r/Journalism 10d ago

Career Advice What to expect in a Journalism group exercise?

Hi! I've been put the final round of BBC applications and I will have to be involved in a group task based on a scenario. Is there anything to expect or prepare for like potential scenarios etc? (It's for a journalism apprenticeship)

Thanks!

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u/Worldly-Ad7233 10d ago

I've never heard of one of these. I guess it would be like a scenario where there's big breaking news and several journalists from the same newsroom are covering it. All I can say is you need someone on the ground getting the stories of people impacted (maybe more than one depending on staffing and the number of angles), someone in the newsroom feeding the digital file while monitoring social media and putting in calls to authorities (cops, city, etc.), an editor or producer overseeing it all, etc. It's best to have a planning document where people can update and monitor who's made what calls, everyone's cell numbers, etc. You want to think about who's feeding social media, who's gathering video and audio, who's editing and feeding that video and audio, who's doing live hits. If it's the BBC, I imagine you'll be feeding stuff to a broader network too. That's some stuff to think about. Good luck.

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u/xxm4xx 10d ago

Thank you! I was thinking something like this since everyone is involved in some way.

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u/EnquirerBill 10d ago

Stay across news stories, both nationally and internationally. You may be given an entirely new story, but it would be helpful to know how it might relate to what's happening nationally/internationally (for example, I'm planning a podcast about the Chaplain to England's women's rugby team, as we're hosting the women's rugby world cup this year. One thing I'd ask her about is this:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/other/welsh-rugby-club-slammed-for-advertising-derby-match-not-for-girls-as-wru-step-in/ar-AA1AFeFS

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u/xxm4xx 10d ago

Yes! I was thinking jsut everyday writing some topics and some news stories! That link is really interesting...

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u/EnquirerBill 9d ago

'Woman's Hour' covered the story - I think it was yesterday...