(1) The Live Day projected timeline outlines the schedule for a school news report production, including activities such as assigning roles, conducting interviews, writing articles, and editing videos. (2) Key parts of the schedule include introductory activities in the morning, writing news articles from 9:00-11:00, an editorial meeting to select stories from 11:25-12:25, recording and editing the news bulletin from 12:50-14:30. (3) Throughout the day they will also conduct radio interviews, maintain a live blog, and tweet to promote their work.

1. Live Day projected timeline
Time Activity
0900 - 1000 Intro aims of day, explain how school report
works.
Assign roles
RecapHuw Edwards ‘How to find the news’
video clip
Hook up to schoolreport web / twitter feed
Recap safety rules for day – surnames,
politically incorrect stories
Check any banned stories for the day
JHu interviewees to prep questions and go to
interview by 0930…… write notes
1000 - 1100 Research and plan news articles on any
current affairs, any stories of interest –
local, national, international
Journalists write their research, consider the
headings:
What happened?
Who was involved?
Where did it happen?
When did it occur?
Why did it happen?
Where did you find this news? (sources)
Write up interview
Write newsletter report for school and for
Endeavour team
1100-1125 Break
1125-1225 Editorial meeting – sort through the stories
and choose ‘in or out’ – approx 10 stories
Choose what stories to include in final news
film bulletin and what is written for online
Write scripts for news bulletin itself
Write sports news script + record video
Research, write and video weather report
(on roof?)
Prepare news area – desk, posters, green
screen, etc.
1225-1250 Break
1250-1350 Technical team upload material to website
(written reports, sports news video, radio

2. recording from Solent FM, weather report)
Produce green screen imagery for news
bulletin
News readers practice reading script (script
read from laptop / iPad)
1400-1430 Record news bulletin
Edit video
Photo whole class in front of BBC web on
board to upload
Upload to website
Review& evaluate work
Email and tweet @bbcschoolreport to alert
once uploaded
Hand out certificates
Stories to def. include: BSF project, Portchester trip
Throughout day: radio phone interviews, live blog on posterous blog, tweet
Roles
Editors:
Tom K, Heather
News readers:
Lucas and Lauren
Weather reporters:
Natasha and Darcy
Sports reporter:
George
JHu interviewers:
Heather, Lauren, Katie, Harry
BSF reporters:
William, Luke, Sophie