TV news broadcast questions :D

1) What were the five stories your group chose to broadcast?

Greenford news story: Exams finished

National news story: Palestinian teenage body found in Jerusalem

London news story: Man dies in online Punch4Punch game.

Sports news story: Suarez has been signed for Barcelona.

Funny news story: Bench from The Fault in Our Stars gets stolen.


2) For each story above, explain WHY you chose that particular story and not something else. Why would it interest a Greenford audience?

Greenford news story: We chose this story because…it reminds the students at GHS that the summer is coming and they don't have to worry about exams for ages.

National news story: We chose this story because…the person involved is what every student at GHS is now-a teenager and it makes us think that it isn't just adults that these awful things happen to and makes us realise how many stories we hear about children/teenagers dying or being kidnapped.

London news story: We chose this story because…his death has been left as 'unexplained' so it leaves us wondering what the real cause of his death was.

Sports news story: We chose this story because…Suarez has been talked about for so long about all his biting incidents and so to hear something quite different about him should capture people's attention because it makes us realise that he isn't just a biting machine, he needs to have some positive recognition too.

Funny news story: We chose this story because…TFIOS is a massive teen hit at the moment and so to hear even something small about this phenomenon will capture people's attention.


3) What order did you broadcast the stories in? Why did you place the stories in that order?

We broadcasted the GHS story first because the information given wasn't crucial and so if people missed it, they would have been upset but not too disappointed so would want to continue watching. We broadcasted the London story next for similar reasons but we felt that more people would be watching now so this story was our next choice to broadcast. We then broadcasted the National news because we felt that this was when the majority of viewers would be watching and so this was the most important news to be broadcasting at that time. We then broadcasted the sports news because it was a good way to heighten the viewers' spirits and give them a source of entertainment. Finally we broadcasted the funny news story again for similar reasons, as a way to entertain viewers and put them in a good mood before watching their next television show.



Now think about your writing, editing, broadcasting and group work.


4) How did you make sure the script was the right length?

In order to make sure our script was the right length, we timed the broadcaster reading the news report before he broadcasted it for real, cutting and adding vital bits as we went.


5) How did you make sure each story was clear and easy to understand?

We used formal language to ensure that viewers would take the news seriously but we also tried to make it not complicated to ensure that younger viewers would understand what was being spoken about.

6) How did you make sure the broadcast was professional?

Similarly to before, we used formal language to not only make ourselves sound professional, but to make other people aware that we were being professional.


7) What was your specific role in the group?

I wrote the script.


8) Rate your group’s ability to work collaboratively out of 5 (1=poor, 5=excellent)

I would rate our group 4/5 because we did work really well together but we could have been a bit more communicative.


9) How could your group have worked more effectively as a team?

As I mentioned just now, I think that we could have been more communicative and spoken more about our decisions we made.


10) Finally, what would you have done differently if you were given the opportunity to do this again?

If we were to do this again, I would have made the script a bit longer, and added more details to each news story (but not too many details as it was only 60 seconds). I also would have had more rehearsals to read the report over and over again.