Monday, 24 March 2014
Monday, 17 March 2014
Task 6 - Pre-Production - Radio 1-style News Report
these are our initial ideas for the script
This is our script
Saturday, 15 March 2014
Task 3 - Forms and Styles of News Reporting
Assignment 3 –
Forms and Styles of News Reporting
Metro Radio
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Bulletin
A news bulletin includes 3-6 stories,
showing international and national news, local news, sport, entertainment and
weather.
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Headline
A brief outline of the big news stories at
the time, including a small amount of information.
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Copy Only
Copy only stories have no need for audio;
they are often used for public service information and local events. Sometimes
they also include funny one liners when concluding the story with a “and
finally.”
·
Copy with Audio
These are stories that are made up of clips
from an interview; these clips would be 8-20 seconds long each. These clips
would create an audio impact – it lets the audio tell the story. To make the
audience feel the sense of atmosphere, the microphone would be placed somewhere
there is background noise.
·
Wrap
This is a completely wrapped package,
everything into one; it includes another reporter plus audio. It slots into a
bulletin and is set out ‘intro – clip – conclusion’.
·
Vox Pop
A vox pop is recording of a member/members
of the public discussing their views on something that is being discussed on
the radio. It would usually be recorded outdoors usually in a city centre where
there’s a lot of general public.
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Two Way
A two way is when there are two people
talking in the same room.
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Live Cross
This is when the presenter goes live to
another presenter in a different location, for example a report from the war in
Iraq, which would include the background sound of the war-taking place.
·
Ident
This is a small recording to remind the
audience what radio station they are listening too, this can go in-between the
news stories to break the news broadcast up.
·
Voicers
A voicer is a short report read by another
reporter and unlike a wrap it does not include an audio clip.
Metro Radio
The news report began with a
story about a convicted murderer on the run, he has also escaped twice before,
this was a copy and audio broadcast as it included a recording of a police
officer giving some information on the situation. This is to show the public
that they are in safe hands and the police are working hard to get the
situation under control. The next story was a Murder enquiry by a 37-year-old
man in Huddersfield, there are currently children being treated in hospital. A
39-year-old man has been arrested. This was an audio report, as they couldn’t
include audio, as they haven’t got enough information about the situation yet.
After, there was a story on how BT are creating 1600 engineering jobs, and 180
of those are in the North East, this is appealing to Metro Radio’s target
audience as it is based in the North East and people in the North East would
find it useful to know there are jobs going near home. Next, there was a story
on Ryan Air and how they have had a fall in profit, they made £426 million;
this was also a copy piece as it didn’t include an audio clip as it wasn’t a
very important story so it didn’t require one. The next story was about Ant and
Dec and how there should be more acting jobs for children in the North East and
how they are thinking about buying the building Byker Grove was filmed in, to
help the cause. This was a copy and audio story as Dec was interviewed and
voiced his opinion on the matter. This is an effective story to feature on
Metro Radio as it is specific to their target audience as it talks about the
North East and includes Ant and Dec – some of the biggest stars to come out of
the North East. The broadcast then continued by talking about how they won an
award at the BAFTA’s and then continued onto talking about the other winners of
the night. This was a copy file, as it didn’t include any audio, as it didn’t
require one. This was the last news story but the weather followed, this was
jus general weather.
BBC Radio 1
This news report began with a
story on how police want ticket inspectors for concerts to be stricter as more
and more people are making it into the concerts with fake tickets, this is specific
to the stations target audience as the ages range is 16 – 24 which is the most
common age of people who go to concerts. This story was a two way as there were
two presenters talking. The next story was on Turkey and how there have been
protests against the government because of the worst mining experience, killing
200 people, this story was copy as it didn’t require any audio, it was all
information. Next, was a story on how charities are working with paedophiles
helping them with their ‘views’ towards children, and how the charity can’t
cope with the amount of offenders who require help. This was copy and audio as
it included a female charity worker talking about how they can’t deal with the
amount of calls they are receiving. Next, was the sports reports which were all
copy, which lead straight into the weather which was also copy.
Monday, 10 March 2014
Task 2 - News Values
News Values
In 1965,
media researchers Galtung & Ruge analysed international news stories to
find out what factors they had in common, and what factors placed them at the
top of the news agenda worldwide. They came up
with a “scoring system” of news values, with stories that score highly in each
having more chance of making a lead / front-page story. Every media
organisation will have its own news values, based upon what their audience
expects, and what is important to the organisation. News Values are separated
into 12 different sections which are; negativity, proximity, recency, currency,
continuity, uniqueness, simplicity, personality, expectedness, elite
nations/people, exclusivity, and size.
Negativity:
This states that bad news is better than good news and it
will always be rated higher as people enjoy hearing that other people are worse
off than them. An example of bad news would be floods, bankruptcy, natural
disasters and violence etc.
Proximity:
This is stories close to home that audiences can relate to,
for example anything that happens locally or within the same country, stories
with local geographical values will have better ratings.
Recency:
News will get a better audience if they have very recent
stories so most news broadcasters try to get the most recent stories to get the
best ratings. For example, Justin Bieber’s court case was streamed live on the
news to keep the audience completely up to date.
Currency:
Currency would be stories that stay in the public eye for a
long period of time. An example of this would be the Madeline McCann story as
it has been in the news for 7 years now.
Continuity:
Continuity stories have a continuing impact on readers with
every single development on the story.
An example of this would be the floods and bad weather in the UK as
every development would affect the audience in some way, whether it be
affecting them personally or people they know.
Uniqueness:
Unique stories are stories that you wouldn’t expect, they
are there to intrigue the audience and shock them, unique stories are usually
humorous. An example of this would be Miley Cyrus’ performance at the EMA
Awards as this was completely unexpected and shocked the world.
Simplicity:
These would be stories that are easy to explain and easy for
the audience to understand. An example of this would be the story about the
Galleries in Washington being rebuilt as it requires no thought when reading it
and it is a very easy story to understand.
Personality:
These are stories you can relate to which centre around a
particular person, mainly celebrities. An example of this could be Khloe
Kardashian as she is currently going through a divorce.
Expectedness:
These are stories you predict will be mentioned. An example of
this could be the floods down south as it has been on the news for quite some
time now and the audience would be expecting updates on what is happening.
Elite Nations/People:
These are stories that are close to Britain e.g anything to
do with America, Germany etc. An example of this could be the conflict between
Russia and Ukraine as it affects Europe.
Exclusivity:
These would be stories that are breaking news that no one
knows about yet, they are exclusive stories and are there to surprise and shock
the audience. And example of this would be Sky News as they are always the
first to have breaking news stories.
Size:
These are stories that rely on how big the story is. The
news teams rely on these stories as the bigger the story the bigger the value.
An example of this would be the plane that has gone missing and completely
disappeared off the radar as this affects many people so it is a big story.
Sunday, 9 March 2014
Task 1 - Legal and Ethical Considerations
Lauren Gaudie
Assignment 1 – Legal
and Ethical Considerations
In this assignment I will discuss the various legal and
ethical considerations facing media producers. I will provide an overview of
the area and explain why it important to the media industry using examples as I
go.
Defamation (Libel/ Slander)
Defamation is a term for hurting someone’s reputation. For
it to appear on radio it would be ‘slander’ as it would be spoken, whereas if
it is on a website or in a newspaper it would be ‘libel’ as it would be written
down. It is important to the media industry as they could easily be sued if
they word something wrong, so they would have to be very careful. An example of
this would be when The Daily Mirror accused Frankie Boyle of being racist, as
they had no actual evidence of him being a racist and the court referred to him
as “a comedian who tells jokes about race rather than being a racist”, he
successfully sued the newspaper for £55,000. Another example would be the Rolf
Harris case, stating that he allegedly molested young girls over the many years
he’s been famous. If a newspaper or a radio were to assume he is guilty, this
would be libel and slander defamation.
Court Reporting
The law on court reporting is designed to protect the
accused’s right to a fair trial. The court reporter must always refer to the
suspect as the “alleged” or the “accused” and never the “killer” until proven.
You also cannot report on any previous offences mentioned in court. You also cannot
mention any names of children less than 16 years of age linked with the crime.
An example of this would be when the Ian Huntley trial was on-going and 2 Beacon
FM radio presenters Mark Peters and Lisa Freame discussed Huntley’s testimony, with Peters
saying...
“It’s almost like the most unbelievably made-up story in
the world ever, really, isn’t it? Well, I personally think it is. I can’t
believe any member of the jury is going to believe that story.”
The pair were immediately sacked from
their jobs at the radio station, while the station itself ran the risk of being
held in contempt of court.
Privacy
This is the
invasion of privacy, such as reporters standing on private property. It is
important that the media industry know this is unacceptable as the individuals
privacy you are invading could easily sue as you are on their property. In the UK there are no specific laws to
privacy, although Article 8 of the Human Rights Act 1998 is designed to provide
“the right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence.” An example of this would be when Kate Middleton was
spotted topless abroad on a holiday and the French newspapers showed the
pictures whereas the British newspapers didn’t out of respect for the royal
family.
Election
Law
The law
regarding the elections are that if you are a presenter on a radio stations you
can’t favour one certain party, you must have a neutral view to make it fair to
the listeners and for their opinion on to be tampered with. This law doesn’t apply
to newspapers and the internet as the law doesn’t include them. This is
important to the media industry as it affects people’s views towards the
politicians.
Legal
and Ethical Constraints
It is an
offence to incite racial or religious hatred. All media producers must be very
careful what is said on the air or in newspapers, even if it is a quote from
someone else, the law stating this is The Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006.
They must be careful not to allow racist remarks on phone ins, chat shows etc.
because they could be prosecuted. Even balancing with anti-racist views is not
enough, because racist remarks have been said.
The
Official Secrets Act
This is the legislation
that provides for the protection of state secrets and official information,
mainly related to national security; it was brought
in due to concerns over foreign spies and saboteurs. It states the media cannot
mention any of the following in any form:
• Security and
intelligence
• Defence
• International
relations
• Confidential info
from other governments or international organisations
• Info that could be
useful to criminals
• Info about
interception (opening and reading suspects mail)
If mentioned,
this is a crime and the media producer will be punished by the courts as it is classified
information about the safety of our country.
Industry
and Professional Codes
OFCOM is a
regulatory body, meaning it is accountable to parliament (and funded by the
government). Covers broadcasting / telecommunications – the public can complain
to OFCOM if they are unhappy about something they see / hear. It covers rules
on...
• Content for children
• Watershed
• Protecting the public from “harmful and offensive”
material
It is important
to the media industry as if they are showing/saying something that the audience
do not approve of, the public will go to OFCOM and the radio show/newspaper
etc. will get a very large fine.
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