WINOL week 7

This week we had Maria Milano, from Instyle magazine visit. Maria observed and gave us feedback on our WINOL bulletin and gave us advice about what to expect from a career in journalism.

This week I produced a written feature titled 'Southampton events in April'. The subtitle 'dates to put in your diary' includes information regarding events on Mother's Day, the anniversary of the sinking of Titanic, Easter and the royal wedding. Smaller sections outline what theatrical, musical and other events the city has to offer.

Maria Milano's feedback

• 'capable and did a fabulous job'
• The gallery and studio were calm and organised.
• There was a good mix of hard and soft news.
• The presenter's posture needs to be smart and open, without looking too rigid,
• Presenters need to be grammatically correct.

Angus Scott's feedback

• WINOL is now stepping up its game.
• There is a maturity to packages.
• There was a calm, relaxed attitude in the gallery and the studio (both before and after the fire alarm).
• The headline straps need to be in capitals and in larger font.
• In terms of sport, if there is a failure and it is in the audience's interest, then that must be shown (not just celebratory moments).
• Timings of packages need to be exact (out cues and out words).
• Always feel the atmosphere.
• Tenses in links cannot be mixed.
• Countdown from ten to one and give guidance in the gallery seconds before action is needed.
• We need to make sure we have one full rehearsal with VTs and then shorter rehearsals (going into and out of VTs).