WINOL - finally live!

Yesterday at 5 pm it happened. WINOL went live.

This week has been great. The more time I get to spend in the news room, the more confident I get and the more I want to do this. I still don't like the camera. I'm alright with video, can kind of manage to record things that are actually quality enough to put on air. But the audio lets me down over and over again. I just can't seem to understand how to get everything to work in harmony. Maybe one day. But that day is not here yet.

Also, this week we had a guest editor, Kay Oliver of GMTV, Sky and ITV, to help us with various issues and guiding us to improve our work to get even better.

Packages were done well in time this week. We decided to shorten the bulletin to 10 minutes though, so there would only be time for three packages in the bulletin. This week we led with Stu's story concerning the proposal on student fees being raised. In addition to this package, we had Martin Tod, lib dem MP, in for a live interview in the studio. Great to have someone else to talk in the studio, makes the entire bulletin feel more alive and buzzing. Homeless in Winchester was the second story which I managed to puzzle together after interviews with Winchester Churches Nightshelter, Emmaus Winchester and Councillor Andrew Palmer. I had a very interesting time meeting up with these people and got a few new contacts to add in my address book, which always is a really nice feeling. 

Veronicas story about parking problems around the University of Winchester went on as third story. A few NIB's (news in brief) were also included, followed by the Sports news. Catherine and Tom made a great job presenting the bulletin. I would love to give it a go at some point, but with a non-English accent I'm not sure I will be able to produce a final product as good as the ones we've produced so far. 

The production team made a good job, but as a reporter it's hard to realise what's actually going on with the other members in your big team, because you're so involved in your own work so you kind of forget what else is going on. But, since we managed to make it - even though the final live bulletin ran a bit late due to technical issues - they must have made a great job.

Overall, this week was far better than the two previous weeks, and it feels as if we're able to engage in a new, more exciting way than we actually were able to do at the start of week 1.

Bring on the weekend!

Bring on week 4!