WINOL Radio - Week 4

This was a particularly good week for WINOL Radio as we had a lot of content so were able to create three very strong podcasts.

I really enjoyed listening to this podcast. Emma has a very natural voice for radio and comes across as being very well educated on the subject, which makes her opinion seem worthwhile.
The discussion flowed nicely between Emma and Tom and felt like an actual conversation - not scripted. The fact that Tom took the role of a less informed person worked nicely as it feels like he is someone the listener can relate to.
The only small criticism I have is that there was no sound clip in this podcast, however in all honesty I don't think that I missed it on this occasion, it was still very enjoyable to listen to.

Once again The Volt has created another high quality podcast. The main thing that makes The Volt podcasts so listenable is the fact they have so much content and lots of sound clips. This really breaks up the podcast and keeps the listeners attention.
The only bit of advice I have from this week is that the stings breaking up the podcast were a little bit too harsh, so it may be worth making them a second longer so you can soften them.

This was the Travel and Adventure podcast so it is still a little bit rough and ready as it had to have a presenter lead the podcast which I felt made it seem a bit unnatural. It wasn't a particularly content heavy podcast so it acted more as a promotion/advert for Adventure and Travel, but I think that overall it worked well.

Journalism Now! Winol Review 02/11/11

Well we have officially entered the ‘Journalism Now’ module, which basically reinforces the importance of reading a newspaper every day. I am not going to deny that trekking up to the Hospital, for my copy of ‘The Guardian’ in the pouring rain, was not exactly what I wanted to be doing at nine on Thursday morning. However I do want to succeed on this course, so I grabbed my brolly and prepared for a soaking.
Much to my dismay we were once again asked to review this week’s WINOL. Reviews are not my strong point, but here it goes:

This week’s WINOL was a vast improvement from last weeks, returning to the standard which we usually see and expect.
 The section of the news bulletin this week which stood out for me was the interview with MP Steve Brine, as it was of the standard I would usually expect from national or regional news, far beyond what I would expect to result from a student interview. There was also focus on local news with the bin collection story, which contained an apology to residents from George Beckett; the leader of Winchester City Council.
The sport section was clearly presented and highly informative, however it did seem to be too long in comparison to the other stories as it took up nearly five minutes of the bulletin. Although this could be a slightly biased opinion as I have no interest in sport myself.
Despite a few pauses in sound, and instances where the background noise overpowered the presenter, this week’s WINOL was interesting and of good quality.

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Unfortunately this week’s WINOL was a bit lacklustre in comparison to some of their previous broadcasts. Although the content of the broadcast was of high quality, filled to the brim with factual information, it was the technological side which let WINOL down. The camera panning often seemed rushed, and pictures rarely stayed in focus for long enough that I could truly understand what was being shown. Editing was also slightly abrupt in some instances. However as the broadcast went on into the sports section the quality did improve. The WINOL games section was the clearest part of the broadcast when it came to the presentation. Despite not quite being of the same high quality usually presented in a WINOL broadcast, this weeks was still an impressive show, all of the presenters acting professionally and reporting accurate and interesting content.

Check the link for yourselves : http://www.winol.co.uk/