WINOL

Going by the debrief yesterday morning, this semester is set to be busy and challenging. Roles have changed and we have MA students working with us on WINOL this semester.

Up until now, WINOL has been aimed at the students and the people of Winchester. However, it has been said that we have outgrown Winchester, which is why we are now aiming our news towards Winchester and Southampton. This will allow for a wider range of news, which in turn will increase news reporters’ contacts and our audience. Within one of the three meetings we had yesterday, Chris introduced the phrase, ‘AI’ meaning Appreciation Index. AI states audience appreciation for a television or radio programme. The results state how much the audience is responding to the show and helps to determine whether or not to amend aspects within the programme in order to suit the targeted audience. Chris also mentioned a partnership with London Metropolitan University, which could possibly mean more Outside Broadcasts direct from London, as well as their input towards WINOL.

This will be my first semester on Production and will be alternating roles within the studio throughout the semester. Domonique, production editor, held a training session last week to go through all main roles in the TV studio. She has also created a timetable for Wednesdays to ensure the bulletin runs smoothly, and to maintain a structure to the day to prevent the usual stresses that occur before the bulletin is aired.

As well as being a part of the production team, I am also a sub-editor for the written pieces for the website:

www.winol.co.uk

and will be contributing to features, like last semester, however these will be produced less often due to responsibilities of the other roles. The production team consists of, Domonique, Justina, Claire, Drew and myself.