maybe I should put my story this way

Main story:
Anne, 21 a young journalst
She feels that Black Britons need their own media.
But they don't tune to their own media.
They don't think the programmes are good. Also they are not happy that the mainstream media.

Arron, 20 a journalistic student
He feels that Black Britons need their own media.
Many of his friends don't watch ethnic media.
He chooses to work in black press after graduation.

Do Black Britons need their media?
When a generation of Black British Media...
When now...

discussion:

Black British Media: at a crossroad

reading intro

Traditional black British audiences, characterised by an immigrant experience in the 1950s and 60s, have raised second and third generations of Africans and Caribbeans in Britain.

These children grow along with BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and many other platforms of national press. But some of them have rarely known their parents’ countries.

Although there was a great need of Black British Media here back in 1980s, when black people are stereotypically labeled “crime, violence”, is there still a need for this specific ethnic media today?

The black community becomes more diverse, any media that can’t keep up with that will die. Challenges and difficulties will emerge more than they used to do.

What is the role of black British media in a diverse society today? How do they survive as a niche player?

notes for my scrip

the black ‘community’ is increasingly diverse and any publication that can’t keep up with that will die. Simple. That doesn’t show there’s no desire just that you need the right product.

The guardian is one of the only papers in the uk which has a number of black voices and even then that number is TINY

we need our own media

The role of the black media is actually to broaden the media and make it more inclusive by presenting voices, perspectives and stories that often go untold and unheard.

In fact, media that does not have space for the perspectives of other groups is what’s actually divisive, exclusive and problematic. I also see black media as a space for non-black people to learn and understand more about what’s going on in black culture

I am not sure whether there is someone who believes that the mainstream perspective is THE right and only perspective, that how a dominant group of people views the world is how it is. And it’s precisely for that reason that black media exists and is needed.


Differences aren’t a problem to me, it’s how we view differences that’s the problem. The world is full of people with different experiences and perspectives, and to have their own ethinic media should reflect that.

My draft of anotherf scenario

Story behind:

Why do you establish colourful radio?

Why do you establish colourtelly?

Why do you establish the voice?

-what do they do?

-what do they offer?



why do black britons need their own media?

-street vox pop

-founder

-professor



-several years ago we have a story about black doll and white doll

do you think we need or not?

-self-hatred

-the voice



is there a solution?

Asked at that time.



Now



But, when the mainstream media begin to offer their audience (colourful radio/ the voice..)







Now comes the question: do black Britons still need their own media?

-do you think we need?

-why/why not

-do you know some? Do you watch or read?



Now we have colourtelly, colourful radio and the voice etc.





We need: why?

Because the mainstream media covers only…

They deliver an image of…

Not to have ethnic programmes in the mainstream because it is only an ideal thing but…(colourful radio, the voice)



So keep and bring more.







Future:

Discuss: in which way to survive and cater for people

My draft of one scenario

black doll and white doll

black briton's new generation are to lose their identity...

they are educated by mainstream media which cater for white britons...

you could have a british accent but do not lose your root


but it did not catch the mainstream media's attention

to offer more stories for ethnic people here

they tend to axe more...ironically

so we do need ethnic media to tell our stories for our community and our next generation,don't we?




when asked do black britons need their own media

let's think about

why we need or why we don't need

The video for my final project

Just wrap one of my video, a trailer for colourful radio.

I am really enjoying this. Four days play back and forth the footage did not disappoint me.

Conclusion: I am a creative person so there is no possibility for me to work for any organisation.

I will become a freelance!

:)

diary for my final project(2)

My story becomes much clearer after more than five times watching my footage of all interviews.

Every interview lasts no more than 40mins. I cut them into pieces to frame a story. During the process, I always got lost. I played the video back and forth only to find their footage have to be "formatted".

Although I have carefully prepared my questions, the interviewees would not follow my questions all the time. Sometimes they would turn my question to a way they like. Obviously I am not the kind of journalists who chase the interviewees without caring their feelings. For me I understand it is important to get the story but still I believe my interviewee is a human being and I have to put his feeling into priority. I will never ask the same silly question that a journalist asked a child "what is your feeling when you know you lost your parents during the earthquake".

After two weeks in a row doing the interviews from Brixton in south London to Tottam Hatch Lane in North London, I did not feel any relief. I know that more work are there waiting for me.

I did the story about black British Media. I think more about Chinese Media here, though.

Black Britons have established many platforms to express themselves, produce programmes for their community. Chinese community here has not yet established any TV station or radio station. I know there is a language difficulty. Maybe black Britons suffered too much before achieving their stage. I don't imply any racial issue when I say this. As ethnic minority in Britain, I can not stop thinking to create my own media. When I was in China, I was the majority. I interned for national media and the government.

I have no idea on minority.

I cannot say I have it yet.

The more I know, the quieter I am. I choose to listen and see more. The mistakes the Black British Media made, the challenges they are facing, the success they achieved...I walked back the road they have already walked through by listening to their stories and talking with them.

There is no simple English sentence to conclude it. In Chinese I would say "yi yan nan jin".

Last two weeks, I spent day and night-I wish the library open 24 hours-thinking my story, my video and my articles. I have been enjoying doing this. It is like I live another life by creating a story. I have no pains in doing this.

Creative things take time. I do not mind if I could finally get my degree or not because I do what I want to do. For myself not for the sake of my tutor or a degree certificate-that is just a piece of paper, isn't it?

My friends reminded me that I had not kept in touch with them as often as I did. My cousin complained that I did not call back home for a long time. Also I know that it has been even longer that I wrote my article. I devote myself to many things for the last half year.

But I feel there is no ending for work. No ending for improvement in terms of work and study. It is a matter of choice that which one I want.

What is the point of life?
Today I say that it is to realise my value.

And I am following this now.

My website basic design is done and thank you, Deming.

My story has a clue.

I will have another two weeks to polish it.

And looking forwards to, my dream.