Treatment for News Story
Program Title:
Will there ever be a black Prime Minister?
Story Producer: Nuzhat Ahmed
Angle on this story: Why are black people less likely to
make it to Britain’s top professions?
Target
Audience: 15- 25
This story
explores if the system is bias towards a child’s economic background and
ethnicity, and how it may make it difficult for them to make it to Britain’s
top professions. The story will include data that has worked out the
differences in life chances between black and white children.
News Values: (what news values will
the story have? What are the main reasons people should listen to the story?)
One of the news
values would be familiarity and proximity as it will interest people of the
local area and also our target audience as they are young and perhaps in
education.
What form (s) will it take and why?
[x] Vox Pop
[ ] Interview
[ ] Outside Broadcast
[ ] Interactive audience
[x] Recorded
in studio with sound bytes
[ ] News anchor speaking in studio with
reporter
[ ] Other
This story
will take the form as a Vox pop as I will get opinions and views from the
public regarding the topic. Also it will be recorded in studio with sound
bytes.
Who are you going to interview?
When/where/why?
I will
interview young people in the local area, perhaps aged between 16-18 as this is
when they will make the decision to study further or not. I will gain an
insight on how they feel about the topic and if they feel it has affected them
in any way.
Which of the following will be used?
How and why?
[ ] Music (What kind?)
[x] Sound (What kind?)
[ ] Silence
Technical Needs/Requirements:
- Microphone
- Windmuff
- Dictaphone
- USB
I have changed my story as I feel this story would appeal to my target audience more as it is relevant to them.