1. RSPCA follow up- Since last weeks piece had been well recieved and the interviewee again contacted me to inform me she had an idea for a follow up piece in which we take a look at how animal are being adopted but are being returned within a few weeks because the owners has change their mind. This reason this is an appealing idea comes down to academic theory. Chris Frost writes on the subject of the importance of community and honourable groups, 'chartiable and voluntary groups are an important part of any local community..these are local people doing what interests them in the community.'
2. The rise of the vintage trend in Lincoln- As noticed by over media commentators like Bob Chipman (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/4092-In-Defense-of-Nostalgia ) nostalgia has become a big thing in mainstream media. My job is to investigate and speak to the experts on the subject which would be shop keepers selling vintage products. It is important for this story to have interviews with a series of vintage shop keeps because as Christ Frost writes 'Being able to to get an authoritative quote on any subject from astrology or zoology quickly and without fuss is very useful', which means a quote from an expert backs up what you're saying. It's also as equally important to have some buyers involved because according to Chris Frost 'Ordinary people get to hear a good deal of whats going on in their field' which means they could add more detail to the story.
This week me and my editor discussed the nature of the my future career. Since I take shorthand as an extra subject thanks to encouragement from my tutors to help make me employable because I have an extra skill and it's also useful for court reporting. Which we agreed has it's benefits on paper though most journalists professionally don't require it because they usually have some kind of recording device or alternatively they have developed a quicker form of longhand note taking. Currently I'm thinking of dropping shorthand because the course structure is proving to conflict with other aspects of my degree however I've not fully decided.
Our discussion also turned to the subject of my options and I should continue taking print into my third year despite the huge decline in print based media and if it's beneficial and more logical for me to switch to taking online as this outlet has proven to be the future. Though I have some skill and take enjoyment out of print design I also thought their would be some transferable skills to taken from the course like photography and the what you see is what you get nature of Quark and Indesign as both has similar control system means that logically it would reflected in the construction of online page design software.
Though logically my editor pointed out online was a slightly less demanding subject for your third year could mean more time to focus on my dissertation. These are all points to consider but now I just need time to evaluate my next moves and how they could affect my career.
Critique-
Though I didn't mention this in my brief I saw a busker this Saturday in town who appeared extremely unique. So I decided to interview him to see if fit the criteria of news.
The reason I thought it be a good idea to interview this busker is because he was using his own homemade instruments and had dressed up with a home made mask. To apply theory to this Chris Frost believes 'much of journalism is the routine of gathering information, most of it predictable', since the media news outlet has become over competitive and incidents of outlets repeating the same stories is a common thing for example the Matt Baker story is covered by the Lincolnite (http://thelincolnite.co.uk/2011/11/in-pictures-bbcs-matt-baker-brings-pudsey-to-lincoln/) and the Lincolnshire Echo (http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/Matt-geared-raise-pound-1-2m/story-14005784-detail/story.html ) so I decided to look for a story with a unique selling point.
On the coverage of the story I was happy with the photo I collected as it's suggested by Roger De Bank a photo with a person in doing something to catch the readers attention makes a good news photo. However the negative point of the stories coverage comes from the visual points. Though the photo suffices my editor did ask when he received the story if I had any video footage of the busker playing which would have made much more visually entertaining and to the point. According to Chris Frost 'television reporting means showing not telling', applying this to my story (since it's not technically on TV) showing could help to make the story more visually digestive.
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