Tag: News
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Breaking news
One of the biggest parts of my job is making sure the news bulletin sounds up to date making sure our listeners know about the important things happening right now. Sometimes the details of a story can change really quickly, like election results or resignations, and this can mean keeping the bulletin up to date…
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The Mariners: Back where we belong
Football definitely becomes more exciting when you’re following teams that are performing well. So it was fantastic to cover Grimsby Town’s promotion which saw them get back into league football in 2016. As part of the news bulletins for Lincs FM and Compass FM we followed the Mariners story – which ended with a trip…
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Learning to talk again
Some stories it’s clear what the news story is and how you want to tell it to others, sometimes you have to spend a little longer thinking about it. The other week I was sent to a music workshop for people who’ve had strokes, it’s a new approach helping people in Lincolnshire learn how to…
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Princess Anne in Lincoln
It’s a big year for Lincoln as the city celebrates 800 years of the Magna Carta. It’s important for the area as the Cathedral has one of four remaining copies of the historical document. Until recently it was just displayed in part of the castle but a decision was made to invest in these beautiful…
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VE Day anniversary bulletin on Lincs FM
In amongst the news of the results of the 2015 General Election the country paid their respects to the end of World War Two. A two minute silence was held across the nation at 3 o’clock. We observed this across Lincs FM, Compass FM and Rutland Radio as part of our news bulletin. [audio:http://clreid.com/portfolio/VE%20day%20bulletin–mp3.mp3]
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Writing for online
Earlier this year I presented a lecture about ‘Writing for online’ at the University of Lincoln. This is the next step on from ‘Tips for blogging and tweeting’ and looks more specifically at how websites for newspapers and magazines work. Design is important to consider for newspaper and magazine layout, and the same applies to…
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Behind the Headlines
Last Friday I was a guest on Peter Smith’s Behind the Headlines on Siren FM. His show looks at what’s in the papers as well as looking at the ways the papers cover the news. On the show we discussed the latest in the Edward Snowden story, the missing Doctor Who episodes and possible changes…