This included listening to and analysing jingles, making notes about the similarities and differences between the presentation of local and national news stories on news bulletins, analysing the ways that presenters spoke, looking at the ways that news bulletins were constructed, and analysing the ways that adverts specifically target the audience.
I was very careful to make detailed notes about all of these conventions so that when I came to script, record and edit each different element, I could use the conventions I had found so that my radio extract would sound as authentic as possible. If you listen to my station jingle below, you can hear how i've used the conventions of jingles that I found.
After I had completed my preliminary task, which enabled me to familiarise myself with the recording equipment and editing software, I began analysing a number of local and national news stories online, making notes about the similarities and differences regarding the way that news stories are structured and the ways in which both local and national news stories incorporate news values and the 5 W's. If you click on the links below, you can see examples of the kind of analysis that I did on both local and national news stories.
I wanted to see if the way that news stories were structured changed as a result of the type of story and whether it was targeting a local or national audience. Therefore, I looked at 10 different types of stories for local and national news, finding different types of stories such as those focusing on politics, business, sport and education. I made a note of any differences between the ways that these stories were presented in relation to whether they targeted a local or national audience, before writing a post that outlined the major similarities and differences between local and national news.
I wanted to look at news stories online before I listened to radio news bulletins to make sure that I felt confident with the general structure of news and once I started listening to news bulletins on the radio, I noticed that the presentation of news (in terms of news values and the 5 W's) was pretty similar in print and on radio - a part from the obvious fact that one contained the written word whilst the other made use of audio.
At this stage, I wasn't completely sure what genre of radio station I wanted to create, nor did I have a fixed idea about my target audience, so I thought it would be a good idea to listen to news bulletins from a range of different radio stations to see if the presentation of news changed as a result of the genre of station and the target audience. I chose a variety of radio stations that I thought targeted completely different audiences, listening to bulletins on Radio 2, talkSPORT and Magic. I also thought it would be a good idea to listen to bulletins that were broadcast at the same time on the same day, as I thought this would help me see if the types of stories change because of the type of radio station and the target audience. Having made a note of the similarities and differences between the way that news was presented of different stations, I made a list of all of the conventions that I found in radio news bulletins so that I could use conventions such as voxpops, correspondents, outside broadcasts, soundbites and interviews with experts in my own radio news bulletin. Below are examples of each one of these conventions used in my extract.
I noticed that generally news bulletins contain between 3 - 4 stories, so I decided to have 4 news stories in my news bulletin. Some of the radio news bulletins I listened to began with the main headlines followed by a soundbite related to each story - when writing my script I incorporated these headlines and soundbites into the beginning of my news bulletins.
I also noticed that almost all of the news bulletins I had listened to included serious and dramatic music either at the beginning or over the news bulletin, and the repeated use of a news jingle that mentioned the station name and the frequency.
Across my news stories I have included outside broadcasts, voxpops, specialist correspondents and interviews with experts so that my radio show sounds as realistic as the existing media products I had analysed.
After I had completed my preliminary task, which enabled me to familiarise myself with the recording equipment and editing software, I began analysing a number of local and national news stories online, making notes about the similarities and differences regarding the way that news stories are structured and the ways in which both local and national news stories incorporate news values and the 5 W's. If you click on the links below, you can see examples of the kind of analysis that I did on both local and national news stories.
I wanted to see if the way that news stories were structured changed as a result of the type of story and whether it was targeting a local or national audience. Therefore, I looked at 10 different types of stories for local and national news, finding different types of stories such as those focusing on politics, business, sport and education. I made a note of any differences between the ways that these stories were presented in relation to whether they targeted a local or national audience, before writing a post that outlined the major similarities and differences between local and national news.
I wanted to look at news stories online before I listened to radio news bulletins to make sure that I felt confident with the general structure of news and once I started listening to news bulletins on the radio, I noticed that the presentation of news (in terms of news values and the 5 W's) was pretty similar in print and on radio - a part from the obvious fact that one contained the written word whilst the other made use of audio.
At this stage, I wasn't completely sure what genre of radio station I wanted to create, nor did I have a fixed idea about my target audience, so I thought it would be a good idea to listen to news bulletins from a range of different radio stations to see if the presentation of news changed as a result of the genre of station and the target audience. I chose a variety of radio stations that I thought targeted completely different audiences, listening to bulletins on Radio 2, talkSPORT and Magic. I also thought it would be a good idea to listen to bulletins that were broadcast at the same time on the same day, as I thought this would help me see if the types of stories change because of the type of radio station and the target audience. Having made a note of the similarities and differences between the way that news was presented of different stations, I made a list of all of the conventions that I found in radio news bulletins so that I could use conventions such as voxpops, correspondents, outside broadcasts, soundbites and interviews with experts in my own radio news bulletin. Below are examples of each one of these conventions used in my extract.
I noticed that generally news bulletins contain between 3 - 4 stories, so I decided to have 4 news stories in my news bulletin. Some of the radio news bulletins I listened to began with the main headlines followed by a soundbite related to each story - when writing my script I incorporated these headlines and soundbites into the beginning of my news bulletins.
I also noticed that almost all of the news bulletins I had listened to included serious and dramatic music either at the beginning or over the news bulletin, and the repeated use of a news jingle that mentioned the station name and the frequency.
Across my news stories I have included outside broadcasts, voxpops, specialist correspondents and interviews with experts so that my radio show sounds as realistic as the existing media products I had analysed.
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