BBC News Live News Item

 

BBC News Live News Item:

BBC News News at Ten Episode date: 04-10-21

This BBC News Live Item is focused on The Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Shutdown, which is at this time known as the longest time these social net works have been shutdown for. This report was made whilst the subject was still not resolved, which means some of the material in this report may not be the same in future tense. BBC News Live Items follow a very specific structure, but it is an affective one to use.

When the Anchor introduces the story, he almost tells the whole thing, but instead of leaving it at that, we get to hear more detail of how these events transpired. As the story begins, we see relevant imagery, B-roll of a globe showing connective sparks coming out of every country slowly fade away as we see the companies’ responses to shutting down. We then get the rundown of the situation from an expert in the form of a zoom interview. Hearing them talk about this so easily makes you as an audience member think that this is the person to trust.

We then see some Vox Pops of the public talking about the sites shutting down. The members of the public chosen look like the demographic that would be using the sites daily and/or have some form of understanding of how they work. However, the opinions remain diverse as well as the people featured in it.

The reporter then finally references a similar event to this and ends the report with a sly remark about Twitter seizing the moment and taking Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp’s users. This reminds the viewer that this is quite a light story in comparison to other stories that might be being reported at the time. We then go back to the studio where the anchor talks to an international correspondent situated near the company’s headquarters to hear some recent updates on the story since the story has been broke, just so the story stays fresh and up to date.

The BBC News Live Item formula is definitely the type we will use in our own Live Items, It is an affective and informative way to educate the audience whilst not boring them and maintaining a general level of engagement. Especially in lighter stories, it’s perfect.

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