Radio Assessment- Final News Bulletin

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I apologise as I know the microphone is a tad crackly but I tried several times to get it to stop by changing how close I was to the microphone  but nothing seemed to work!

Radio News Story for Annette

 

Thieves have broken into the Museum of Army Flying in Andover and have stolen a large bronze eagle statue from the Memorial Garden in the museum. The statue is said to be worth approximately £9,000.

The Museum of Army Flying is a registered charity and depends on public support.  Therefore, they cannot afford to replace the statue.

In this economic climate, metal thieves are increasing as scrap metal dealers are willing to pay more money for metal.

Police are currently investigating this crime.

Radio Interview basics

The key two elements of producing a successful radio interview is:

• Good, sensible questioning.
• The proper use of your equipment.

Before you go out recording make sure that:

1. You know the equipment well and know how to use it before you set out.
2. Make sure that your equipment is fully charged ( if necessary take spare batteries).
3. It may sounding silly but make sure that you are actually recording and have pressed record.

Before using a Microphone it is essential to check that:

1. You are holding the microphone with a firm, steady hand.
2. The microphone is plugged into the correct hole of the recorder.
3. Leave ambiance at the end of the recoding rather than having an abrupt stop.

Places to record:

• Don't always go for a quiet room, give audio the most texture (the actuality) background sounds add to the atmosphere of the clip.
• Avoid echo.
• Beware of sounds such as the air con or the boiler which will sound alot louder on audio.
• Keep away from heavy traffic noises.
• Manually set the recording levels if it is noisy.

A few interviewing tips:

• The best interviews are unscripted chats. Have just a few questions or key ideas prepared.
• Listen to the answers you are being given and if the answer is something which interests you, develop the answer with another question.
• Use simple, straight forward questions: 'Who, what, how, when, where, why?'
• Avoid using closed questions (questions which require a yes or no answer).
• Do your research into the interviewee's work etc. Expand your knowledge.
• Nod to encourage your interviewee but do not speak as this will be tricky to edit out later.
• Always be in control of the interview, remember you're the one asking the questions.

Radio Production for beginners

Radio is intimate, immediate and personal. Arguably TV may seem to be more personal, radio, however,makes the listener feel included by creating visual images and keeping the conversation following as if you're listening to an old friend rather than a complete stranger in a studio.

Radio news comes in different forms. For example the amount of news broadcast depends on the particular radio station's target market. For instance Radio 1 is aimed at a younger audience and therefore provides short, informative summaries of the news. Whereas on the other hand stations such as Radio 4 with cover the news in more detail and dedicated more time to the news. This is because their target audience is of a much elder generation than the audience of Radio 1 and so they desire a more detailed coverage. The style and format of a radio show is dictated by ther target audience.

Target Audiences

• Target audiences are defined by age and social demographic ( A,B,C1,C2,D and E).
• The As and Bs are people of a high salary profession.
• Bs are professional jobs such as doctors and lawyers etc.
• C1s are people who have desk jobs.
• C2s are skilled manual workers.
• Ds are the working class (unskilled)
• and the Es are the people of the lowest income/people on benefits.
• Age is categorised in groups 10-20 years. For example, 16-24 25-44 etc.

A standard radio show would usually contain a selection of the following:

• Headlines
• Bulletins
• News Programmes
• Magazine Programmes
• Documentaries

Headlines

These are a summary of what the news stories of the day are. You will either then continue with a bulletin or programme which gives the audience more detail of the story, or simply have a stand alone bulletin.

Bulletin

• These usually last between 2-5 minutes and start with a headline and contain audio cuts of interviews or vox pops ( a series of answers given by the public to one particular question). 
• A voicer or voicepiece is where another journalist summaries a story.

News Programmes

• These usually begin with headlines and explore top stories in greater depth.
• Other news stories are included too along with interviews which will either be prerecorded.
• Outside broadcasts.
• Debate, comment and commentary.
• packages.

Magazine Programmes (E.g Radio 4)

• These may be specific or wide-ranging but generally magazine programmes have specific remit. For example 'you and yours'.
• They are less likely to include headlines or bulletins but may react to the top stories of the day.
• Cover stories are usually both topical and timeless or may often use a topical story as a peg on which hang on an otherwise timeless issue.
• Listener interaction is sometimes used.

Packages

• Packages are cues read by the presenter. The cue may include an introduction and conclusion by the reporter or participant.
• Reporter links are recorded either in the studio or on location.
• There will be be at least one interview as well as vox pops, music, sfx, actuality and archive clips.

Documentaries

These are expanded packages or features which explore a particular subject or issue in much more detail than is possible in either a news or a magazine programme.