Comments on: RADIO NEWSDAY STORY http://emz88.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/radio-newsday-story/ Journalism student @ Winchester University - the way i see news in our world today Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:11:48 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: chris horrie http://emz88.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/radio-newsday-story/#comment-79 chris horrie Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:12:29 +0000 http://emz88.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-79 Another good one. I like the way you just go for the jugular every time, and just the obvious summary approach and the way you keep it simple and dramatic. You can just hear this being read out on the radio over some background news music loop. You are very modest about it, but you have really got the hang of this. Of course for a newspaper it would be a bit different because you would need a quotes. This is the advantage of the papers over radio and even TV. Still, if you could churn out three or four of these a day you make a living doing. Other students can learn a lot from this. You have completely liberated yourself from 'school teacher English' and just tell stories in a simple direct way. Dr Kenyon's blog is stronger at the moment on ideas, "Martin Luther" King's blog is the most argumentative and noisy; but this is the best one for just simple straight news reporting style. Have you thought of contactiung a local news reporting agency in Southampton. Maybe you could do some shifts for the them. Court reporting Agency work is the express route to the national press - it is what Angus did for example (I think). Another good one. I like the way you just go for the jugular every time, and just the obvious summary approach and the way you keep it simple and dramatic. You can just hear this being read out on the radio over some background news music loop. You are very modest about it, but you have really got the hang of this.

Of course for a newspaper it would be a bit different because you would need a quotes. This is the advantage of the papers over radio and even TV.

Still, if you could churn out three or four of these a day you make a living doing. Other students can learn a lot from this. You have completely liberated yourself from ’school teacher English’ and just tell stories in a simple direct way. Dr Kenyon’s blog is stronger at the moment on ideas, “Martin Luther” King’s blog is the most argumentative and noisy; but this is the best one for just simple straight news reporting style.

Have you thought of contactiung a local news reporting agency in Southampton. Maybe you could do some shifts for the them. Court reporting Agency work is the express route to the national press – it is what Angus did for example (I think).

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