In the NPR newscast the presenter was Renita Jablonski. She simply stated her name and began her story which was good because it was direct and to the point.
The newscast began talking about Obama and one of his many policies. Obama was the main subject of the first two stories, one talking about health and the other about energy issues. Then it was followed by Hillary Clinton and the Chile earthquake issue. Then there was a Wall Street story. Then it ended with more financial stories.
The NPR story in total was 4 minutes 46 seconds. I found it to be extremely dry and boring. The presenters along with all of the reporters were very monotonous, and they did not catch my attention as a listener. Also, it seemed like in many of the reports such as in the Wall Street story used information that was very boring and dry and not appealing to the audience. The only soundbite used was that by the President Obama discussing his policies, and the rest was either the presenter talking or the reporters.
Although the quality of sound was good, there were a few problems. First of all, the anchor stuttered a few times in the story. Also, her tone along with all of the reporters was not captivating and it did not sustain my attention. Also, the newscast itself was not diversified enough, and the news was presented in a very uninteresting way. There was no nat sound used, which made this newscast even more boring.
Overall, I felt that this newscast was long even though it was less than 5 minutes. I think that a lot of elements could have been added, such as nat sound, to make the stories more rich and interesting to the listeners.
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