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News for Radio and TV

News for Radio and TV. News for Radio and TV. Selection of News. Timeliness Information, not Explanation Audio or Visual Impact. Timeliness. timeliness. The news must be up-to-the-minute. News that is more than an hour or two old may be too stale for the broadcaster. timeliness.

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News for Radio and TV

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  1. News for Radio and TV News for Radio and TV

  2. Selection of News • Timeliness • Information, not Explanation • Audio or Visual Impact

  3. Timeliness timeliness • The news must be up-to-the-minute. • News that is more than an hour or two old may be too stale for the broadcaster. timeliness

  4. Information information • Simple • Straightforward • 20 to 30 seconds (max. 2 mins.) • Story – 10 secs.; actuality – 5 secs. (radio) information

  5. Audio or Visual Impact visual • Pictures • Footages audio

  6. Characteristics of News • Accuracy • Clarity • Conversational • Immediate • Conciseness • Color • Deadlines

  7. Characteristics of News • Should you avoid using pronouns? • Should you avoid repeating proper nouns? • Is it okay to break the rules of grammar? • Is it okay to use slang?

  8. Characteristics of News • The president said Tuesday that he will support some limited tax increase proposals when Congress reconvenes this week. • The president says he’s up for higher taxes.

  9. Characteristics of News • Why should a time element be omitted? • Should adjectives and adverbs be eliminated?

  10. Characteristics of News • Should active verbs be used? • Should broadcast writers use the passive voice?

  11. Characteristics of News • Should broadcast writers vary sentence length? • How will you inject color into a broadcast story?

  12. Story structure Dramatic Unity Climax Cause Effect

  13. Story structure Climax Lead What

  14. Story structure Cause Why Circumstances

  15. Story structure Effect Context Insight = story’s meaning

  16. Radio News Formats VOICER • A story without actualities or soundbites VOICER

  17. Radio News Formats soundbite • Sound effects from the event that is being covered (i.e. someone speaking, crowd noise, gunshots) soundbite

  18. Radio News Formats Wrap-around • News anchor • Story • Reporter (story, soundbite, tag line) Wrap-around

  19. Radio News Formats minidocu • 1 min. to 15 mins. • Several soundbites, a variety of sources (interviews, noise, music) • News anchor (lead-in) minidocu

  20. Television News Formats • Reader – anchor/reporter; no visual or audio aid; may have a slide or graphic in the background

  21. Television News Formats • Voiceovers – An anchor or reporter speaks over the tape to talk about what the viewer is seeing.

  22. Television News Formats • Voiceover to Soundbite – An anchor or reporter speaks over a videotape that includes some talking.

  23. Television News Formats • Package stories • Anchor (lead-in) • Story and reporter • Video, soundbites, VO, stand-up (A reporter explains some element of the story or summarizes the entire story.) • Max. – 2 ½ minutes

  24. Television News Formats • Live Shots – An anchor will introduce a reporter who is shown live at the scene of some news event. • Choices: stand-up, interview, videotape, answer questions from the anchor

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