Competition Field
Newscasting's Field
Price : IDR 650000 /
person(s)
This field of competition offers a platform for developing one's capacity and potential to work as a professional news anchor.
- Main achievement : Champion, 1st Runner Up, 2nd Runner Up
- Side achievement : Best News Reading (will be scored based on preliminary round I)
- Place : BINUS University, Jakarta, Indonesia
Rounds :
1. Preliminary Round I (News Reading)
Delivering one hard news (refer to topics such as political, economic, and international affairs, and business news) and one soft news (refer to topics such as entertainment, celebrity, and lifestyle) is required. They must reassemble the items into a polished script. Perform the news like an influential news anchor after that.
- The participants must deliver one hard news (refer to topics such as political, economic, and international affairs, and business news) and one soft news (refer to topics such as entertainment, celebrity, and lifestyle) that is provided below. They must reassemble the items into a polished script. Perform the news like an influential news anchor after that.
- The participants will be given 3 minutes to prepare themselves.
- When preparing, participants are allowed to make any notes/script and bring it to the performing room.
- The maximum performance duration is 3 minutes.
- Eligible for 70 participants.
Soft News :
Max Verstappen claims fifth-straight victory by winning Italian Grand Prix
Max Verstappen tightened his grip on the Formula One drivers’ championship with victory ahead of Charles Leclerc at the Italian Grand Prix. It was Verstappen’s fifth-straight victory and his first at the Italian Grand Prix – much to the displeasure of the Ferrari fans who packed out Monza and were hoping for a Leclerc win. The Dutchman now leads the driver standings by 116 points and could mathematically wrap up the title at the next race in Singapore. Boos rang out around Monza as Sunday’s race finished behind a safety car after Daniel Ricciardo had stopped on the track with five laps remaining. It meant Leclerc, who trailed Verstappen having taken an extra pit stop, was unable to mount a challenge on his rival in the closing stages.
Throughout the race, however, it became apparent that Verstappen had the superior speed having climbed from seventh on the grid. “It was just controlling the gap at the end when the safety car came out,” Verstappen said in his post-race interview. “Unfortunately, we didn’t get a restart, but overall we had again a really good day.” The Red Bull driver had to serve a five-place grid penalty after taking a new power unit component, but he quickly made light work of the drivers between him and pole-sitter Leclerc. He had moved into second place ahead of Mercedes’ George Russell by the fifth lap and then took the lead as Leclerc pitted when a virtual safety car was deployed on lap 12.
Verstappen swapped tires himself on Lap 26 to hand the lead back to Leclerc, who pitted for a second time seven laps later. That gave Verstappen a lead of around 20 seconds, and his victory was eventually confirmed as the race finished behind the safety car. “The start was very good, I had a clean chicane,” Verstappen added. “Then I could quickly get back into my rhythm and get into second. “It was really good on the tires, it was really enjoyable to drive today even though it was quite hot out there. A great day for us.” A solid race for Russell saw him complete the podium behind Leclerc, while Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz and Mercedes Lewis Hamilton, both having started at the back of the grid following power unit penalties, surged through the field to finish fourth and fifth.
Despite his gutsy performances, Hamilton is now mathematically unable to win the F1 title as he sits an unassailable 167 points behind Verstappen in the standings. Williams’ Nyck de Vries, a late replacement for Alexander Albon who is undergoing treatment for appendicitis, finished ninth on his F1 debut and was awarded the Driver of the Day accolade.
CNN. (2022, 9 11). Max Verstappen claims fifth-straight victory by winning Italian Grand Prix. pp.
Max Verstappen claims fifth-straight victory by winning Italian Grand Prix | CNN
Hard News :
Japan’s economy shrinks for the first time in a year
Japan’s economy unexpectedly shrank for the first time in a year in the third quarter, stoking further uncertainty about the outlook as global recession risks, a weak yen and higher import costs took a toll on household consumption and businesses. The world’s third-biggest economy has struggled to motor on despite the recent lifting of Covid curbs and has faced intensifying pressure from red-hot global inflation, sweeping interest rate increases worldwide and the Ukraine war.
Gross domestic product fell an annualized 1.2% in July-September, official data showed, compared with economists’ median estimate for a 1.1% expansion and a revised 4.6% rise in the second quarter. It translated into a quarterly decline of 0.3%, versus a forecast 0.3% growth. On top of being squeezed by a global slowdown and soaring inflation, Japan has been dealing with the challenge of the yen’s slide to 32-year lows against the dollar, which has magnified cost-of-living strains by further lifting the price of everything from fuel to food items. “The contraction was unexpected,” said Atsushi Takeda, chief economist at Itochu Economic Research Institute, adding that the biggest aberration were the larger-than-expected imports. “But the three key pillars of demand - consumption, capital expenditure and exports - remained in positive territory, if not robust, so demand is not as weak as the headline figure shows.”However, the risks to Japan’s outlook have risen as the global economy teeters on the brink of recession.
Economy Minister Shigeyuki Goto said a global recession could hit households and businesses. At home, policymakers and citizens are bracing for a potential eighth wave of the Covid pandemic, adding to the gloom for private consumption which makes up more than half of the Japanese economy. In the third quarter, private consumption grew 0.3%, a touch above consensus estimate for 0.2% growth but slowing sharply from the second quarter’s 1.2% gain. “Growth should turn positive in Q4, amid a rebound in inbound tourism and a smaller trade deficit, but the eighth virus wave and rising inflation will limit the recovery,” said Darren Tay, Japan Economist at Capital Economics.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government is stepping up support for households to try to ease the effects of inflation, with 29 trillion yen ($206.45 billion) in extra spending in the budget. The Bank of Japan has also maintained its ultra-loose monetary stimulus program to help revive the economy. Capital Economics’ Tay sees a tough 2023 for Japan. “As for 2023, Japan will be dragged into a mild recession in H1 by a global downturn that will weigh on exports and business investment.”
CNN. (2022, 11 14). Japan’s economy shrinks for the first time in a year . pp.
Japan's economy shrinks for first time in a year | CNN Business
2. Preliminary Round II (Team player)
A news anchor often will have to work with other news anchors to deliver news. So in this round the participants will have to work together
- The participants will be divided into 2 person per team
- Each team will receive 2 articles that will be decided prior to the competition.
- The participants will have to re-compose the article
- The participants will be taking turns while delivering the news. The first person will deliver the first article and then the other person will deliver the second article.
- When preparing, participants are allowed to make any notes/script and bring it to the performing room.
- The participants will be given 10 minutes to prepare themselves.
- The performance duration is 5 minutes.
- 30 participants will move on to the next round.
3. Quarter Final (News Flash)
A news anchor must be ready to report any situation in the fields. So, in this round the participants will have to deliver a news flash. Based on the oxford dictionary a news flash is a single item of important news that is broadcast separately and often interrupts other programs.
- There will be two articles (a main news article and a breaking news article) that will be shown to the participants in the preparation room. Later on, in the performing room, the committee will present a video about the main news. Then, the participants have to change the focus into the breaking news video.
- Participants should deliver the main news article then continue to deliver the breaking news for a total of 5 minutes. But the participants don’t know the specific time of the main event and breaking news is separated.
- When preparing, participants are allowed to make any notes/script and bring it to the performing room.
- Each participant is given 7 minutes to prepare for the quarter final round.
- Each participant is given 5 minutes to perform with the breaking news in the middle.
- Eligible for 30 participants.
4. Semi Final (Talk Show)
In this round, participants will be given the challenge to do a conversation with a special guest with the objective to explore and get information from them. Meanwhile, they should also build a comfortable and conducive atmosphere in the talk show.
- Participants will be given a CV and Resume of the special guest at the preparation room.
- Participants are expected to create a talk show based on the guest’s CV and Resume.
- When preparing, participants are allowed to make any notes/script and bring it to the performing room.
- Each participant is given 10 minutes to prepare for the talk show.
- Each participant is given 8 minutes to conduct the talk show.
- Eligible for 10 participants.
5. Final Round (Live Report)
The best news anchor must be exceptionally skilled at covering breaking news live on camera. Participants will have to do a live report about The 2023 Asian English Olympics. They will do their live report in the hall and there will be a camera following them in order to broadcast it to the judges in the performing room. Additionally, a guest will be on hand for an interview. While interviewing the guest, they must improvise and think quickly.
- Briefing for the round including and the details about the interviewee will be held in the preparation room.
- Participants will have to report the news (regarding The 2023 AEO) in the main hall and it will be broadcasted to the judges. In the performing room, the judges will see the broadcast of the live report that the participants are doing downstairs. The shooting will be supported by BinusTV
- After that, participants will be given an interviewee to be interviewed for gathering more information regarding the situation.
- Each participant is given 10 minutes to prepare for the live reports.
- Each participant is given 10 minutes for the live report.
- Eligible for 5 finalists.
- The interviewee will be provided by committee.
Rules :
- The participants are allowed to make notes in the preparation room and are allowed to bring their notes when performing.
- The participant has to be alone and cannot receive any guidance from someone else (coaching, friend, teacher, etc).
- If the participants have already been given a topic, they are prohibited from leaving the preparation room to prevent any form of cheating.
- 3 points will be deducted for each of violations, such as discriminating/insulting explicitly or implicitly any ethnicity, nation, and religion.
- 3 points will be deducted for explicit content as well like pornography (for example mentioning about two people having an intercourse or describing some sensitive body part exaggeratedly)