Week 10: WINOL

On WINOL we have been extremely lucky to have guest editors visit the newsroom, and often have the expertise and advice of 4 or 5 professionals in the industry. This week Poonam Bahal from BBC South came to visit us, who was extremely impressed by the professionalism of our work. Credit to the news editor this week Matthew Spencer for managing the final WINOL bulletin in an efficient and experienced manner, pushing his reporters in the right direction, gathering story ideas and communicating with the entire team to find logical solutions that we face in Broadcast.

There was a great mix of stories this week:

University Strikes - This was a good package, rich with NATSOT and the pictures are all there, it was current as it happened the day before the bulletin, and included reaction from the lecturers. Perhaps it would of been nice to hear from students if the strikes affected them, as this is the second strike this term. Remember exposition is important, we shouldn't assume the audience know what the strike is all about and why they are striking, the link needed to explain it in a bit more detail.

Sir George Young Retiring - There was a lot of information to tell here, and you did this really well with graphics. There was good use of archive footage here also, however the sound levels needed to be lowered as it was was distracting from your voice over. Other then that, you set this up really well by using your initiative to go down to London in hope of securing an interview, but none the less you did a confident PTC outside Westminster.

Cops on the Bus - This was an interesting story, bobbies on the beat now on the bus to help crack down on dangerous drivers. You had access on to the bus to do your PTC which was engaging and creative, only downside here is it lacked pictures, think about other creative shots, for instance what is the view out of the window like from the top of the bus? Show the viewers. We really needed to see footage of coppers in operation on the bus but understand the difficulty of this.

Job losses - This was a nice round up of the job losses over the last month, and it was a nice peg to cover over Christmas. Very comical sign off, but remember to have one line of exposition before you sign off as it feels slightly out of place, perhaps a PTC outside the shipyards in Portsmouth would of helped break up the piece.

OOV belt - the top OOV needed to be the fire story it had the most impacting pictures. This was a good break away from the lengthy packages. Credit to the present

Sport - Strongest week for sport i'd say, and I liked the variety, especially the handball package as it adds something new rather then match reports all the time. I liked the use of graphics to keep track of the goals, it made it easier to follow.

Access Winchester - This was a good plug, teasing viewers to go to the website, but there was no link to direct people to where they can find it?