The overall rating figures have risen this week which is a great improvement from last week. Sc-fi stories still have the highest viewing figures. The traffic piece left up on the site over the weekend may have not been the best story to leave up over the weekend in terms of viewing. We need to make sure we have a good story or a popular feature up on the site over the weekend to keep the viewings coming.
We need to tweet everything we are doing in terms of producing features or a news story. These tweets should tag everyone that may be associated with the particular thing you are tweeting about to broaden who can see our tweets. According to statistics 30% said that journalists tweet nearly every hour which I would agree with as Twitter is very important when it comes to getting your work out there. It was also said that Twitter is the main source of news, which I also strongly agree with. The BBC, Sky and the Daily Echo are constantly tweeting stories and links to us to access.
In terms of tweeting from the court, this seems to be quite hard in terms of sitting in the public gallery as phones aren't supposed to be used. However if we get court passes then you are able to tweet and use your phone in the gallery.
There needs to be more tabloid attack in headlines to make them more interesting. The bible is still not written but will include how to write a news story and how to make a package. A camera is now called a 'quote grabber'.
The BBC style guide states that numbers one- ten should be written in words and anything after this can be written in numbers. We need to make sure we follow this rule for our own work.
The subbing this week worked better as people stuck to their deadlines. The white board was used to inform people on which sub editor would be editing their work along with mobile numbers so any questions could be answered. The subs need to be more vocal in the news conference in terms of setting written story deadlines and deciding which sub will work on which story. Once the stories are published on the site there is no re editing a week or so later to add in additional quotes etc. If your story has an update or a angle change then you should write a new story for the site. Updates are good to have on a story if there is one.
Hannah is the editor of the front page however if she is not here then it is down to the news editor for that week. The news editor shift starts from Wednesday and goes on till the following Thursday at 9am. If for any reason you cannot control the site for the whole of this period then you need to find someone to fill in that role for you. The final people who are in charge of the page if all else fails are the subs.
BBC never like to be the scoop (1st person to write a story) as they are scared to be wrong. There is nothing wrong with this and we should be the same. It is best for us to see what other news broadcasts are writing about a story so we know it is legit and that we haven't got the wrong idea on something.
The next type of intro after a simple summary intro is the 'washing line' intro. This includes the three best things to come of the interview and then is filled with lots of other facts and quotes. It usually doesn't include the 5w's and would get straight into 'in an exclusive interview with WINOL'.
Forward planning is important as you could email someone important you want to interview but they may take a few months to reply. If you get a good person to interview make sure you tweet them afterwards or look out for any mentions they may make. If they retweet your tweet to them then you will automatically gain a lot of viewers from their fan base that follow them. If they talk about something such as a football team also tag these people in the tweet. You could even go as far as writing what they said in a football forum and try and create a reaction to this which will get you even more followers.
Make sure that the quotes you get are good and avoid letting the person go off talking for a long time. Try to stop them describing things as well as opinions are what make the story more interesting. If the person becomes emotional or cries this is even better.
Liam's scrap metal story was really good, it started off with some great natural sound of a car being picked up to be crushed. He uses great shots in a sequence and avoids a pan which do not work as well. His piece to camera was worth it as he had crushed cars and interesting things in the background for the audience to look at. There are lots of facts and expedition of explaining things, this could be reduced as it is a news package. He uses a story within a story as he goes to the church that had metal stolen from it to make his story more interesting. The natural sound of the church bells also engages the audience. He got this idea from Giddens church piece which is great as it is good to be unoriginal when it comes to journalism. He also gets a good quote of 'Its horrendous' which is the perfect quote for 'its a nightmare'. He also uses a third sequence as he goes to the office and uses a variety of shots. He even uses different angled shots on the paper to make it more interesting along with the paper crunching sound.
When it comes to features, sometimes less is more. The audience will lose interest if a piece goes on for too long. You can cut a lot of work out to make it quicker and easier for the audience to follow along with.
In terms of Absolute:ly we are producing a few smaller pieces for the site this week. Our main focus for the magazine sending emails and working on our big shoot which is only just over a week away. We still have a columnist and may soon have another fashion columnist to join us which is exciting.
We need to tweet everything we are doing in terms of producing features or a news story. These tweets should tag everyone that may be associated with the particular thing you are tweeting about to broaden who can see our tweets. According to statistics 30% said that journalists tweet nearly every hour which I would agree with as Twitter is very important when it comes to getting your work out there. It was also said that Twitter is the main source of news, which I also strongly agree with. The BBC, Sky and the Daily Echo are constantly tweeting stories and links to us to access.
In terms of tweeting from the court, this seems to be quite hard in terms of sitting in the public gallery as phones aren't supposed to be used. However if we get court passes then you are able to tweet and use your phone in the gallery.
There needs to be more tabloid attack in headlines to make them more interesting. The bible is still not written but will include how to write a news story and how to make a package. A camera is now called a 'quote grabber'.
The BBC style guide states that numbers one- ten should be written in words and anything after this can be written in numbers. We need to make sure we follow this rule for our own work.
The subbing this week worked better as people stuck to their deadlines. The white board was used to inform people on which sub editor would be editing their work along with mobile numbers so any questions could be answered. The subs need to be more vocal in the news conference in terms of setting written story deadlines and deciding which sub will work on which story. Once the stories are published on the site there is no re editing a week or so later to add in additional quotes etc. If your story has an update or a angle change then you should write a new story for the site. Updates are good to have on a story if there is one.
Hannah is the editor of the front page however if she is not here then it is down to the news editor for that week. The news editor shift starts from Wednesday and goes on till the following Thursday at 9am. If for any reason you cannot control the site for the whole of this period then you need to find someone to fill in that role for you. The final people who are in charge of the page if all else fails are the subs.
BBC never like to be the scoop (1st person to write a story) as they are scared to be wrong. There is nothing wrong with this and we should be the same. It is best for us to see what other news broadcasts are writing about a story so we know it is legit and that we haven't got the wrong idea on something.
The next type of intro after a simple summary intro is the 'washing line' intro. This includes the three best things to come of the interview and then is filled with lots of other facts and quotes. It usually doesn't include the 5w's and would get straight into 'in an exclusive interview with WINOL'.
Forward planning is important as you could email someone important you want to interview but they may take a few months to reply. If you get a good person to interview make sure you tweet them afterwards or look out for any mentions they may make. If they retweet your tweet to them then you will automatically gain a lot of viewers from their fan base that follow them. If they talk about something such as a football team also tag these people in the tweet. You could even go as far as writing what they said in a football forum and try and create a reaction to this which will get you even more followers.
Make sure that the quotes you get are good and avoid letting the person go off talking for a long time. Try to stop them describing things as well as opinions are what make the story more interesting. If the person becomes emotional or cries this is even better.
Liam's scrap metal story was really good, it started off with some great natural sound of a car being picked up to be crushed. He uses great shots in a sequence and avoids a pan which do not work as well. His piece to camera was worth it as he had crushed cars and interesting things in the background for the audience to look at. There are lots of facts and expedition of explaining things, this could be reduced as it is a news package. He uses a story within a story as he goes to the church that had metal stolen from it to make his story more interesting. The natural sound of the church bells also engages the audience. He got this idea from Giddens church piece which is great as it is good to be unoriginal when it comes to journalism. He also gets a good quote of 'Its horrendous' which is the perfect quote for 'its a nightmare'. He also uses a third sequence as he goes to the office and uses a variety of shots. He even uses different angled shots on the paper to make it more interesting along with the paper crunching sound.
When it comes to features, sometimes less is more. The audience will lose interest if a piece goes on for too long. You can cut a lot of work out to make it quicker and easier for the audience to follow along with.
In terms of Absolute:ly we are producing a few smaller pieces for the site this week. Our main focus for the magazine sending emails and working on our big shoot which is only just over a week away. We still have a columnist and may soon have another fashion columnist to join us which is exciting.
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