The Dangers of Facebook

We all have a facebook page. We are all stupidly addicted to it and use it far too often,however, today the more sinister and dangerous side of social networking was revealed.

Peter Chapman, who has a history of violent sex assaults and is a convicted sex offender, befriended 17-year-old Ashleigh Hall by posing as a teenage boy on Facebook. Chapman falsely lured Ashleigh into a meeting back in October, and days after her body was discovered. Ashleigh had been strangled and dumped in a farmer's field near Sedgefield.

Chapman, 33, pleaded guilty to the charges at Teesside Crown Court. He also admitted failing to notify police of a change of address, as required by the sex offenders register.

This story is a stark reminder to us as the internet generation to be more careful when we are online and to only accept and converse with people who we know and trust.

WINOL Week 4 Debrief

Here are the debrief notes for the past week's bulletin :

Job Loss Story: Joeys opening line – repetition okay as long as its not too noticeable. Opposition – always going to give a good interview or “slam” opposition. Good shot, nice background view, well framed, noise issue with the water though. Should have asked more obvious questions to get more quotes.

The graphic quote was too weak. Good framing of the noddy’s, becareful on the eye line to make sure the noddy looks realistic and not fake. Make sure both interviews are of similar time so not to show bias.

Simulator/Trading story : Technically brilliant, slight editorial problem in the fact that its too positive, maybe in the sign off put some sort of spin on the article eg “it remains to be seen if the simulator will be a success….” Needed a stronger finish

Big Tidy Up – good shots again, balanced story, Joy Carter liked story because although it was negative it was truthful.

Fairtrade story – facts are in Kayleigh’s voice, exposition, would be better if it came from a real source, or a piece to camera would be stronger.

Sport – stumble over words in opening, relax and pretend you have more time. Re-shoot it. Strong piece to camera, not too bad footage , trying to emphasise the amount of people there, tighten the shot to give a more crowded effect. Try to get tighter to action, maybe cut aways to the crowd to get emotions on footage. Well read over the footage.

The and finally was not as strong and quick as hoped.

Bulger Killer's In Trouble Again

In the past week it emerged that one of James Bulger's killers has been re-arrested after breaching the rules on his release license in 2001. The public seem to have extremely strong views on whether the details of this re-arrest should be published and Jon Venables's new identity revealed.

The murder of the young and innocent James Bulger is a sensitive topic, due to the age at which James was savagely beaten to death. Bulger was taken by two young thugs from his mother in the local town shopping centre and lead to a railway where he was subjected to a horrific beating and was left to die. Venables and Thompson became Britain's youngest murderers at the age of just ten years old.

The government has come under strong criticism from the public over their refusal to release the details of Venables's re-arrest. Justice Secretary Jack Straw has however agreed to meet James's Bulger's mother, Denise Fergus, after her calls on the government to tell her and the public what offences Venables is alleged to have committed.

Venables and James's other killer Robert Thompson were given new identities on their release from life sentences, controversially Mr Straw admitted that the details behind Venables being returned to prison were in the public interest, but said there was a risk of prejudicing any further criminal proceedings.

This is a very difficult subject but personally i feel the public should be informed because Venables has been let off light for the crime he committed and has shown his time inside hasn't taught him anything and he has broken the release rules and could be a danger to the public again as could Thompson and thus we as innocent members of the public have the right to know.