Week 2 - WINOL: News Editor - Package Feedback

COMPASS - Chief Reporter - Matt Spencer
This lead the bulletin because it was the most recent and freshest news we had. You overlooked and managed the entire meeting very professionally, turning this story around really quickly in a day. You found a news angle about sexual offences increasing which moved the piece on from just being a puff piece about the meeting being held in our own studios. Big credit to you for arranging the event, you have continued to deliver and built up a trusting relationship with these contacts.

SCHOOL TEST - Education Reporter - Emma Wright
You did really well to get access into a local school, you got some good cutaways ensuring that you didn't identify any of the children so well done for abiding by the laws of consent. You have a good lead into the interview with the head teacher, and balance with the statement but remember rule of thirds you could zoom in tighter to her face.

BEES - Environment Reporter - Ellen Millard
This was a good follow up story with new advances on research, you scripted well to your pictures and it was visually interesting - lots of cutaways, good use of archive footage and the framing of the interview with the scientist is faultless. Love the PTC at the end of the piece, it's entertaining for the viewers that you are in the uniform, only criticism is it's over exposed - crouching down by the hive away from the sunlight would of been better.

OOV Belt - Nadine and Alex
The announcement of UKIPs candidate for the European election in London was canceled so it was a shame that you couldn't go down and film as originally planned. But you still delivered the results with archive footage from Eastleigh elections. Although the horse clip was filmed off an iPhone it was good initiative from Ellen to film it.

COURT - Crime Reporter - Tom Wright
This story received a lot of media attention so you did really well to get into the packed public gallery! All the legal requirements were passed and you managed to get a mugshot to positively identify the defendant - ideally it would have been good to get a photo from police of the victim. Good PTC outside court, shame it couldn't be on location. You did slow down from last week, but you need to slow down a bit more so the viewer can digest what you are saying. Visuals with court reports are often minimal so I like the use of a reconstruction.

STOPTOBER - Health Reporter - Zeena Alobaidi
I was extremely pleased with this package, you really illustrated the story well. You really followed what I asked for and delivered an opening sequence with both wide and close up shots. I like the creativity for the stats with the smoke in the background but next time include where you got the figures from on screen. Well done on securing the interview with a local nurse, you got lots of cutaways of her at work which allowed you to lead into your interview smoothly. Remember rule of thirds, get in closer as there was a lot of background space, and don't forget to white balance the camera. You included a case study which is what the piece needed, but ideally it would be more trusting if it wasn't a student.

CRICKET GROUD - Business Reporter Harvey Taylor
This news piece would have been higher up in the bulletin but because it was sports related I kept it before sport. Good access on to the cricket grounds and you got plenty of rushes of the building work to illustrate the story. Well done on getting an interview with Councillor Keith House I know no one from the construction company wanted to be filmed but ideally the only thing missing was to hear from the cricket fans.

BABY ZEBRA - Community reporter - Lucy Wilson
This was the perfect 'and finally' as it was a lighter news piece, you got lots of cut aways of the new baby zebra, but a lot of them were mid shots so think about getting varied wide and close up shots. Good job on getting an interview with the zookeeper, to lift the piece some vox pops would of worked naturally. You have narratively scripted this piece well and you have a confident PTC at the end of the piece, but avoid comment e.g 'sense of excitement in the air' this is what we want to hear from the visitors.

Overall, this week went well, and there was a good mix of stories adding light and shade to the bulletin. There was definite improvements on audio and visual from the week before and the new reporters have a clear idea of what elements need to be included in a package. Continue to think hard about scripting, and have an idea of what your link is going to be early on so when it comes to voicing over your packages you don't repeat what was said in the link. Packages are only going to get better as the broadcast quality improves, don't be afraid to order the subject around to get the shots that you have planned ahead.

Week 2 - WINOL: News Editor Update

News writing
All reporters need to have a written story up on the website every week - follow this checklist when writing your stories:
1. Headlines - 'subject, verb, object' - do not use adjectives
2. Top line - 5 w's - must begin with people -  banned from starting with a body e.g. Hampshire County Council
3. Main body - facts must always be right, and from original source - 'you don't always have to be right but you must never be wrong'
4. Quotes - essential to bring the story to life
5. Photograph - to illustrate the story, crucial for viewers on the website
6. Figures: above 10 and below 3 include number otherwise write the word e.g. 'five'

Packages
Don't try to be original, this is news do it exactly how its been done before and how you see it on TV. VTs must:
1. Begin with your best pictures - engage the viewer from the start - don't begin with a piece to camera
2. Rich NAT SOT at the start to accompany visual
3. Views must be balanced

Things to think about wh Meadeen filming:
1. Lighting - white balance cameras, check shot is not over exposed, do not film in front of a window or in a really dark room!
2. Framing - rule of thirds, don't be afraid to get in close to your interviewee
3. Audio - radio mic your interviewee, check your sound levels before you interview them it should not be peaking but the green bar should be passed the half way mark, move the channel dials up and make sure you are on manual so that you are in control!
4. Shots - film sequence shots to link into your interviews you need to have lots of rushes and cut aways to cover jump cuts. Editing will be made so much easier if you have a variety of shots, be creative with your angles, hold your shots, zooms and pans are now banned - avoid this my taking varied wide shots and close ups.
5. Interviews - do not introduce the interviewee e.g. "I went down to speak to..." We can see this!

News conference
Reporters this week has the potential to be great, we have a good mix of stories - just need to pull the interviews through and make the calls.

Tom -  Court report - Brilliant text story already up on the website, just get the mug shot up online now to positively identify the defendant. This story has received a lot of press already so I'm really impressed you got this story from court. Try get hold of any photographs from police that can visually boost your package. Aim for 40-60 seconds PTC outside court, speak slowly and clearly to keep viewer engaged.
Lucy - New baby Zebra born in Marwell Zoo - This is going to make a really nice 'and finally' package - keep it simple, lots of quality shots of the zebra and the zoo will bring this story to life, push to get hold of a zoo keeper, but the main focus here is the zebra so think about angles and varied shots. Do your PTC inside the zoo, no guilty signs we know you are there, we want to see something interesting and relevant in the background.
Harvey - Half built hotel on cricket ground - This story is a great local story which will interest our audience, we established Eastleigh Borough Council is investing therefore push to get an interview with a council representative, e.g. Keith House. Well done for getting access into the grounds, film loads of rushes so when it comes to editing you have lots to play with.
Emma - 177,000 6 year olds cannot read or write - I know you're doing your best to contact local schools, keep pushing as visually you want to have the subject straight at the top of your package, without the children baring in mind the legal issues this package has the danger to be visually weak. Contacting the university education department for their view will work well and localise the story.
Nadine - Well done for getting access tomorrow into the announcement of UKIPs regional representatives for the European elections, good work on using your contacts and organising an interview with Diane James, grab as many political figures as you can, with the help of Alex this will be a great political story which you already plan to localise with the south east region representative. Good luck tomorrow, keep me updated. Alex please Tweet as the day goes on with any breaking updates and take some stills so we can use them for text stories.
Ellen - Scientists reveal pollution is destroying bees smell - Great idea to use stock footage and show the clip from 'earlier in the year', this is a good development story, stock footage of the bees will lift the package, be a bonus to get a beekeeper and you doing a PTC in the outfit. I know you've made lots of calls already and you are just waiting to hear back from them, hopefully the scientist and beekeeper will be in touch. 

Zenna - 'Stoptober' awareness -  Fantastic work this week, you had already organised your interviews and have spoken with a nurse already. I know you're in contact with someone who is doing Stoptober, with the case study this piece will be brilliant, get lots of cut aways of cigarettes, smoke and remember what I said about being creative with the scripting and shots, this can be a really visually led story. Well done for taking on board what I said about the lighting and interesting backdrops, from what i've seen already you have listened to what I said.
Calum - Loads of ideas again this week, keep them in the pipeline, the national park story will attract our local audience so I am pleased your running with this one. The others were a bit news weak, but the ACSO story can be developed on when you find a news angle. Good work getting an interview organised with Councillor Mel Kendal, film sequence shots with him to tie into his interview, and avoid pans of the green space, just hold the shots.
Spence - Compass meeting tomorrow - keep in mind that we may need to recycle some of this meeting and put it in to the bulletin. I've seen the coffee house session edit, really well done for all your hard work editing please get it up soon as you can.
Liam - You're working on a feature this week, but good work trying to push for several different news stories this week.

Sport - Tom Baxter - great news to hear you covered the match with three cameras looking forward to seeing the footage. Once I've seen the features I can decide if we need to fill space in the bulletin but we will keep in contact.

Main notes from editors meeting is that we need to continue to boost our public profile online, keep tweeting please its crucial to target relevant audiences. 

We are also looking to produce a 'contact page' online so that people can contact us with ideas they may have.

Good Luck to everyone with their stories, remember we want quality sound and visuals, as well as amazing content!