This wee's WINOL had very good content which was good, however I felt we were still a bit light on stories. Technically there were a few technical sound issues which is a problem but can be easily fixed as different people become more confident technically; therefore this isn't a massive issues. Geoff Hill, channel 5 news editor, who was our editor this week said that there was a good professional buzz in the news room and also a lot of team good team work which is a compliment to our hard work and professionalism.
As for the bulletin itself, our presenting was good but the presenter probably spoke a little too fast and should have stopped and looked to take in and digest each story by moving onto the next story. The headlines had a good mix of stories but there wasn't a real eye catching story this week which could have led the bulletin so that was a shame.
The top story was the sex hotel which was a good update of a story we have previously covered. The story was constructed very well. The Barton farm story was a good update but the union story wasn't very relevant to our audience and they wouldn't have been interested in that story. This story also had a lot of guilty buildings and wasn't a very visual story.
the sports demonstration story was good but it ended to early and the reporter didn't need to sign off after a soundbite, it would have been better to go to the stupid and let the presenter sign off; this is something we havent ever really experimented with but something that we should look into. the joiners pub story was too colloquial as well and should have mentioned that we have covered this story before so that the audience knows that its an update.
The court story had no pictures and there wasn't a reconstruction or PTC at the scene of the crime either which is a shame because it adds to this piece which isn't a visual story. However the script was very good. The 'coming up' was good; this is something that we have been working on over this term, and as the bulletins are longer this term it works much better to have a 'coming up' to keep the viewers interested.
Sport was good once again, as was the presenter. There was a good economy of words in the sports packages which is good as the pictures should tell the story and then have the words explaining and adding to the pictures. The sound needed turning down on a couple of the stories though.
The Mumford story had too short a link but it was a well put together story and then christmas story was also very good but it needed a better link and more fun in the script and tone of the piece; it was too serious and could have done with some vox-pops.
we also experimented on a new structure to the bulletin as well based on the style by channel 5. Before this we always used oovs in the middle of the bulletin as a news belt, however this week we spread three oovs throughout the bulletin which I actually felt worked really well and broke up the bulletin slightly so it wasn't just news package after news package.
On features this week we had a feature interview with Paul Blackburn who was wrongfully imprisoned for 25 years; we spoke to Paul in Southampton, but he came to Winchester this week to talk to us about his experiences. It was a fantastic interview and will look fantastic once it is up on the site. Features in general are coming together really nicely and we have a great mix of softer fashion features and harder news features. As well as this the fashion section of the site also has some fantastic visual features such as 'Legacy' which will also be on the website soon. the site is much more visually led now and is much more pleasing to the viewers.
Overall this was a successful week; next week will be our last WINOL so we will want to make sure that it is the best one of this term so that we go out on a high.
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