Critical Evaluation of Winol - 24th November

This week I was not a part of the production team as I was ill with tonsillitis. This means that my evaluation this week is primarily based on what the bulletin looks like and not how it was put together as well.

This week Andy was the presenter and I think that he did really well. He was clear, concise and did not muddle up his lines or appear nervous.

In the headlines, there was a story about council homes and the headline picture was just a guilty building of a house, I found this a little boring and maybe a different picture could be used. A picture of a council house street or a councillor that is relevant to the story. Obviously, a councillor that is not talking in the headline but maybe of him walking down the street or nodding at something or you could have him saying an important line.

The Mikiki Lounge news story was really good as it is aimed straight at our target audience of students. However there was a problem with legal issues in it that meant that Winol, and as a result, Seb could be sued. Apart from this I think that it is a really good first story from Seb.

The second story was of Andrew Emmerson resigning his post in the Student UNion because of a conflict of interest. A good story that is able to be followed but the interview with Emmerson was against a black wall, in a busy area and he was a little scruffy looking. All things that are small but niggling little problems that could not have happened.

I thought that the link the Maddie in the newsroom to talk about the demo was really good. It looked really professional and it was good that it was Maddie as she reported on the original riots and now she is following it up.

Stuarts piece was again really good but the boom mic in the clip was not so good. This has happened a couple of times in his stories and I think that this should be resolved by now. Stuart could have sat closer to the interviewee and had his lap, and the boom mic out of shot, or he could have had the mic at the side of his chair hidden by his leg. Stuart did manage to get an interview with Sir George Young, Leader of the Commons though and I think this is really good for Stuart and for Winol.

The story about St Cross Road was good too. I travel down that road every day to get in to the University parking lot, as do many other students so this really will appeal to our target audience.

Well done everyone, great bulletin.