WINOL Week 1 De-Brief:

Fortunately I found a personal investigative piece, which would fall under the feature category more than news. The package was about two local born sisters from Eastleigh, who sadly lost their father due to an asbestos related disease a number of years ago. Diane and Lynne, subsequently set-up an awareness group to help others who found themselves in similar situations. After interviewing the two women involved, it was an extremely personal tale and one which can add to the features section of the website.

International Students ID problem: Had potential to be a very good story – with the majority of students and viewers life’s revolving around hitting the town. Foreign students difficultly to be able to get into town hotspots because their ID did not match the holographic system of British ID indeed was an issue. However, the piece needed a case study of a student who has been turned down from club entry, which it did not have. PTC – also was strange as we only saw the reporter for a split second.

Tuition Fee Story: Relevant to our audience, but again it needed a concerned student to front the piece as the report catered too much for the national angle.

Housing Plans:This one is always a topical talking point in Winchester, and although Gareth’s piece was cut to an OOV it emphasized a housing problem for the residents of Winchester, on a small scale. The point being, landlords are snapping up housing (in areas like Stanmore) and then are turning them into multi occupancy houses, therefore having an effect on the local community. GV’s were limited in the piece, and perhaps there could have been reference to the Barton Farm case – where there is a current court battle over 2000 potentially new homes being built on the outskirts of the city.

Queen Elizabeth story: The Queen was in Southampton to name the new liner ship, and although Amy was unable to film close to proceedings she captured the Queen delivering her naming speech on a big screen. Natural sound has not been kept enough in previous WINOL bulletins so it was nice to hear murmurs of the crowd, waiting in anticipation.

Sport: The packages again were all there, but one major talking point was the spelling on the graphic. Indeed, there were several errors of teams names being spelt incorrectly, something which should never of gone to air.

BJTC Piece: Originally there was talk this could lead the bulletin, which was rather ludicrous in my opinion. Even though, it is positive for the course and us students, our viewers do not want to know about our achievements – but the news – as it was news to us but not too them. The package needed a touch more creativity, especially on the PTC to link the award and WINOL more closely.

Follow the link to the bulletin itself: http://www.youtube.com/user/winolnews#p/u/17/eNXKao9E9v4