Update: New Draft Script

Anchor:

Young people have been coping with the loss of loved ones. But how?

Here's Mahfuza with more on this.

 

Mahfuza: 

Young people are undervalued and unheard of.

What are actually going on in their minds?

 

The NHS says that many people feel different feelings after they have lost a loved one; sadness, anger, shock, anxiety, not eating, not sleeping and many more different feelings.

 

The National Statistics says that over 70% of primary schools have at least one child on roll who had been bereaved of someone important to them. All schools will be affected by bereavement at some point. I spoke to Emma Townsend, a child support worker from a secondary school in east London

 

CUE IN: what do you…

CUE OUT: … that’s it really.

DUR:

Emma Townsend

 Lots of support is available out there in the world. I spoke to a student who had lost a loved one to get information about her feelings. She made some strong points.

 

CUE IN: how do you…

CUE OUT: …Cherish them…

DUR:

Student

If you're having a  bad time or have lost someone close to you, you can call FLASH FM on 09876 or call the NHS support line on 0844 477 9400.

Question for journalist

What are the conventions of a human interest story.

Feedback on my interview

A range of feedback from target audience:

Good:

• Excellent use of communication skills.
• Good and clear questions.
• Informative answers.
• Good introduction.
• Interviewee is listening to the radio as the background.
• Her answers are detailed and descriptive.
• As a reporter I am confident.
• The answers and clearly answered.
• I remained ethical and impartial.

Improve:

• Noisy background.
• State my name, who I am, why I'm here and the purpose of the interview.
• Be more loud and clear.
• Could have stopped her speaking; rambling on a bit saying 'um'.

Update: Changing my story

I've changed my story to 'how do young people cope with the loss of loved ones' because I could not get hold of anyone that I was going to make an interview with.
I will be interviewing a Child Support Worker and a person who has gone through bereavement instead.

Interview with expert

Attempt to find an expert

My audio files list

Main background music for our newscast is an upbeat , catchy theme tune to attract my intended target audience. They would hear the sound and think it's interested and continue to listen.

Headlines: motorbike speeding sound FX for the second story in our newscast (Mopeds)
the transition sound between each headline in a smash to connote the changing of one story to another.

Tasnim's story (1st story on Spithoods) has no music or background music as it is hard news and silence is needed n order to reach our intended target audience properly.

Nuzhat's ( second story on Mopeds) story has the sound FX of a car screeching and the background music at the beginning should sound interesting and aimed at a young audience - not too upbeat as it is a serious story.

My story: sad/piano music to sympathise as my story is a soft story. it is silent when I will insert the audio of the school support worker

The transition from my story which leads into to Noshin's VFX festival story has gaming sound FX and a virtual type music background.

She has no music during her story as it is an outside broadcast.

Semiotics;
Whilst each headline is being read out for each story, each story will have its own sound FX. For example, Nuzhat's story of theft would have a smashing glass sound FX and maybe the sound of a racing motorbike because Mr. Macintosh almost got robed from someone on a Moped. These sounds would be the symbols of her story.

My story would have no sound FX as it's a soft story.

Interactivity at the end of the broadcast should include a Weeknd instrumental as the competition is for a concert at the o2 to watch the Weeknd.

Uses and gratification theory would link to this as our audience members would listen to our radio newscast for entertainment, information and for escapism. They may want to hear it to get more information about their local area too.
The sound effects would link to the hypodermic needle theory as the audience members would automatically assume that the sound FX and the story relating would be interesting and is important.

Risk Assessment

Risk assessment from m_xch

Script - improved

*Music fades in*

Concerns have been raised by a group of students in Tower Hamlets about safety within schools.  Their concern follows the death of a teenaged boy at Bow School in the borough. 

 

14 year-old Nasar Ahmed died from an asthma attack while in detention at school. 

 

Now, his peers, are asking whether there was enough done to prevent his death. We hear more in this report from Mahfuza.  

 

Me:

Nasar was put in detention after “intentionally” tripping over a bin as his teacher put it. CCTV footage shows Nasar pleading for forgiveness and to let him off detention.

 

The teacher didn’t think otherwise and kept Nasar in detention. Shortly, Nasar’s skin conditions became worse and he started suffering from an asthma attack. Nasar was taken to Royal London Hospital by ambulance where he spent four days in intensive care but passed away on Monday afternoon.

 

There's one question that everyone's asking: who is actually accountable of Mr. Ahmed’s death? 

 

The CDC says that most school-associated deaths occur during transition times – before and after the school day and during lunch. 

 

VOX POP: Students 

 

VOX POP: Teachers 

 

INTERVIEW: Lawyer 

 

DURATION: 2.5 minutes 

 

We received an email to FLASH FM from a politician. She states that she wants to help students feel safer at school.   

 

Don’t forget to check out more on this story on WWW.FLASHFM.CO.UK/N-A-INVESTIGATION/ or on our Facebook Page.

 

Explanation for layout of whole group newscast:

It's conventional to start and end a radio newscast wth a jingle/theme tune and so we will use this in our radio newscast.
Tasnim's story would come first in the newscast as her story is recent, attention grabbing and affects the whole area as it is hard news. It is conventional to put hard news first in a news broadcast and we are using this convention in our radio newscast.
Nuzhat's story is second because it is most recent but affects only the area where it actually happened, so it reaches out to the small minority of people, especially the ones who live there. We still classed this as hard news.
My story would come third because it is not as recent but still affects the everyone going through a rough time. It may link to the reception theory. Many people would tune in to hear how people are coping with the loss of a loved one. My story is soft news.
Noshin's story would come last aas her story is on entertainment and is for everyone in the region that our newscast would be broadcasted to. Also it is soft news and it is conventional for soft news to come last  in a radio news broadcast.

Planning our audio choices for our newscast

My signed contract templates

Signed contracts from m_xch

Audience Profile

Update: Interviews

I could not get hold of the teacher from the school in which Naser Ahmed died. Therefore I cannot include the mini interview with the head/teacher.
I've emailed the lawyer and have got in contact with a couple of Naser's friends and family members.