Print & Online Portfolio and Reflective Report

Print & Online Portfolio and
Reflective Report
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Table of Contents
Self-sourced story........................................................................................................................................2
Vox Pop.......................................................................................................................................................4
Live tweeting of an event............................................................................................................................5
Self-sourced newspaper story.....................................................................................................................6
Magistrate court report...............................................................................................................................8
Crown court report......................................................................................................................................9
Conference/feature article........................................................................................................................10
Sports match report..................................................................................................................................12
Review article............................................................................................................................................13
Reflective report........................................................................................................................................14
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................14
Main context.........................................................................................................................................14
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................17
References.................................................................................................................................................18
Appendices................................................................................................................................................20

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Self-sourced story
University lectures offering chances to students to register to vote
Figure: Classroom environment
(Source: Chyi, Lee and Holton, 2016)
At the beginning of the lectures in universities, students are provided five minutes to register to
vote to make sure that the voice of students is being heard in the upcoming general election. This
particular move was taken by social media as brainwashing, but as per the regulator of
universities, institutions possess the responsibility to provide electoral registration of students.
Enabling students to register to vote online is regarded as a significant part of the education
system. The University College Union (UCU) have supported this initiative which replicates
lecturers and represents the university workers. It is highly appreciated that most of the lecturers
have contributed a few minutes of their lecturers to remind students how to get registered. UCU,
along with National Union of Students, is striving hard to help student voices being heard in the
upcoming general election.
However, it is to be informed that students can vote both at home and in the colleges. All the
parties will be closely watching the students vote. The UCU campaign has been working hard to
make sure that the universities must meet their responsibilities to encourage students to register
to vote. The students must be explained a little bit regarding the rules regarding the procedure
and benefits. As per the Higher Education and Research Act, 2017 colleges and universities are
allowed for electoral registration of students. In England, all the universities possess a legal
obligation to allow students to conduct electoral register securely and quickly. It has been
analyzed that Brexit will be regarded as the major factor when students will make their mindset

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for electoral registration. Thus, as per 42% of individuals, Brexit will create an impact on their
vote and 59% will vote strategically over Brexit.

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Vox Pop
Teach us how to look after our mental health, say university students
After interviewing with Sally Weale, an Education correspondent, it has been acknowledged that
university students are looking forward to looking after stabilizing their mental health. Students
seek to get wellbeing modules similar to those modules planned for school students. It is seen
that 96% of students believe that they require a significant amount of emotional education to
improve their health by avoiding serious health problems like a high level of stress and distress.
This would drive the plans of the Department of Education to create modules in UK universities
from September 2020. The modules will help overcome high levels of thoughts of self-harm,
substance misuse, loneliness and anxiety among the students in UK campuses. Moreover, as per
the opinion of David Lee, an educationalist, universities are dealing with certain challenges to
overcome the demand scale for mental health support services. He says that according to
universities own data, students who deal with mental health issues have to wait up to 12 weeks
for support and counselling.
Furthermore, based on the view of Mary Seldon, a university student, academic work damaged
the personal life of students and left them to feel separated. Hence universities are required to
focus upon addressing the mental health crisis at its roots. However, most of the universities
offer wellbeing courses which are regarded as part of the curriculum. The higher education
sector possesses a significant responsibility to restructure its services to bring social and
emotional education to its heart. Meanwhile, William Crossan, a professor stated that offering
wellbeing education will be beneficial for the university students to help in tacking underlying
causes of depression, anxiety and stress. Thus, regulating and funding education system will help
in exacerbating and reproducing social inequality.

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Live tweeting of an event
Figure: Fashion event
(Source: Twitter.com. 2020)
Figure: Fashion event
(Source: Twitter.com. 2020)

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Self-sourced newspaper story
Scientist predict that by the year 2100 earth will heat up to 4C’.
Figure: Arctic removed any ‘pause’ in global average temperature
(Source: Westlund and Ekström, 2018)
The story will be suitable for publication in Bedford Times and Citizen.
By 2100 the earth’s temperature may increase by 4C, say, scientist. As per the new scientific
study, the increase in temperature results from the unchecked climatic change that may be at the
severe end of the scale of present predictions. It is seen that the planet would warm up by a
minimum of 4C by 2100 unless the emissions of greenhouse gases were reduced. As per the
opinion of the climate scientist, it will increase the level of danger for the earth. Based on
research, it has been acknowledged that with the heating up of the planet, there will be the
formation of fewer clouds which means less degree of sunlight will be replicated back into space.
It is said that 4C will be catastrophic instead of simply dangerous. For instance, it will make
individual life difficult, and it will lead to the ultimate melting of the Antarctic and Greenland ice
sheet, which will increase the sea levels. However, scientists have measured the impact of
greenhouse gases on the climatic condition of the earth by determining the rise in temperature.
Based on the perspective of current trends, it will lead to an increase in carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere in comparison with pre-industrial levels that may take place within 50 years. The
models related to computer climate determines the systematic way of cloud formation in the real
world. It has also been predicted that an increase in global average temperatures will create an

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impact on the economies and world of most of the countries. Thus, it is needed to invoke some
innovative dimension to this particular issue.

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Magistrate court report
Visit to Luton and South Bedfordshire Magistrate Court
The Luton and South Bedfordshire Magistrate Court is located in Stuart Street, Luton,
Bedfordshire, England whose location code is 1055. Within the building, various facilities are
provided with the same as the facilities provided in Luton Crown Court. The court provides legal
support to the witnesses from the Citizen Advice Witness Service along with legal advice from
the local Personal Support Unit or Citizen’s Advice service. The legal cases heard at this venue
includes social security, domestic violence, forced marriage, divorce, crime, children and
adoption. To complain legally to the magistrate court, an individual must talk to the
administrative team who will handle the compliant. Furthermore, individuals must ask Customer
Investigation Team to examine the complaint. The court also provides support to people with
disabilities. The Equality Act 2010 prevents the rights of individuals with disabilities. This
indicates that the court possesses a legal responsibility to support and help to such individuals.
However, in section 20 of the act, the individuals with disability will get reasonable adjustments.
Legally while entering into the building, visitors are required to go through a security check
where visitors are allowed to take cameras or phones but are not allowed to make videos or take
photos with them. As the court follows legal aspects, hence visitors are also not allowed to carry
knives, firearms, guns and other weapons inside the building. In case if an individual seeks to
carry such weapons within the tribunal or court building than he or she must report to the police.
The court follows current legislation which does not allow the utilization of video links during
trails, hence in magistrate court, it is used more frequently. Legally the complaint process and
detainees rights were placed in cells before the arrival of the detainee.

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Crown court report
Visit to Luton Crown Court
Luton Crown Court is located at 7 George Street, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, where the
crown court location code is 769. The building facilities within the court consist of accessible
toilet facilities and assistance dogs are welcome. The building also possesses a portable hearing
enhancement system for prior arrangement. Refreshments are provided to visitors from the
cafeteria on site which is open daily from 9 am to 2:30 pm. Within the court, seven interview
rooms are made available along with prison to court video link facilities and court/hearing room
video conferencing facilities. It also contains wireless internet access throughout the building.
Mostly crime cases are being heard at this venue. The court processes the complaints of a
particular after it is handled by the administrative team. The judicial decisions would not affect
the individual who decides to complain. The administrative team adheres to the tribunal and
court security procedures and policy while conducting security searches and checks.
The legal way to contact the officials within the court is to contact the court directly wither
through letter, email or person by speaking to a member of a tribunal or court staff. Moreover,
the complaint can be made by utilizing an online form where an individual receives a response
within ten days. Individuals could be fined up to £1,000 if they did not turn up to the jury service
or return the form. If an individual is unhappy with the result after appealing ng, he or she may
refer the complaint to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman who will further
investigate the complaint. In case if an individual is not happy with the judicial conduct legally,
he or she may refer to the Judicial Conduct Investigation Office who will monitor the personal
misconduct held by the judiciary.

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Conference/feature article
Modern Day Slavery
Over 45 million people are living in modern slavery across the world. Modern-day slavery still
thrives in the United Kingdom that consists of around 13000 victims. It is an important issue
affecting all the people, especially the young person come from abroad, are highly affected. It is
more common than we think and spread throughout the community. However, modern-day
slavery is considered as a global challenge that needs to be tackle by the government and
community by increasing awareness of the extent of the issue among all people. Debt bondage
can be the part of modern-day slavery where the individual is forced to work for free in order to
pay off the debt. Child slavery, domestic servitude, forced labor and forced marriage are some of
the examples of the modern form of slavery where the victims are forced to work through
intimidation as well as violence.
Moreover, more than 4.8 million people worked in forced labor, and it is anticipated that they are
sexually exploited. It is found that Albania, Nigeria, Poland, Romania and Vietnam are some of
the common countries where modern slavery originates. Most of the women and girls are
trafficked for sexual exploitation while children are forced to do a crime like begging or petty
theft. In addition, half of the victims of slavery used to work against their will and under
coercion or threat internationally. A modern form of slavery occurs when the person belongs to
extreme poverty situation and get an offer of a good job in another country, he or she has to take
a loan from an agent for paying the fees of recruitment and journey. When the individual arrives
that country, the job along with the conditions promised become different. The person is forced
to work as a laborer for paying the debt through violence and threat.
In response to modern slavery, the UK government had slowly improved the steps for
eradicating modern-day slavery. Although the government has formed modern slavery act to
fight for the freedom of victims, the act focused heavily on policing instead of providing
protection to the victims of slavery. Hence, the victims are less likely to act as witnesses in court
and assist prosecute the traffickers. More than 2000 children were referred to as potential victims
of slavery in 2017 and it is identified that victims belong to over 116 countries. “Modern day
slavery is more common than we like to think: it is under our noses within our

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communities.” It is estimated that modern-day slavery is widely spread across the
communities. It is significant to engage with the reality of the widespread issue for
protecting the victims that are affected in the UK. A range of interactive sessions needs to
be organized that focused on increasing awareness as well as an understanding of the
level and nature of modern-day slavery.
It is also found that much modern slavery takes place in houses and private farms that are
not visible to the public. Last week, it was obtained that three members of the UK family
were sent to jail for forcing a man to do labour without paying any money. Based on the
reports, it is highlighted that the number of children throughout the UK, Asia and other
countries is forced to beg on the street by criminally minded people. The children are not
paid any amount for begging; instead, they were punished severely if they refused to beg.
However, the government of the UK set up funds for projects to battle modern-day
slavery throughout the world. “You will learn about international and national
frameworks regarding protections against trafficking and for the survivors of
trafficking.” The modern slavery innovation fund was formed to support international
projects for finding innovative ways of stopping modern slavery.
Moreover, modern slavery is recognized as the most dreadful crime that influences some
of the most vulnerable persons in the globe. The UK assistance will support the Modern
Slavery Innovation Fund to try new ways of stopping the crime. With the help of
government support and funding, the people would create a safer place for all by
combating slavery from the world. However, the global funding for the slavery projects
would assist in catching offenders, stopping persons from falling into slavery and
supporting sufferers.
It is concluded that modern slavery has become a human right issue that creates
challenges for people. Protection, along with support for victims of slavery is sparse, and
no system is available for providing long-term support to the sufferers. Many people used
to protest against the modern-day slavery in the UK for giving protection to those who
are enslaved by criminally minded persons. Slavery is treated illegally in every part of the
country but still could not be eradicated successfully by the government.

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Sports match report
It began by promoting Barnsley and ended by making Luton as champions.
The match between Luton Town vs Oxford United was played in Bedfordshire, England on 4th
May 2019. In between the match, there has been highs and lows along with certain sparkling
views of football, but still Oxford United was not able to defeat the party as Luton met the
Championship. It all happened because of the goals hit by Elliot Lee and George Moncur players
of Luton Town. There were thrills and spills and a goal made by Luke Garbutt which created
nervous last game for the hatters. However, without any drama, United was left to display on an
excellent 12th place finish that they have settled for celebrating Christmas. Oxford United was
against it from the third minute of the game when Moncur fired the hatters. It looked a low and
soft goal with a well-planned kick into the bottom right corner and round the wall where Simon
Eastwood was guarding the other half of the net.
Marcus Browne examined the keeper with an effort on 32 where Luton was the likelihood to
expand their lead during the three different events. From a similar range to the opener Moncur
missed a free-kick where Eastwood made two saves within three 29th minute seconds from
James Collins. The moment was interesting when Browne hit the post, and Garbutt gobbled up
the rebound and gave home fans to change the soundtrack, and something to cheer game was
opened at that moment and Eastwood made two more excellent saves prior Browne forced James
Shea within a relevant block at the other portion. However, on 73 minutes the straw hats and
corks were flown when Moncur placed the ball outside Eastwood by snapping up a rebound to
decide the game along with the destination of League 1 Trophy that was presented within the
pitch after the game gets over.
Fair play to Luton: Deserved winners and the best team in the division on the day. However,
Oxford United battled efficiently and gave the best performance over the last three months.

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Review article
The book “My favourite nature stories” by Ruskin Bond poses a colourful and beautiful cover
that celebrates myriad hues and nature with buds and birds demonstrating the author’s love for
these. The beauty of the cover drives the reader into the relevant frame of mind before reading
the picturesque piece of the literature. The book is determined to be the collection of title sets
and nature stories. The introduction of the book outlines the bonding of the author with nature
along with his love for the windows that open to the majestic valley, clouds and sky. Moreover,
the book consists of certain lines that possess the capacity to attract readers. The book is
categorized into thoughtfully and small titled stories that steadily and slowly transforms readers
among flora and fauna and into the places that are observed from the simple yet poignant
writing. The book does not contain a dull moment; rather, it presents a flow of stories such as
torrential rain.
From the beginning, it can be said that the book contains various benefits with pictures and
sketches of various trees, insects, birds, ferns, flowers and many more. The joy of kindness, the
tenacity of curiosity and the warmth of nostalgia makes the author treat flowers, moths and
snakes filled with love for environment which is highly motivating. The main attraction of the
book is the use of metaphors at the end of every story, which indicates the charismatic and
simplistic appeal of the writing of Ruskin Bond. The author effectively recollected the charm of
the stories by feeling the magnitude of nature. Meanwhile, the book motivates readers to be
aware and curious about the surroundings by admiring nature’s bounty patiently. The inspiration
to be disciplined like the seasons, loyal like trees, swaying to the music of frogs and insects and
tenacious like the water left readers with a smile.

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Reflective report
Introduction
The primary objective of the essay is to reflect on the challenges faced while producing portfolio
pieces. Producing print as well as an online portfolio is considered as a major task for the
journalist. It will highlight the legal issues and other problems that need to be considered by the
journalist. The report will reflect on the major decisions faced when generating portfolio pieces.
Main context
While producing different pieces of the portfolio for the student magazine of the University of
Bedfordshire, a number of key decisions made. Different pieces of the portfolio such as vox pop,
tweeting of an event, magistrate court report, feature article on modern-day slavery, self-sourced
university story, self-sourced newspaper story, sports match report, crown court report and
article review are generated for publishing in the magazine of UoB. However, one of the key
decisions made in the review article is to select a book for review (Graham, 2018). ‘My favorite
nature stories’ is the book written by Ruskin Bond selected for the portfolio. Besides this, I have
to make a decision on which sports match need to attend that fits for publishing on U0B
magazine. Luton Town vs Oxford United was the local sports match held at Bedfordshire on 4th
May 2019. I have attended the match and found that football game should be published.
Furthermore, the different key decision made based on preparing the feature article on modern-
day slavery. Various facts, reports and event description are gathered for making the portfolio
suitable for the BBC news website (Hutchins and Boyle, 2017). Besides this, I have to consider
the interviewees for conducting an interview about the current topical issue prevailed in the UK.
In addition, while producing a self-sourced newspaper story, a key decision made include choose
news story that seems to be appropriate for the local newspaper but not related to the university
(Wahl-Jorgensen, 2019). Another decision made while tweeting live updates of an event and
collect evidence related to the event. During my visit to Luton Crown Court, I have taken notes
for producing a legally sound article for publishing in the newspaper. However, for producing a
legally sound article, I have visited the magistrate court in south Bedfordshire and decided to
make use of the notes taken from court to generate a legally sound article published in the local
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While producing portfolio pieces, different challenges are faced by me. One of the challenges
faced is a lack of technical skills which create problem in developing a portfolio for the student
magazine (Lee, 2016). In order to improve my technical skills, I adopt learning courses and
obtain technical training. I learn from technically expertise people and tackle the challenge of
technical skills. I have no experience in using an online portfolio and developing a portfolio for
the magazine. However, having no experience is the primary challenge in the process of
producing portfolio pieces (Lewis, Sanders and Carmody, 2019). Hence, I took support from
those who possess adequate experience in using technologies for creating portfolio pieces.
Moreover, various difficulties were faced while assessing evidence and conducting an interview
for developing the portfolio pieces. Besides this, collecting evidence for producing a portfolio is
not an easy task as it requires involvement in the event.
Another challenge faced while generating portfolio pieces for published in the magazine of the
University of Bedfordshire and the local newspaper is the presentation of visual information
(Doherty, 2016). Presenting visual information related to the event in the newspaper or magazine
seems to be difficult as I was not aware of the way or site through which information is
implemented and presented. I tackle this challenge by seeking guidance from skilled persons and
learn presentation skills to present all kinds of information in the portfolio. Besides this, too
many portfolio pieces at the same time develop the challenge to generate the pieces effectively
and successfully. Hence, I developed a strategy to handle all the portfolio pieces at a time and
efficiently tackled the challenge.
Furthermore, managing the portfolio for the publication can be considered as the other challenge
faced. I have to manage all the pieces of the portfolio in such a manner so that they appeared as
the most appropriate portfolio for published in the newspaper and magazine. The other challenge
that occurred is the misallocation of resources related to different portfolio and designing of the
portfolio for publication. Designing of the portfolio for making it suitable for the publication is
necessary for attracting the audiences. Hence, I understood to design different portfolios for
publishing in the newspaper and magazine.
Different legal issues faced while producing different portfolio pieces which involve intellectual
property, copyright, invasion of privacy and defamation (Gajda, 2019). One of the major issues
is copyright which was faced when using images or photos for portfolio related to the event. In

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order to avoid copyright issue, I seek proper permission and right for using an image of the event
and players. I conduct interviews, talk to the people and then take photos for the story. The other
legal issue faced was an invasion of privacy along with the accuracy of information. It is
necessary for the journalist to be accurate with all the information tracked down for published
online and should be complied with federal as well as state privacy laws (Coleman and Dann,
2016). Privacy issues arise when any celebrity file lawsuit against the publication for an invasion
of privacy and thus, the journalist should not invade the privacy of another person.
Defamation is the other legal issue faced by the journalist while generating portfolio for
publication (Johnson et al., 2019). It is identified that when journalists publish on the false
statement about the person or event, it shows defaming them. The best method to ignore
defamation claim includes fact check everything. It is seen that many journalists who do not like
someone, report bad things about them. Hence, the journalist must check all relevant facts and
verify them before publishing the portfolio pieces. However, access to public records is another
legal issue faced, and thus, it is beneficial to comply with complex state and federal law for
avoiding legal issues. Fair use of the content was the legal issue faced but exercising as well as
understanding fair use allows the people to engage in political and social dialogue (Krüger,
2018). With the quality fair use analysis, the people could share new ideas and perspectives.
Being a journalist, I need to consider different ethical and social issues before publishing the
story in the newspaper. Several issues like public interest, privacy, bias, balance, objectivity and
impartiality need to be considered by the journalist as these problems can cause conflict among
people (Seifert and Chattaraman, 2016). Moreover, freedom of speech, advertising practices,
defamation, obscenity and stereotyping are some of the other issues required to be considered
while producing portfolio pieces. Another important area that seems to be essential for
considering is an exaggeration. “It means that the journalist should provide evidence and facts
for supporting the headlines provided on the article or report (Carpenter, Cepak and Peng,
2018).” Besides this, it is necessary to consider the layout of the front page before printing the
report on the magazine, and one could link the headline of one story with the image of the other
for avoiding legal defamation issue.
Moreover, being a journalist, I require to consider that the photos used in the report should be
correctly captioned in order to keep the identity of the public secret. In addition, the privacy of

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the public or person linked with the event should be maintained under the privacy laws. It is
compulsory to understand copyright law, trademark law and intellectual property law for
producing effective portfolio pieces without creating any problem and disputes. The journalists
need to consider the main content of the report and budgeting for accessing intellectual property
rights. It is also required to consider rules regarding dissemination along with the creation of
photos, audio and videos for sharing online through multimedia (Brown, Czerniewicz and
Noakes, 2016).
Conclusion
The paper concludes that journalists face problems and challenges while making decisions and
producing portfolio pieces. Different key decisions are made for generating the portfolio pieces
such as selecting a book for review article, attending sports match, taking notes and collecting
facts or evidence. The portfolio pieces are formed for published in the student magazine of the
University of Bedfordshire and local newspaper. Several legal issues faced while publishing
portfolio in the newspaper which includes invasion of privacy, defamation, copyright and
intellectual property. Therefore, the journalist needs to abide by the federal and state laws for the
accuracy of the information presented in the report. Besides this, numerous challenges were
faced, such as designing of the portfolio, managing of the portfolio, assessing evidence,
conducting interviews, presentation of visual information and lack of technical skills. In addition,
the journalist require to consider other issues which contain privacy, bias, impartiality, balance,
objectivity and many more.

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Appendices
Name of the interviewees
Sally Weale - An Education correspondent
David Lee - An educationalist
Mary Seldon - A university student
William Crossan - A professor