This week was the official first live broadcast of our news bulletin for Winchester News Online (WINOL) and despite a couple of technical glitches it was very successful.
Roles were changing and swapping again as everyone helped each other with various tasks which is brilliant as everyone gets a chance to try something different and learn something new. I introduced Claire (last week's presenter) to the autocue and taught her how to use it whilst taking on a new role myself as camera operator. There is a lot of pressure and responsibility on the person who works the auto cue and I feel this is often over looked by other people. I wonder if that is the case in the professional world? Anyway Claire did a good job, however she seemed eager to pass the responsibility back to me for this week's bulletin! Perhaps we'll encourage another person to have a go on Wednesday.
My attention turned to the features team on broadcast day as we discussed how we could pull in viewers to the web site. We came up with a few ideas for competitions, one in particular called "Date with fate". This involved printing out a set of random dates and handing them out to students on campus. The person who had the corresponding date to the website won three tickets to that evening's bop. Simple and effective. I understand that Paul Carrett's "How many sweets in the jar" competition is also proving incredibly popular which is excellent!
Our viewing figures are good and according to Friday's figures we rank 822th in the Alexa rankings which are set to rise after more search engine optimisation (SEO) and publicity. This means we are currently getting more traffic than the Hampshire Chronicle! Our next aim is to beat the Basingstoke Gazette who are currently 755th. Lets see if we can beat it this week!
Take a look for yourself:
www.winol.co.uk
