Foundation Portfolio G321- Patricia Elena Tiparu 6138

Preliminary Task

The preliminary task must include:

Introductory music for the show, with a presenter introducing and greeting the guests
Archive sound clip relating to the guest
The radio show must be approximately 30-40 seconds long

This task is to show that I understand sound editing and the codes and conventions of a magazine style radio.

This is a flowchart created as a plan to follow for our preliminary task!

Group meeting

This is our group meeting, where we gathered around a table together to discuss what will be said in our 30-40 second radio show, and how we will achieve this.

Production Roles

Patricia Tiparu - Presenter, Composer

Hevi Ali - Guest, Editor

Panagiotis Karachalios - Editor

SCRIPT:

Start into AS Media:

Before I start the preliminary task assigned, I must first have some basic knowledge of how to STRUCTURE a local news bulletin, and have knowledge about the GENRE of a news bulletin. I can use websites like ‘Google’, which has a search engine to expand my knowledge on the codes and conventions of a local news bulletin.

Main Task

The main task for AS media is to produce a five-minute bulletin (local radio) and it must include:

Title music
Presenter audition
Specialist reporter
Outside broadcasts
Recorded interviews
Vox pop (informal comments from members of the public)
Sound FX
Structure

All audio material must be original, produced by the candidate(s), with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source. Both preliminary and main tasks may be done individually or as a group. Maximum four members in a group.

Preliminary Task

The preliminary task must include:

Introductory music for the show, with a presenter introducing and greeting the guests
Archive sound clip relating to the guest
The radio show must be approximately 30-40 seconds long

This task is to show that I understand sound editing and the codes and conventions of a magazine style radio.

Production Roles

Patricia Tiparu - Presenter, Composer

Hevi Ali - Guest, Editor

Script:

Roles	Script	Sound Effects
Presenter	Hey guys, this is Chelsea FM. It’s half past nine and we have up and coming singer Shanell Adams. So Shanell, tell me about anything important going on soon.	Intro Jingle Background Music
Guest	Yeah, I have a tour next week on Saturday and currently writing new songs for my next album.
Presenter	Will we see any of the new songs at the concert next Saturday?
Guest	Maybe, you never know. I love surprising my fans.
Presenter	Well that’s great. Good luck with your career and that’s all we have today. See you tomorrow!	Outro Jingle

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What is primary and secondary research?

Secondary research involves looking at existing research and summarising the research. This will help form an understanding of a local news bulletin, as I can go on search engines, websites and read books. On the other hand, primary research is data that I have collected myself. This can be through interviews and surveys with the public.

SECONDARY RESEARCH METHODS:

Genre Research

As I have limited information about a local style radio, it means that I need to do research into the genre of a local style radio. This will help to identify the codes and conventions of the genre.

To conduct my research into the codes and conventions of a local style radio I went on the search engine ‘Google’. I visited the website BBC iplayer radio and found a category called ‘Local Radios’. I listened to a broadcast and recorded it on a free open digital audio editor called ‘Audacity’. This meant that I could analyse segments of the codes and conventions of the broadcast.

Using RAJAR

Rajar stands for Radio Joint Audience Research and is measures the radio audiences in the UK, but more importantly for local radio news stations. The company began in 1992 and it is owned by both BBC and RadioCentre.

The website releases statistics quarterly every year, and it releases statistics about the population within that region and how many listeners the radio gets.

Rajar collects information for Ofcom, who gives licenses to radio stations, and to over 300 BBC radio stations in the UK. The information is taken from small local stations to national networks. This is important as it shows information for localised and small radio stations.

I have analysed my two BBC radio stations of BBC Sussex and BBC Radio Tees:

This information was taken in December 2016, but it still has relevance to today. As I can see, BBC Sussex has a bigger population of over 2,000 people compared to the mere number of around 800 people in Tees. However, BBC Sussex only reaches 11% of the population while Tees reaches 15%, but this is due to the population difference. On the other hand, the average hours per listener shows that Tees citizens listen to radio more with 8.1 hours of radio listening, compared to 7.4 hours of radio listening in Sussex. Overall, radio Sussex does have a higher population meaning that it has a higher statistic in overall listeners and popularity.

Understanding the Genre of a Local Radio News Bulletin

I later went on and decoded the codes and conventions of a local radio news bulletin from the locations of Radio Sussex and Radio Tees.

1. Duration

From listening to the whole of these two radio stations, it is evident that there is a time mark and duration. Radio Sussex runs total is 3 minutes and 48 seconds, while Tees goes over 4 minutes. However, overall radio Sussex does run over 4 minutes as it have snipped out some of the introductory music, therefore meaning that these two radio stations do follow the criteria of running 4-5 minutes.

1. Introduction Music

Before the presenter starts talking, there is music to represent a transition into this news segment. As radio is a blind medium, and the audience relies only on sounds, this music is key and acts as a cue.

2. Time

Again, as radio is a blind medium, the presenter says the time so that the listener can be aware of it. Time is also very important in news as new news articles appear every hour, saying the time gives the audience information about the news on that hour.

3. Radio Identification

The presenter says the radio name and brand as anyone could tune in to the radio, therefore they should be made aware of the radio station they are tuning into. This is also a form of representation for the radio as the name is what identifies the radio station.

4. Presenter Identification

By having the presenter identify themselves, it makes the presenter countable for the news they are about to announce, meaning that if there is any fake news then the presenter will be in the fault. This is done as the presenter needs to give out correct information to the audience.

5. Presenter Pause

In this radio show, the presenter made long and deliberate pauses between stories. This acts as a cue to the listener that the story is over, and that there is a new article about to be told. The pause is a signifier to the change in stories.

6. Interview

Many interviews, and perspectives were told by normal civilians or specialists. Having the voice of a civilian makes it more a community based radio that listens and cares for the opinions of the local audience. Having specialists makes the news story more reliable and trustworthy as these are specialists in that story.

7. Weather

I have identified weather as a code and convention as it occurs in every local radio news station, this is to inform the audience of the weather in that local area compared to a larger area.

Content Analysis

HEADLINES	CONTENT	NEWS VALUE
Company from Hong Kong awarded with one of the country’s rail franchise, Southwest trains (33 seconds)	MTR will take over Stage coast, and it has been running Southwest since 21 years ago, and it has come as a huge shock. RMP union criticised decision as the government have failed to consider the public sector option, the Chinese will ruin the taxpayer’s money.	Proximity- the Southwest trains are commonly used to get in and out of Brighton. Impact- as there is a new company taking over Southwest railway, it means that there might be an increase in prices, but also since the RMP union are unhappy with the government about the use of taxpayer’s money it means it will negatively affect everyone and their money.
Councillor in charge of tourism in Brighton, seeking assurances from I360 about latest breakdown (48 seconds)	Third time in 8 months that it has broken down, turning people away due to the breakdowns. This will turn people away as it is a tourism place.	Impact- not only is the I360 a tourism feature, which brings in company, but the locals, also use it in Brighton. The breakdown of it might lead to less tourism and less business and money for companies nearby. Follow up- this breakdown has happened for the 3^rd time in 8 months, meaning that it was reported beforehand.
Man in hospital after hit by a car (20 seconds)	Man suffered serious head injury after being hit by a Mercedes in Kingston Road when it mounted the broadway by the shops.	Impact- the road on which the man was hit was in Brighton on Kingston Road. This could have affected other locals. Bad news- it is a negative story as a man was hit and is currently in hospital, others could have been injured. Timeliness- the news of the accident was recently reported, meaning that the news story was relevant at the time.
More people should be aware that people can be killed with one punch (29 seconds)	More than 90 people since 2007 has died due to one punch. Campaign ‘One punch can kill’ wants to educate people. A man died after being punched once in Brighton.	Unusualness- in some sense this is an unusual news story as it is not every day that someone is killed by one punch. Proximity- the man who died from being punched was in Brighton waiting for a taxi, meaning that there could be friends or family members who were affected in the local area.
Deadline for agreement on power sharing government in Northern Ireland will pass (32 seconds)	A shop called ‘Boy Box’ will close down due to the power sharing government, and as there are fewer footfalls due to smartphones.	Impact- there is a new power sharing government, meaning that it could affect the community in Brighton.
Sport segment (37 seconds)	Jaman Defo scored on his first England appearance since 2013, England is now 4 points clear in the world cup-qualifying group. Britains’s Chris Robschore can make the Summer’s British and Irish tour to New Zealand, despite 12-week injury. Britain’s Yohana Conta beat Pauline Parminter to reach the last 16 in Miami. Brighton and Hovelion players return from international break, and will prepare to go against Blackburn in championship.	Proximity- there are teams and sports people that are part of Brighton, meaning that the community wants to find out what is happening to their teams.
Weather segment (12 seconds)	Warm day	Proximity- the weather is relevant to the local area.

What is the difference between commercial and BBC news?

Commercial news stations like Capital or Kiss FM have an audience more targeted towards the millennial generation, as the news it features is majority about celebrities and gossip. The tone is also very chatty and casual, with aspects of laughter and tone changes. It is obvious that the presenters are young by their voice overs. In addition, their radio news section typically lasts up to 3 minutes maximum with a music layer to engage the stereotypically younger audience.

On the other hand. radio stations like the BBC do not follow this same layout and attitude. The presenters voice is more serious as they are reporting real life issues and current news, whether that be an accident or a financial event. There is no music over layer apart from the introductory music in the beginning, which acts as a transition from normal radio to the news section. There is also no music throughout the typically 4-5 minute radio show as they do not want to distract the audience from the news being reported.

What is News?

Here is a presentation I created on what news is, and the features of news. It contains the the definition of what news is, and what goes into making a good story.

Where to find stories?

In order to report any news, first I need to know where to get news from. News are reported through journalists and reporters. Due to the move to online, it means that journalists can use the people to find news stories through websites like Twitter and Facebook. A more conventional form of getting a story are listening to the audience and the general public in an attempt to catch a story.

There are also active ways that the journalist can retrieve news. One method is by the journalist themselves getting the news. This can even mean going to a different country to report the war situation over in Syria, at times this can be a dangerous and hazardous method of catching a story. Journalists need to have sources to find news, this can be in a form of a book. This contact book can include contacts names, the organisations and their phone numbers. A journalist needs to observe people and the society to find relevant news stories.

In journalism, there are the 5W's, this is:

What is going on?

Who is doing that?

When is it happening?

Where is it happening?

Why is it happening?

The 5Ws allows the journalist to further investigate into the story, and give an all around perspective for the audience, ensuring that the audience knows the full story, with essential information, and even interviews or accounts from an event.

News Values

In news there are also content analysis by using news values.

New values are guidelines and rules that a journalist will use to decide what news stories they will cover on their platform.

Some news values are:

1.     Bad news, which covers negative stories like a tragedy or death.

2.     Good news that are focused on bringing up spirits by reporting stories about cures or rescues.

3.     Follow ups are if a news story about an incident has been reported a couple of hours ago, but there is new content and information then it would be reported again to inform the audience of newer information.

4.     Impact is centred at how many people were affected by an incident like a car crash or roadblock.

5.     Celebrities are often reported on, celebrities like the Kardashian family are more typically being reported on as audiences like the millennials like to hear about it.

6.     Entertainment stories are related to good news, as these stories are light hearted and feel good.

7.     The time at which the story is reported is essential. Timeliness is important; the news has to be new and up to date.

8.     If the story is unusual like a man surviving a gunshot to the head then it will be reported, as it is uncommon and interesting.

9.     As there are big organisations like the BBC and The Guardian that have news coming in everyday, it means that they can only decide a handful of news to report. This means that they have a media agenda, as some news stories are more fitted to the organisation, for example their political standing.

10. Proximity is a big factor in news. Especially in a local news bulletin as it has to include stories that are relevant to the area and the local audience.

News values are critical when it comes to what stories will be broadcasted in the news organisations. If a story features more news values then it will be higher up in the schedule compared to those with a small amount of values.

ME IN MEDIA:

Snapchat:

This is a selfie I took using Snapchat ,
as you can see , it allows me to put a filter
of my choosing on the face making it fun
to use .

Here's a ScreenShot my phone's app
pages , where the Snapchat app is
clearly visible amongst all the other applications
that I utilise on a daily basis.

This is what a conversation
on snapchat looks like.

Instagram:

This is what Instagram looks like as
you go to download it on the App store.

My favourite instagramer's profile

Instagram’s official description is “It’s a fast, beautiful and fun way to share your photos with friends and family.” That’s it, it really is that simple, I wont waste my time trying to over explain it because it can’t be. Think of it as a Twitter spin off with no words, just pictures.

Once images are uploaded, users have the ability to “like” and comment as they please, they can even “mention” others in their posts.

Another of my favourite people on Instagram !

SECONDARY RESEARCH METHODS:

Understanding Audiences

As the radio is a broadcast it means that the general public will be able to listen to it. This means that I first need to understand audiences.

There are different demographics in an audience. The general public is categorised as the mass audience, and a more specialised audience can be identified a niche audience. The multiple concepts of a demographic are:

Age
Gender
Ethnicity
Culture
Disabilities
Location
Region
Social Class
Sexual Orientation

Theories about audiences

Encoding/ Decoding:

A relevant theory that I can use to understand audiences is by a Stuart Hall, a cultural theorist. He developed the model of communication called the ‘Encoding and Decoding in the Television Discourse’.

He offers a model on how media messages like the news are interpreted by the audience. He says that news are decoded on the audience’s personal experience, their background and their social and cultural standing. He came up with the three readings, or categories, that audiences can be put in.

Dominant reading:

This is the most common and accepted view of the media message. This means that there are no misreading’s from the media station and the receiver. The audience agrees with the message completely without questioning it.

Negotiated reading:

Unlike dominant reading, this is where the audience depicts the message using their own views and experiences of society, this shapes and influences the media message, allowing the message to be either agreed or disagreed with.

Oppositional reading:

Again the audience uses their own experiences to shape the message. However, they disagree with the message from the media because of their social and political standing.

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Dominant Ideology:

These are idea and believes that we live by in our everyday lives. This is beliefs about religion, social roles, gender roles and the economy. By having these beliefs embedded into our minds it can prevent the rebellion against these beliefs, meaning that these beliefs stabilise the society.

Since the industrial revolution in 1760 in the UK, it has led to consumerism. This is where individuals consume goods for practical and private reasons. A form of consumerism is the media, as individuals we consume media through many different platforms and this can create a perceived dominant ideology. The media does play a role in shaping our ideologies as individuals and as a society. By studying dominant ideologies it allows me to question the dominant ideologies in our society and to question them and the value it holds.

There are positive and negative dominant ideologies in the UK society. A negative ideology is that women are less than men, meaning that they do not get paid the same amount for doing the same work. This is where ideologies can be questioned, especially since we live in a modern time of a strong feminist approach. A positive ideology in the UK, is the right to freedom of speech, and creativity. This has led people to speak out about discrimination in society, and in turn resolving the issue.

Hypodermic Needle theory:

Another explanation that is helpful to understand audiences is the hypodermic needle theory. This is a model of communication that suggests that when the audience is receiving messages from the media that they receive it passively. The audience is ’brainwashed’ into believing what the media is saying, and that they do not actively seek to understand the message. This theory was used to explain the events that happened in world war one, as propaganda convinced people into believing false information.

Cultivation theory:

This theory is a social theory that bases the idea of the long term effects of television and media. The theory says that “the more time people spend living in the television world, the more likely they are to believe social reality portrayed on television”.

It was found that those who were heavy viewers of television believed that the world they saw on TV was realistic and an accurate description of the real world. This theory suggests that TV and media does have influence on viewers, and affects their views on society.

PRIMARY RESEARCH METHOD:

Interviewing the public

Before we interviewed the public, I first researched the different types of questions that I could ask the public to get more information.

There are two types of data available:

Quantitative- this is made up by figures and tally, and it is a measure of quantity. Surveys and questionnaires are useful when finding quantitative data. The pros of quantitative data is that it is quick and easy, as it is easy to create the questions that can be answered by 'yes' or 'no'. However, a con of quantitative data is that it does not provide a lot of detailed information, and does not provide an in depth understanding.

Qualitative- unlike quantitative, this is more detailed and time consuming. It can come in forms of interviews and allows the interviewee to provide detailed information, allowing the researcher to find out more about a certain topic, which is a pro. A con is that it can be time consuming putting all the data in categories and organising it.

Close ended questions- these are more suited to quantitative data as it is a quick response, and it does not leave room for detail and explanation. These questions can be answered with a 'yes' or 'no'. An example of a close ended question is, 'Do you like dogs?', the response to this would be a yes or no.

Open ended questions- these questions can be used for qualitative data, it gives room for opinions and more knowledge. An example of an open ended question is, 'What is your favourite memory about childhood?'. The person cannot reply with a yes and no.

Some examples of open questions:

1. Whats your favourite radio station and why?
2. What do you like most about radio news?
3. What interests you most about radio news bulletins
4.Do you think radio news bulletins are going to develop or challenge news codes and conventions?

UNDERTAKING AUDIENCE RESEARCH USING A PRIMARY RESEARCH METHOD - FACE TO FACE INTERVIEW.

I went to the Harrow Road with a portable microphone - the Tascam DR-05 to interview TARGET AUDIENCE samples. It was harder than I thought to get this done because even though I approached more than a dozen members of the public only admitted that they listening to local radio news bulletins and only one agreed to let me record the interview. Here it is.

These are the questions I asked and also what I learned from my target audience.

How often do you listen to local radio news bulletin?

Why do you listen to local news bulletins over national news bulletins

We're planning to launch a new news bulletin , what sort of topics would you like to hear about?

SECONDARY RESEARCH METHOD:

What is a local news bulletin?

Local news is a coverage of events in a certain radius of an area. This means news that has locality and stories that are relevant and interest the local members.

A local news bulletin is more likely to cover: local sports, crime and justice, the local weather, local economy and business, local events and local politics.

SECONDARY RESEARCH METHOD:

Reading books

To further understand the genre of what a local radio bulletin means, I read a book called 'What do we mean by local?' edited by John Mair, Neil Fowler and Ian Reeves. There is a section called 'What is local in commercial radio?' that I recorded notes from.

In the book it says that commercial radio was first launched in 1973 and radio stations like Capital and Trent had a high number of listeners as it featured local radio news items. However, due to the 'Independent Broadcasting Authority' it made it difficult for local radio stations to do financially well because there was redundant costs.

It describes what a local radio station covers, from traffic to weather and travel, but the station also needs to create a "tribal feeling" that the demographic can engage in. The local news also needs to contain emotions, and local stories about the children' football league. This adds diversity to the news and creates a more approaching news station. The radio station needs to contain both emotion and a local tribal feeling, while maintaining the function.

What I learnt from reading this book is that not only does the local news station need to contain factual news but also more emotional and community driven news to create the tribal feeling. The book also offers the idea that the word 'local' has become blurred as "commercial radio is becoming less local hero and more aspiring national media brand." Meaning that local stations now try to expand their local area to get more listeners and try to keep up with the advance internet.

CAMTASIA

Proof of using Camtasia .

Main Production

Panagiotis Karachialos- the interviewer and the script writer, also constructing the news item for crime

Alberto Santos Pinto- leading editor and construction of weather news item

Jason Cueto- composer of introductory music and outro, also in charge of the news item of follow ups

Patricia Tiparu- co editor and scripting the production pieces, is also the main presenter

The local area we decided to focus on for our local news bulletin was Harrow Road. This meant featuring stories about Harrow Road, and also following the news values from my secondary research method.

MEDIA: PLAN for Local News Bulletin

WEEK 1: Entertainment/ celebrity Honey G

- Jason Cueto: create the JINGLE and use secondary research to conduct research about Honey G’s latest update on the X-Factor. If possible, gather SFX such as outside noises from freesound.org

- Panos Karachalios: produce the script once the research notes are finished and conduct a Voxpop with Patricia Tiparu for OB. Completed by TUESDAY!

- Patricia Tiparu: gather at least 9 or 10 Voxpop for OB with Panos and record News items 1 by WEDNESDAY!

- Alberto Santos Pinto: Edit the recording by FRIDAY! When editing, use the envelope too and have it uploaded on Soundcloud to be embedded.

WEEK 2: Travel

- Jason Cueto: start researching about the next news item which is travel by using secondary research and get an audio clip of a superior related to the topic.

-Panos Karachalios: once the research notes are passed over to you start composing the script and finished by WEDNESDAY!

- Patricia Tiparu: record news item 2 once the script is finished by THURSDAY!

-Alberto Santos Pinto: edit the recording once it is finished and use the Auto Duck tool this time and have it uploaded on Soundcloud to be embedded. Completed by FRIDAY!

WEEK 3: Crime

- Jason Cueto: use primary research to conduct research on the third news item by going to the scene where it occurred and use freesound.org to get SFX.

- Panos Karachalios: create the script when the research notes are finished and a conduct an interview of an eye-witness where the incident occurred.

- Patricia Tiparu: begin recording news item 3 by FRIDAY!

- Alberto Santos Pinto: finish the editing by SUNDAY and have it uploaded on Soundcloud to be embedded.

WEEK 4: Follow-up

- Jason Cueto: use secondary research to research news item 4 follow up and gather the required SFX.

- Panos Karachalios: produce the script for news item 4 by TUESDAY!

- Patricia Tiparu: record news item 4 once the script is finished. Completed by WEDNESDAY!

- Alberto Santo Pinto: Finish the editing by FRIDAY! use sync-lock tool and have it uploaded on Soundcloud to be embedded.

WEEK 5: Business

- Jason Cueto: to get info, use secondary research on Harrow Times and visit the restaurant with Panos to gather interviews on the employees. Do on SATURDAY! Furthermore, get a music audio related to news item

- Panos Karachalios: go with Jason in Harrow to get interviews and finish the script by TUESDAY!

- Patricia Tiparu: start recording news item 5 by WEDNESDAY!

- Alberto Santos Pinto: finish the recording by FRIDAY! and have it uploaded in Soundcloud to be embedded.

WEEK 6: Politics

- Jason Cueto: use secondary research to gather info on news item 6, through BBC news and get an audio clip of Boris Johnson making a statement.

- Panos Karachalios: create the script and completed by TUESDAY!

- Patricia Tiparu: record news item 6 when the script is ready. Completed by WEDNESDAY

- Alberto Santos Pinto: finish editing by FRIDAY and have it uploaded on Soundcloud to be embedded. Ensure that you use the amplify tool.

WEEK 7: education

- Jason Cueto: use secondary to find a news item related to education news item. Completed by MONDAY!

- Panos Karachalios: create the script by TUESDAY! If possible gather interviews.

-Patricia Tiparu: finish recording the script by THURSDAY!

- Alberto Santos Pinto: Finish editing the recording by SATURDAY! and have it uploaded on Soundcloud to be embedded

NEWS ITEM 1: Entertainment

This article is what motivated this weeks news item. It was taken from the website www.harrowtimes.co.uk. This website offered information about UK's rapper Honey G from X Factor. Not only was this UK specific news, but it also had relevance to the local area of Harrow Road.

Draft Script:

ROLES	SCRIPT	SOUND EFFECTS	DURATION
Presenter- Patricia	Welcome and thank you for tuning in on ‘Harrow on the Hour’, my name Is Patricia Tiparu.	Introductory Music	4 seconds
Presenter- Patricia	Our first news item for today is Honey G on the X factor.		3 seconds
Presenter- Patricia	Anna Georgette Gilford, born on 198, is known professionally as Honey G- surprisingly the rapper is an English recruitment agent and wannabe rapper in series 13 of the X Factor as part of over 25s, mentored by the most energetic Sharon Osbourne		11 seconds
		Archive from Honey G’s music	5 seconds
Presenter- Patricia	Although, majority of the fans were somewhat pleased to see that the rapper is finally eliminated because of her horrible rapping skills and just a wannabe		7 seconds
Presenter- Patricia	And now, we have our news interviewer Panos Karachalios live at Harrow road to get the fans opinion about Honey G.		6 seconds

A draft script was written out and later rehearsed. This allowed my group to decide on what pieces of the script to keep and what to remove. The problem with this script was that it ran too long, and we wanted to involve the different forms of audiences thoughts through a vox pop instead of an interview, as it would be too long, but I felt that an interview was not necessary for this segment.

ROLES	SCRIPT	SOUND EFFECT	DURATION
Presenter- Patricia	Harrow girl- Honey G stuns Simon Cowell with unexpected success on X-Factor	Introductory Music	5 seconds
		Archive fro Honey G’s music	5 seconds
Presenter- Patricia	Like Honey G, we have taken the street to discover how our local celebrity is viewed.		4 seconds
		Insert voxpop of how the local audience of Harrow Road view Honey G	12 seconds

The final script is shorter in duration, and it is a quick entertainment segment. It includes all the essential information about the rapper, archives of the music to make the audience aware, and it also includes a quick vox pop about the opinions of the local public about the rapper. This adds a sense of community as it features the opinions and voices of the local public.

How I used the selection tool to create a section of the audio project.

NEWS ITEM 2: Travel

For this weeks news item, it was featured around the item of travel. The image above is the news article that we used. Once again, the website Harrow Times was used and it gave a detailed account of the strike in the underground station of Harrow. Not only does this feature the news value of proximity, but also bad news as it affects people negatively.

SCRIPT

How I used the envelope tool to manipulate the sound levels in this section.

NEWS ITEM 3: Crime

This weeks news item was heard from one of our team members. They heard from word of tongue about an incident that occurred in Harrow Road about these teenagers who got arrested due to the fact of causing disturbance and violent scenes on a bus. This story is not only bad news but it also features news values of proximity and impact as the arrest caused disturbance and led to a short traffic block.

Script

ROLES:	SCRIPT:	SOUND EFFECTS	DURATION:
Catherine	Five local teenagers were arrested yesterday evening following a disturbance at Harrow Bus Station		3 seconds
Catherine	Metropolitan Police were called in the incident at 8:30 pm		3 seconds
Catherine	CID officers are now involved in further investigation.		2 seconds
Catherine	And live to Harrow road my colleague Panos Karachalios who is interviewing an eye witness of the incident		4 seconds
Interviewer- Panagiotis	Thanks Catherine, I’m here with busy commuters where a particular individual shares her thoughts about the disturbance in Harrow Bus Station.		7 seconds
Interviewer- Panagiotis		Archive of interview	21 seconds

This was the final script that we rolled on. In this script we added having an interview with those at the crime scene, with our interviewer and crime scene specialist Panagiotis going to the scene of the crime. This is timeliness as we sent out an interviewer on the scene shortly after the incident occured, and we were able to record with a short interview with a witness during that time. By reporting the crime quickly it leads the listeners to trust our radio station as it is relevant and timely news, as news is frequently changing all the time so we need to keep up with relevant stories to inform our local listeners.

How I used options from the effects menu to enhance this news item.

NEWS ITEM 4: Follow-up

One of my team members, Jason Cueto, found this news article from the website Harrow Time's. This story features the follow up of the murder of an 18 year-old man. This covers the news value of a follow up as the title says "UPDATE" inferring that there is more information on the story as the story was first reported in October 2016. This relates to our radio show as the killing took place near Harrow, but also because the new information involved finding the murderer, so this not only brings comfort and safety to the listeners, but it also gives them a sense of justice as the murderer will finally get persecuted.

Script

ROLES	SCRIPT	SOUND EFFECTS	DURATION
Presenter- Patricia	Over the weekend police underwent an investigation of a murder by an 18-year old of the name Moamen Settar. The 18-year old lived near ‘Buddings Circle Wembley’ and I will pass it on to Alberto Santos Pinto, who will tell it more in depth.		12 seconds
Reporter- Alberto	On the 15^th of October, Moamen was arrested and will appear in custody Hendon Magistrate.		6 seconds
Presenter- Patricia	And that was for today’s follow up.		3 seconds

Using the sync lock tool to make revisions to the developing NEWS bulletin.

zooming in to edit.

Using the sync-lock tool

I noticed that the background sound came at exactly the same time as the voice whereas I really wanted the background sound to come in first to establish the location before the speaker could be heard but to do this I had to create more time space on the tracks than currently existed. It was not enough just to use the time-shift tool I also had to move several files at the same time. This meant selecting all of them with the sync lock tool and moving them together.

NEWS ITEM 5: Business

evidence of using equaliser tool

SCRIPT:

Name:	Content:	Duration:
Catherine O’Neil	Harrow’s new Bombay themed eatery, located on the High Road, is crowned ‘Restaurant of the year	7 seconds
(Insert SFX)	(Victory Trumpet SFX)	5 seconds
Catherine O’Neil	This is achievement is a special note-worthy because the restaurant has only been in operation for 6 months	9 seconds
Catherine O’Neil	Our food and drinks correspondent Alberto Santos Pinto is on the phone to owner Rishi Lakhami	7 seconds
(Insert BGM)	(BGM	10-12 seconds
Rishi Lakhami	This award means a lot to our people, that worked extremely hard, this is achievement is everything!	5-6 seconds
Catherine O’Neil	And that’s it for the Bombay restaurant Harrow, and now back to Patricia	4-5 seconds

Final production of News item 5:

NEWS ITEM 6: Politics

Script

ROLES	SCRIPT	SOUND EFFECTS	DURATION
Presenter- Patricia	In an effort to ensure good UK and US relations		5 seconds
Presenter- Patricia	Boris Johnson will be meeting Donald Trump’s new cabinet		5 seconds
		Archive of Boris Johnson making a statement	10 seconds
Presenter- Patricia	Now over to our political correspondent Jason Cueto who is in the US Capital		6 seconds
		Insert archive of outside broadcast	25 seconds
Presenter- Patricia	While the foreign secretary is in Washington, he will be speaking with Jared Kushner and Steve Bannon		6 seconds

This is my final Audacity project BEFORE exporting as a high quality mp3 file. You can see that there are 42 separate auto files and my job has been to make sure that when the playhead on the software reads these separate files that the listening experience is smooth and untroubled.

What follows is an example of how I did this.

Final production of News item 6:

News item #7 Education:

Provenance:

Provenance of News item 7

Since our news bulletin was short in duration, our co-editor decided that we should add another news item therefore we can meet the requirements of having a 5 minute local news bulletin.

Script:

Finalised script for News

Final production for news item 7:

News item 8: Weather

Provenance:

provenance of news item 8

For this news item, I used secondary research to gather intel about what was the latest weather report in Harrow, although I did not use Harrow Time in this case but BBC Weather.

Script:

Finalised script for News8

Weather Jingle:

The piano sample used to create the Weather Jingle

For this news item, I was told by our co-editor to find a suitable jingle for the weather new item. Thus, I was obligated again to use Garage Band and look for a piano sample. The BPM set for the piano was 253 since its pace was too slow and therefore I needed to increase it more.