The first semester of our final year has kicked off. The second years are embracing their new roles and the third years are clinging on to what will be our final months on WINOL.
This semester I am taking the role of Political Editor and Radio Editor. As Political Editor I will be taking a step back from the weekly cycle on WINOL and try to reel in some bigger fish. So far I am feeling somewhat lost as my deadlines are now longer than a week but I'm sure I will soon get back into the swing of things. My first big interview I have set up is with UKIP member Diane James, who I'm sure all of you remember from the Eastleigh by-election. I will be reporting from Brooks Mews next Tuesday, when UKIP announce their candidates for the 2014 MEP elections. I will cover my interview with Diane James there also.
As Radio Editor I have already faced a few headaches and made the decision to cut our ties with the radio society. Unfortunately it came to the stage last semester where we couldn't depend on the existing radio station to even stream online regularly which was damaging our credibility. However this gave us the opportunity to create something entirely new and exciting, our features podcast. By utilising the use of podcasts the features team can have another platform to promote their work. We will be creating a podcast every week which will function as the features equivalent of WINOL. It is still in its very early stages of development but the basic idea is that we have a presenter who will bring in members of the features team to discuss their work, whether it be a review, fashion tips, or travelling anecdotes, there will be a place for it all. This will all be recorded "as live". It will then be refined and edited in post production to make it pretty and flamboyant enough to go on the website at a set deadline, in the same way WINOL goes "live at five". This podcast will then live on the website homepage until the following Tuesday when it will be replaced by the next show.
