Contribution to Degree Show – Ideas and roles for newsroom

For the show, as we are turning the room into a newsroom, I have thought it may be beneficial to assign roles and contribute our ideas either through basecamp, and face to face to ensure that we progress.

For this, as we have had the discussion regarding the room partitions and areas, we should also need to discuss décor, installation on the walls, the feel and look of the area, as well as how we want to represent ourselves as journalists.

Idea 1

For the entry to the journalism newsroom area, I thought it would be beneficial, and professional to have a welcoming pull up standing poster that would introduce the area, the course, and what we stand for.

An idea for this would be to have a slogan, or catchphrase, and as we are journalists, I had thought about “We’re setting the Agenda.”

This would be placed on to the poster along with our course title, interactive media, and the HCUK logo. This would be themed in the style green that we have been allocated by the wider group of New Media Branch.

Idea 2

We had discussed also having a table in the centre of the room and on this placing the publication Mouth in print. We would also have business cards, and place these there for prospective employers and industry professionals to view and take.

Idea 3

I am, as part of the whole New media production, going to contact BBC Radio Humberside, to ask them to mention the degree show, and inquire about a possible interview on The Burnsy Show which runs weekday mornings.

If this were to be successful, I would also invite them to the degree show, and look at possibly running a live newsroom for the BBC Look North team to set up and use to report form on the night of the Degree show.

This is something that I am personally looking at doing as part of gaining publicity for the show, and as part of promoting and advertising the show.