Friday, 17 July 2009

Abstract: News

Television
Studio Anchors: John Shebat de Silva & Maya Hanum
Field Correspondent: Andrea Chuang
Weatherman: Daniel Chan

Omni’s news broadcast is presented during prime time (between 8.00pm to 9.00pm). However, these broadcasts are not standard news presentation. To accommodate the overall ‘film format presentation’, the news segments are ‘Breaking News’ which intervene prime time features. Some ‘social’ issues are reflected from the style of this presentation. An example of this would be how news networks are unable to deliver the full truth of situations yet they are obliged to appear credible as a source of information to the public.

The style of which Omni's weather report is presented pays tribute to the old school techniques. Before the end of the 20th Century, large numbers of news networks had their weatherman / woman use magnetic sheets before the 3-D / Green Screen digital maps replaced them.


Radio

News reader: Benjamin Singh

‘O’ F.M., OBN’s official radio channel presents regular radio news reporting. The format is often in an ‘inverted pyramid’ structure; where the most vital news pieces are presented first.

Web
Design: Tan Jin Yin

OBN’s mock webpage features news that are available on the world wide web. Apart from the standard written news pieces, viewers and readers online would also be able to stream live videos of news room broadcasts.