Week 1

The project for this semester will include a news program presented at Griffith University. As part of the assignment I have started to brainstorm ideas of what will feature in my group's news program. Firstly, I drew ideas from Channel 10's Studio 10, A Current Affair and the Today Show. The idea that resonated with my was to have a news segment followed by a talk show discussion. This allows the readers and presenters to elaborate on a topic and it also allows them to form their own opinion on a specific topic and open each opinion up to debate. This also adds to the depth of the program and allows the viewers to see multiple sides of the story.

I planned out a rough idea of the rundown of the program too. My idea starts the program with an introduction by the presenters and then a lead into a hot topic that is current. The lead of the program has to grab the viewers’ attention and so I believe that we would need a strong and decisive story to lead the bulletin.

Our program would begin with an introduction to the program. Following will consist of a variety of segments including:

-         An interesting topic segment

-         A news of the day read, maybe a live cross and weather and sport

-         Sport’s Chat

-         Youtube segment or social media fads

-         Celebrity news topic

-         Money or finance segment (how to save for a house deposit ect.)

-         Conclusion

I believe having a program set up with a variety of hard and soft topics would be appealing to an larger audience and generally the most successful talk shows and panel consist of a variety of these segments. My team and I will also work on a major theme for our show to lead the program too.