NIGHT NEWS

We start with TV6.
Charlene Stuart, we heard Mariano Browne say his name when he was sworn in. No need to say "Mr Browne as he was sworn in...". Your colleague Sasha Mohammed often uses that style.

Whose idea was it to rehash those soundbites from Dr Hamza Rafeeq and Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj from Rebekah's funeral from Sunday? This is 7pm Monday, more than 30 hours after the event. What was the earth-shattering content in those soundbites that had to be used again??? And if it was so important, why wasn't it used on Sunday at 7pm???
And to whoever wrote the story, your institutional memory should have kicked into high gear to point out the irony of Dr Rafeeq calling for a return to the death penalty when his colleague Mr Maharaj has been a vocal opponent of this in recent times.

Miss John and her "sair-rees" (series).

Sharmilla Persad's "special series" on crime figures is strikingly similar to the report done by Denyse Renne in the weekend Express, complete with how many people were allegedly killed by police officers this year.
Was it a collaboration, as in Sharmilla voiced Denyse's story? Then you need to say so, and add "You can read more on that story in tomorrow's Express." Otherwise Sharmilla you needed to flesh out the report much more.
The impact on relatives is missing completely. Why didn't you start with some natural sound of a crying relative, or a police siren, or something other than your voice? It's a special report, not a regular news story. Do something special with it!
And isn't the music that was used at the end a piece that is used for some other report during the week?
Finally your stand up needs work. What were you wearing?

Your colleague Shabaka Kambon needs some pronunciation lessons. Shabaka what is "em-blah-zoned"? And "albeit" is NOT pronounced "al-be-it" as in the R&B singer Al B. Sure.

And Samantha the south policeman in the news is Chandraban Maharaj, NOT Chandra.

Marcia Braveboy over at CNC 3, you and Sharmilla need some wardrobe tips to help improve your stand ups. Here is a suggestion: http://www.dressmenow.com/shape.htm