Kath’s News Report Proposal
Music festivals boom-booming despite economic crisis
The issue I have chosen to research and develop for my news report is the growing popularity of music festivals, despite the current worldwide economic crisis. I will mainly focus on the success of Victorian music festivals, particularly the upcoming Falls Festival in Lorne, but will also briefly discuss similar international events including the Open’er festival, held annually in Poland. My article will detail the recent trend away from recorded music towards live music and the consequent surge in demand for festival tickets, and the commercial benefits of music festivals for festival organisers, artists and audiences.
One documentary source I will use to write my news report is the June 2009 edition of Business Life magazine, which features an article about the economic aspect of music festivals. Another documentary source I will use is an article that was published in the online edition of Billboard magazine on 10 April 2009 titled “Music Festivals Not Feeling Economic Pinch”.
I have also organised an interview with Melbourne student Noemie Le Coz, an avid festival goer, and I will also interview Pascal Buensoz, who works as a jazz festival organiser in the Rhône-Alpes region of France.
The main news values in my story will be of proximity (including cultural proximity, due to readers’ common interests in music, and financial proximity, because the economic crisis has had such an immense impact on the world), continuity (because of the continual coverage of economic news in the media, and the frequent staging, reporting and reviewing of music festivals in Melbourne) and personalisation (because readers will be able to identify with the issues discussed, including the world’s economic situation and saving money by attending numerous acts at festivals instead of individual shows).
