story is almost a month old so needed more content/developed more. Could have gone to Portsmouth to do PTC to break up constant screen time.

Death row- Good story but limited pictures. Could have got vox pops of students to break up interview? Needed footage for cutaways.

Sport

Need to introduce yourself when pass over to sport. Sport is important so it was the right thing to do to include it in the 'coming up' clip.

Ian's Feedback

Pleased to see that reporters are now at the standard where proper packages are being produced. We still need to film more footage than necessary though so that packages aren't left with limited shots. Too light on stories this week, without death row story bulletin would have been even lighter. Need to be 'News Junkies' and see what is going on out there that interests you or find a new angle to add to a current story. More effort needs to be put in to bring more to the table. Should be spoilt for choice with the packages, not just have the bare minimum for the bulletin. Any that don't make the bulletin go on the website.