How the Morning Meeting works
- 23 Oct 06, 11:15 AM
Our daily editorial meeting is open to you. If you'd like to take part, read on....
When?
We meet at 1100GMT (will help you to find out what that will be in your country) from Monday to Friday and we're a reasonably punctual bunch. If we do slip one way or the other, I'll apologise in advance - but, whatever the time, if we're meeting, it'll say so here on the blog.
Where?
WHYS's main home is in a, shall we say, cosy room at the home of the 大象传媒 World Service, Bush House. So the bulk of the team work here, while one of us sits with at the 大象传媒 in West London. Of course, wherever you are, you can join the meeting online.
How do I join the meeting?
If you'd like to see what we're talking about and of course tell us what you think should make the programme, please post here, email us or call into the meeting on 00 44 20 7557 0635. We're also looking into using and . If you'd like to join the meeting that way, let us know.
What do we talk about?
It's a combination of talking through the ideas you've suggested to us, and the debates and stories we've spotted on news programmes and sites around the world. At the end of it, we'll have decided which stories or issues are going to make the running order.
How can I contribute?
You're welcome to tell us one story idea and why you think it should make the programme, or just join us to give your perspective on the stories and issues we're already aware of.
What are the criteria for getting a story on air?
The pre-requisite for a story on World Have Your Say is that it's got people talking. It might be a global talking point such as our debate on the relative importance of your state and your religion... or it can be a story which has got a single country talking such as the shooting at a Canadian school in September... if it's important to people, it'll have a very good chance of making the show.
All that said, we only have an hour on World Have Your Say so sometimes stories won't make it because there just isn't room. We'd rather do one story well than squeeze two into the same amount of time.
And that's about it. Hopefully we'll welcome you to a meeting soon.
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today is united nations day:
with kofi out and ban ki-moon in, what's the future of the united nations?
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Try talking about something useful like the amount of bloody imports of people we have in our Country. You cannot go into any major town now without hearing some messed up Russian being spoken. Over loaded the Health serice, our schools our Police.
Talk about something that matters for a change
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NHS Waiting Lists. Despite what Tony Blair is telling us about NHS waiting lists, my father's recent visit to the Audiology Department of his local NHS hospital beggars belief. He is 85 years old and following an audiology test was told that he needs to wear hearing aids. He was then told that the waiting list is 18 months!! What a disgrace for someone who has worked all his life.
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I'm sorry I can't join your morning meeting to suggest my show topic, but I'm afraid 1100 GMT is far too early for me to be awake here in Lincoln, Nebraska. In light of today's election - not knowing what the results will be - I thought it might be interesting to hear what people in the U.S. and around the world thought about the fact that the amount of hatred between America's two main political parties has grown over the past six years. And I'm not talking just about the hatred between Democratic and Republican politicians - I'm talking about one half of Americans hating the other half. Now, I am only 24 years old and may not therefore be old enough to remember worse times, but it seems to me that the degree of animosity between those subscribing to Republican views and those subscribing to Democratic views has increased dramatically during the reign of President Bush. The terms "conservative" and "liberal" have come to be hurled around slanderously, as if the very terms themselves were obscene in nature. I spent the last three years of my life living in Tennessee (a VERY republican state) and I can assure you most certainly that "liberal" is a very "dirty" word indeed in the minds of most residents of the South. I would pose these questions to World Have Your Say listeners: Is it possible for Americans to put their personal political beliefs aside and work bipartisanly for the good of all Americans or is it really necessary for one party to affect disdain for the other in order to achieve success? Does one side really need to hate the other in order for us to be motivated enough to make changes to our lives? Or is it wrong for politicians to suggest - as President Bush/Karl Rove/Dick Cheney among others have - that the world must be viewed in terms of black and white? I would love to hear world opinion on this issue, but even if you don't choose this as a show topic, rest assured I will continue to be a devoted listener to the 大象传媒. I appreciate all the hard work 大象传媒 employees do to bring objective news programming to the world. Keep up the good work!
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please focus on USA's legal high skilled immigration in your programmes. For more details visit
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Following the spate of suicides by Japanese students, the government has asked schools to tackle the problem of bullying in schools. Considering that Japanese students are often high achieving but also high pressured, what balance should be struck between expectation of results and the social welfare of a student.
I felt throughout my degree that I wasn't pushed hard enought, however other students were often very stressed and suffered illness from heavy workloads. Is there a solution to this?
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The GMT1100 in a GMT -7 timezone would be a bit too early for me as well (despite having posted a comment at that time the morning before).
As for a topic: In its current state, many people would say that the Iraq war was unjustified and a complete waste of lives, resources, and stability. However, what would such people say if it was a resounding success? It's very easy to be the general after the war, and in all prior wars, WWII being a notable example, there were many opponents of involvement. If the invasion of Normandy was a complete bust, would it have scarred the minds of future leaders, making them very hesitant to be involved in international conflicts?
Also, what does the Iraq war mean for future international involvement. Currently nobody is willing to step into places like Darfur, or Palestine, or other troubled regions because of personal risk. The UN resolutions are toothless because of this.
So the real question is: what does a war like the Iraq war mean for the willingness of nations to engage in the international sphere?
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