Assessed radio newsday

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As a general reporter, accompanied by other radio reporters, Lauren Archell and Isobel Smith, we attended several Council meetings. The first meeting addressed the issue of taxi facilities for the disabled community, in Dorset.

After the meeting we acquired interviews with the Councillor who led the meeting and a key interview with a wheelchair user who had prompted the meeting.

A second Council meeting, addressed the issue of licensing for a new convenience store, set to open on Castle Lane. After uproar from concerned residents, the licensing meeting was set up to grant or restrict licensing. The business owner was granted licensing to sell alcohol.

Having attended the meetings and gained enough audio, we returned to the newsroom to edit down the audio for the upcoming news bulletins.

The 2pm News Bulletin:

• New sex offender scheme


• Young people leaving Dorset


• Bournemouth Triangle revamp development


• Taxi facilities for the disabled


• Bank of England development


• Etiquette decreasing among young people
  

Improvements:

• The angles of the news stories could have been stronger and therefore, the team needs to address news values. Some stories needed to be made fresh and a new angle posed.


• The placement of stories needs to be addressed and decided with care, as some stories where not appropriately placed within the news bulletin.
  

The 3pm News Bulletin:

• Palmair reducing flights during the winter


• New sex offenders scheme


• Dorset Steam Fair


• Taxi facilities for the disabled


• RNLI Celebrates


• Long Island sold for £3 million


• Etiquette decreasing among young people
  

Improvements:

Although a big improvement on the previous bulletin, with stronger news stories, offering fresh angles and stories placed appropriately, there were still faults.

• The first sentence of the Palmair story could have been simplified, as the presenter read it with difficulty.


• The first sentence of the sex offenders story should have specified the relevance to Dorset and thus highlighted the local significance.


• Be aware of repetition of words.


• Ensure that at least one of the headlines is from a story which comes later on in the bulletin, in order to keep hold of the listeners throughout the bulletin.