R10- Radio- outside broadcasting

Inside a radio outside broadcast van there's a lot of equipment, they also have a large mast on the roof of the van. the vehicle is used for outside broadcasting. It's very important that the local radio station keeps in contact with the outside community, and outside broadcasts are one way of doing this.

There are lots of people involved. There is the presenter of the programme, an engineer, and a person who is in charge of public relations, as well as the desk operator and a station engineer in the studio.
The presenter's job is to be ready with a microphone in their hand and the engineer is in the radio van operating the equipment. The person in charge of the public relation organises people to be interviewed by the presenter. It's the presenter's job to link the programme together with interviews and some chat.

The radio car travels all over the community and broadcasts from various places. For example: football grounds, schools, hospitals, etc. It is usually present where some big local event is taking place.

Source: 'Introducing Media Studies On your radio' By John Wood

R9- RAJAR Research

Structure

RAJAR Ltd (Radio Joint Audience Research) was established in 1992, to bring into line, design and run a single audience measurement system for the UK radio industry. They help both, the BBC and licensed commercial stations.

The company is owned by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) and by the Radio Centre. This group is made up of representatives of the BBC, commercial radio and the advertising community.

RAJAR’s Mission
RAJAR is in charge for the setting research requirements, the presentation of the research contracts to third party suppliers and the overall quality control. They also are in authority of management and delivery of the service.

Decision Making
The chief Executive and the Research Director manage the day to day tasks. RAJAR is set up as a JIC (Joint Industry Committee) that represents in addition to the BBC and the commercial sector, the interests of the wider advertising community.

http://www.rajar.co.uk/content.php?page=about_organisation

R8- A journalist's ethical guidelines

A journalist:

1. At all times upholds and defends the principle of media freedom, the right of freedom of expression and the right of the public to be informed.

 - I think this is important because as a journalist you should support the right to express your opinion in the media and be honest to the public as they should have the right to know about an issue or problem.

2. Strives to ensure that information disseminated is honestly conveyed, accurate and fair.

 - This is an important factor as journalists should be always be truthful so the audience can rely on your news and so they don’t lose trust in your work.

 3. Does her/his utmost to correct harmful inaccuracies.

- This is important as a journalist should be truthful and should correct any misleading information about an issue as it will then gain trust from the audience and they will believe that you have not made the mistake on purpose.

4. Differentiates between fact and opinion.

 - A Journalist should be clear on what a fact is and what an opinion is. This is so that the audience can identify the difference and are clear on what they need to know and so they do not get any information that can be considered as misleading.

5. Obtains material by honest, straightforward and open means, with the exception of investigations that are both overwhelmingly in the public interest and which involve evidence that cannot be obtained by straightforward means.

- This tells us that the evidence and sources used by the journalist should be honest and reliable. Which is important so then the audience can rely on the sources and they can trust your work.

6. Does nothing to intrude into anybody’s private life, grief or distress unless justified by overriding consideration of the public interest.

 - A journalist should need to follow this as everyone has the right to a private life which should not be disrupted and they should respect that.

7. Protects the identity of sources who supply information in confidence and material gathered in the course of her/his work.

 - A journalist should follow this principle as this will not give away anybody’s identity whilst extracting information from them and the rights of the person will be protected as the person may not want their identity to be publicised, so journalists should respect that. Also so the person does not get criticised or taunted about the information they share as the public may not all agree with the information.

8. Resists threats or any other inducements to influence, distort or suppress information and takes no unfair personal advantage of information gained in the course of her/his duties before the information is public knowledge.

 - This is an important factor that journalists must follow as it ensures that the information they share is accurate, truthful and unbiased. This will also gain the audiences trust as they will be clear on the truthful information.

9. Produces no material likely to lead to hatred or discrimination on the grounds of a person’s age, gender, race, colour, creed, legal status, disability, marital status, or sexual orientation.

 - A journalist should never contain any information that is discriminating as this will cause hatred towards the journalist and their sources and may also lead to extreme actions taking place. This will also lead to the journalist’s choice of information being heavily criticised.

10. Does not by way of statement, voice or appearance endorse by advertisement any commercial product or service save for the promotion of her/his own work or of the medium by which she/he is employed.

11. A journalist shall normally seek the consent of an appropriate adult when interviewing or photographing a child for a story about her/his welfare.

12. Avoids plagiarism.

  - This ensures that other people’s works are protected.

http://www.nuj.org.uk/about/nuj-code/