Digital News Production: Channel workshop

We was given a task to compare 2 different news channels front he same day in groups, this is similar to our essay so was a good exercise plus it helped me to figure out exactly what to look for and compare, the better channels to compare are Channel 4 or BBC as they have more going on and have different rules and standards to live up to. In my group was Danny and Chris and we chose to compare Channel 4 and ITV and these are our notes:

ITV:
Starts with reporter
Then V/O with remembrance poppies in London
Presenter in studio

• Worldwide news
• Space

Intro 

First story is the remembrance poppies 

3 children talking about war

2 reporters same story one in London one in France

Benefits story with no reporter but V/O 

Statistics all politics and no emotion

Interview with MP

Back in the studio 

Local news on paedaphile (London)

Interview in studio, statistics (Economics)

worldwide (negative/death) India statistics and interview

Space (positive) 

back to remembrance 

Weather 

Channel 4 news:

Sum up - remembrance, Ebola

Intro 

Live in London at the poppies - reporter has no name 

children talking about the tribute 

Studio - sum up 

Live at location on the Ebola story - interview with Tony Blair 

Studio - remembrance with interview 

Lots of switching between John Snow live and in the studio which is quite confusing and distracting 

Local news about paedophile - statistics and interview 

Benefits - same footage and story as ITV but has David Cameron as well

Sports story (negative) 

International story - south Korea and the ferry tipping 

Live at poppies but talking about a different story about cystic fibrosis 

Interview with a sufferer 

Back to poppy scene but again a different story 

Story on 3D inappropriate story 

Interview with artist

Poppies story and interview with army cadet 

weather 

There is a lot of difference between these 2 shows as I feel Channel 4 had a lot more stories and is more fast paced with the editing and hurrying. The itv seems to care less on what they say and how they portray the stories plus they don't need to cover as much in the half an hour slot. Channel 4 seem to have more struck rules to what ITV have and can say etc.