You could substitute WIN News for most news organisations in this country
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Iâll be as blunt as to say local news viewers brought this on themselves - they watched the new statewide Nine News âLocalâ more than they watched WIN by all accounts. Itâs that simple. Viewers when given the choice, chose less local news.
How much can you blame WIN for this decision when viewers themselves made the exact same one, and accepted Nineâs downgraded service.
Sucks for all the journalists - especially the dual blow of this after Nine Localâs own cuts and then axing, but probably this is a smaller cut than had WIN maintained the Ten affiliation, which I can imagine would look exactly like what SC are now doing.
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No problem, just listened to your interview and yes, itâs pretty clear weâre on the same page. Whoâs the interviewer, name is on the tip of my tongue and its doing my head in!
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iam sorry to what i said to you last night
All good, nothing wrong with a bit of passion for regional news.
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The cuts are making this harder now as-well. Having 1 VJ file for social, online, digital, and on television would be pretty stressful - assuming they will be required to produce atleast 3 stories for the bulletin.
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7 and 9 seem to have a decent enough presence in the online market. WIN doesnât just have a poor presence, it has no presence. They canât moan about online competition when theyâve ignored the medium completely themselves. If anything in most countries hyper local news sites have been one of the strongest areas of growth within the industry.
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Same hahaâŚSimon something? The afternoons guy on ABC Victoria
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But thereâs a difference between video journos pumping out an occasional online video, and actually being out there generating daily news.
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Unlike the weak-kneed ACMA, the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications and the Department of Finance probably would be prepared to take serious action against WIN Corporation.
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The radio report.
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so what do we think the outcome might be??? win forced to change there plans and not have statewide news or be foreced to hand it back???
The latter or part thereof.
if it was the later or part there off , what would happned to the news ???
Go ahead as pdlanned with the reduction in local reporters and camera operators. Best case in myind would be a delay, but unlikely given the announcement.
i think win might be told to either scrap the plan of statewide news if they want to keep the grant or give it back and continue as planned
So much for Save Our Voices
EDIT: I received this message from Bruce Roberts a couple of years ago when working on a presentation about the importance of local regional media. I think it pretty much sums up what everyone is feeling right now.
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Actually, what is being played out is exactly was said would happen.
Status quo doesnât last forever in a declining situation.
I donât think the lack of a particularly strong online/social media presence has helped WIN and other regional news services either.
Sure, just about all the regional networks have social media accounts and possibly a basic website where news report video is posted. But compared to the efforts being made by ABC/Seven/Nine News in the digital space, regional TV newsâ presence on the internet hasnât evolved as much in recent years as it shouldâve IMO.
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