But why is story placement and order so important anyway? The stories will still air, does the order really matter?
- These stories should not air
- The most newsworthy stories of the day (big national/local events) deserve to go first
Stop your defense of Seven. If theyâre doing things in the wrong way then itâs wrong until itâs fixed.
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Yes. Heaps!
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Again seriously? Of corse it does.
I still think that Blake will be sent back to Perth to be the main anchor in the years ahead. What he is currently doing in Melbourne is for experience IMO.
In Melbourne, I think Seven will appoint Mike Amor as news anchor if Mitch was to leave today (ahead of Jen Keyte). They seem to value international field reporters.
As for Sydney, I have no idea. MAYBE Chris Bath might have the ability to competitively compete with Pete Overton but I would say she would need a massive campaign from the network.
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Iâm not trying to defend them, Iâm just trying to ask a simple question!! You donât need to attack me for it. And besides, is it only people like us who are passionate about TV and the media that care about such little details as where a story is placed in the bulletin? Would the everyday person care so long as they see the bloody story sometime in the hour between 6PM and 7PM? Shouldnât it be if a story on a topic that should be covered doesnât get covered at all that we should really be starting to get concerned?
Paul Burt is presenting Queenslandâs weather this Sunday.
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Story placement is very important in tv news.
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No, I think this is more to do with sets, graphics and other cosmetic stuff. The actual meat of the bulletin does matter. Hence why you see the cries of âFake News!â Or âWhy isnât the MSM covering thisâ etc.
It does depend on a few things but you want to start with your strongest story, although this has unfortunately in same cases changed to âwhat affects our viewer the mostâ. Then build from there downwards through the half hour or hour on air.
You also need to get a rhythm to it. You donât want to go from a bloody murder of a family into a touching Make-A-Wish foundation story. Nor do you want to put a heap of crime stories in a row (or politics or whatever - too much of the same and people turn off).
Thereâs also the matter of âblockâ leads (ie, the top of the bulletin is your A block, after the first set of ads itâs the B block and so on, but thatâs another matter for another day.
As for
I believe, yes they would. Maybe not everyone actively but certainly on a subconscious level at the very least. If youâre playing a story at 6:23pm, then youâre telling the viewer itâs not as important as the preceding 23 minutes worth of stories.
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The order of stories can be totally polarising for viewers. If you start off with a story that viewers donât care about or donât think is important enough, they are changing the channel. Who on earth would sit down at 6pm to watch news about the Easter show first when there has been a major crime story in their neighboring sunburb.
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Now I understand, thank you so much for the detailed explanation @OnAir.
Of course there are limits to what I think is acceptable too and I think it would be crazy for something like this to happen. Not even Sydneyâs news has done this before from what Iâve seen; their Easter show story from the duration of the Easter show mostly aired in what I believe is the âC blockâ of the news after 6:30 so you have to praise them for getting most of these things right.
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Emily Angwin is filling in for Jacqui Felgate this afternoon.
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He filed another report today:
Channel 7 Sydney reporter accused of violent threats to Queensland staff
A senior Channel Seven reporter has arrived at the television station with his lawyers after being accused of graphic and violent threats to junior staff.
The Sydney-based reporter allegedly made threats to a junior reporter and producer at a regional Channel 7 office in Queensland.
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My guess was it had something to do with the Todd Carney and the North Queensland Cowboys story. The Daily Telegraph has named the reporter and claims he has been stood down pending an investigation.
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Itâs interesting to note that Massoud was a Daily Telegraph rugby league reporter before he joined Seven.
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Wonder what made the journalist so upset? Sounds beyond serious. Especially when the victim isnât even at a rival.
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From memory, correct me if I am wrong but hasnât Massoud been in trouble before with the network?
Oh god, Josh Massoud is a moron. He rocked up to my bosses rugby teamâs game after there was a incident, demanding to interview players to get a story. Canât stand that idiot.
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Wasnât that Seven Newsâ other NRL reporter Liam Cox (formerly at Ten)?
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