Evaluation- Using the Conventions of Real Media for my Media Product- News

Before deciding on which news story I would include on my radio show I did extensive research in order to execute the news bulletin effectively. From the research that I found that all news story consist of the 5W's and news values. These are key conventions that I had to include in my radio to make it sound as realistic as possible. These conventions structure the story and enable listeners to be informed of the correct information.

I listened to a number of different news stories to identify and compare what stories they included on their shows, i also compared different radio shows to see if their news stories changes depending on their audience and genre. Also by listening to different news bulletins I got a good understanding of how the news sounds authentic through the use of language that they use.

I listened to the similarities and differences of news bulletins used on local and national radio. By doing this I could identify what to include and not include in my radio show.

There are other parts of radio that are vital when creating a radio show, these are: voxpops, outside broadcasts, archive clips, soundbites and specialist reporters- these generally are only found on national news, therefore would not be realistic if I included it in my local radio show would not reflect the realistic feel to my radio.

I mainly included vox pops in my stories, considering i did a local radio show means that the listeners are most likely members of the public, therefore including interviews from the public gives the show an approachable and interesting aspect. Mainly in my vox pops I had the correspondent recording an interview with the public on the street, this means i have to make it sound although they are really in the environment where they are meant to be. This is done by converting the sound from stereo to mono, the sound was equalised to replicate the sound of a correspondents microphone.


In my first news story I did a story on the death of a celebrity, it included vox pops of two fans of which were interviewed outside the hotel where the celebrity was found. To enable the vox pop to sound realistic i included real life sound effects of cars, cameras snapping and chatter. This meant that when listeners hear the vox pops they get the feel that the fans are on the street.






The vox pops that i used in my second story that was about the historical artefact being found i included the sound of machinery, and for the first recording of the mum with the baby i put sound effects of the baby crying.







The third story is similar to the others in terms of it being recorded on the street, the sound effects that were appropriate for this would be sirens and camera snapping, this gives the feel of an accident to to listeners.
In this advert I also had a mother speaking over the phone to the radio, this would be called a sound bite



In my fourth story where the nutritionist was recording in a primary school meant that I had to ensure i included the sound of children laughing and chatting in the background.