R42- Hybrid radios

'Hybrid' radios

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A recent article shows that the radio industry is growing around the 21st century of rapid  growth in technology. Also, from primary research many newscast listeners listened to digital radio on their phones or in cars. This helps enhance radio experience for viewers as it is now easily accessible. 

I have learnt that my radio newscast is able to reach my target audience easily as there is no 'digital divide' because radio is now accessible on smart phones and various other platforms.  

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/hybrid-radio  

R41- News UK, Journalism conference

News UK, Journalism conference 

On the 10th February 2015 I attended a conference in with News academy, News UK which journalists from The Sunday Times, The Times and The Sun were also present. A programme designed to create network, seek advice and find out more about all the aspects of journalism both print and broadcast.

The group of editors and journalists offered advice about journalism and how to approach a career in journalism. Also, there was a debate on citizen journalism. I have found that the proliferation of different media outlets has affected the news industry greatly as the evolution of technology has made the consumption of news easier and cheaper. Due to the increase of social media people post and update news all the time therefore news is now free to a wide audience, this is a negative thing for print journalists as more and more people are buying less or not buying at all due to digitalisation. Moreover, journalists are no longer being accredited for their work as it is being broadcasted on different media platforms affecting finance. Many journalists from the conference believe that social media has its positive factors (as well as the negative)- it has broaden the jobs available in journalism. News companies have invested in aspects of certain social networking sites in order to ensure that the news being circulated is receiving its credits and funds.

Moreover, I have learned that depending on the nature of the article certain information (or pictures) must be censored. Sun's sports journalist Martin Lipton believes that privacy of certain stories should not be breeched unless it is in the interests of the public, as long as it is not defamation or libel private stories are allowed to be published as long as it benefits the public rather than it story being their interests.

Lastly, the conference concluded with a 'mock press conference' where we had to pretend that a crime story had occurred and we were journalists writing for our local newspaper. The story was of an abduction of a young girl. We had 15 minutes to ask the 'detective' as much questions we will need to produce a 300 word article which will create profit and raise awareness.

From the 'mock press' I have learnt that when gathering sources you must be positive it is valid and reliable. So the interviews I have carried out must be from reliable sources. Also, when speaking to or in contact with any members involved in your story make sure to ask (within reason) as much questions as you can in order to gain maximum information about the incident and also it will help when putting your story together. Lastly, the word limit made realise that when editing my script I need to make sure that I have all the relevant information otherwise I will bore my audience with mundane information that is unnecessary.

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P21- BBC: The Big Question

BBC: The Big Question



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Due to the sensitivity of my topic parents and public figures/teachers have been unable to comment and provide their opinions. Therefore, when streaming online and researching about schools and extremism I have found a detailed debate about schools and counter-terrorism. I thought this is a perfect substitute as the debate provides vital opinions of various organisations about the school's roles in tackling extremism.

Kalsoom Bashir is co-director of Inspire which is a charity who work with all types of schools.

Here are her opinions which I will add to my newscast:

 

P20- My audience

My audience and my newscast

Through the use of interactivity audience members are now able to engage actively in my newscast. Therefore, through analysis of my survey I will try and include my audience members' thoughts into my newscast. After analysing news reports I have found that presenters often ask audience members to 'tweet in' using the 'hashtag' therefore I will try and get my audience involved by asking them to 'hashtag' their thoughts on instagram (as this is the most commonly used site) and twitter.