Big Ol' Edit

Hello Followers,

This week’s blog we will be focusing in on a recording of a local news cast. Raiha has asked me to pay close attention to the writing and make notes of what I would have changed if I was in charge of editing…

-DISCLAIMER-

I am not a professional writing and have no intentions of writing for a living. Due to this fact I will do my best to make edits to a ‘professional’s’ piece of work.

For my local news cast I picked the TV station WCSH 6, out of Portland, ME. The report was titled, Big Ol’ Fish, February 5^th, 2010. The purpose of the report is to show locals what locals have caught from the past week in Maine. Fans of WCSH 6 send in pictures, size, and the stories about the fish they caught. Then WCSH 6 turns around and presents all the big fish in an entertaining form.

The first thing I would have changed was the introduction to the piece. The two news casters that introduce the story slaughter it. They could have presented in a more professional manner rather than having it is some kid of joke.

The second thing I noticed was there was never a date given. The only time/date that was given was “this week.” I assume since you are watching this on TV you would have an idea of what week he is referring too. But for the sake of making edits this would be one!

All verbs were presented in past tense since everything that was being reported had happened in the past.

Overall this was a simple report to get people interested in the ice fishing throughout Maine. I hope that some day this winter you can find me with a big ol’ pike on this Big Ol’ Fish.

http://www.wcsh6.com/video/default.aspx?aid=56019&storyid=114146#/Local/Big+Ol%27+Fish+February+5%2C+2010/49383985001/49452227001/65011716001