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Week 7: Journalism 2001

Week 7: Journalism 2001. March 10, 2008. Announcements. Spring break next week! Any big plans?. Review of last week’s news. Hard News: (murders, city council, government, etc.) Major local stories Major national/international stories Major sports stories Soft News:

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Week 7: Journalism 2001

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  1. Week 7: Journalism 2001 March 10, 2008

  2. Announcements • Spring break next week! • Any big plans?

  3. Review of last week’s news • Hard News: (murders, city council, government, etc.) • Major local stories • Major national/international stories • Major sports stories • Soft News: (retirements, school programs, human interest) • Local stories • National/international stories • Sports stories

  4. Duluth News Tribune Layoffs • Editor Rob Karwath Column: • In tough times, we must be strong leaders

  5. Oops!

  6. Hard News 1 Stories • Interesting stories! • A lot of red marks: Next story will be easier… • Hopefully constructive criticism that will help you write your next story • Watch style errors • Dates, titles, numerals, spelling of names • Many used quotes effectively • High up in story, direct and indirect • Need full names of sources, source list! • One sentence summary lead the strongest • Need attribution or reads as fact/opinion • Punctuation inside quote marks • “Blah blah blah,” she said.

  7. The shortfall of funding for the benefit packages of retired city workers is the most important issue facing newly elected Mayor Don Ness and all of Duluth, according to many citizens of the city. After multiple interviews of students from the UMD food court on the mayor’s performance since election, Mayor Don Ness appears to be making little to no impression upon young student voters at UMD.

  8. What’s missing in these leads? Don Ness has been the focus of conversation around Duluth since last fall’s mayoral election, and Duluth residents are confident that he will bring new ideas and significant change from the previous Bergson administration. Canal Park citizens look to new mayor, Don Ness to focus on creating more opportunities for both locals and tourists while in office. With a new mayor in town some local college students are hoping to see changes, while others haven’t even noticed the new faces in office.

  9. We’ll rewrite the stories later tonight!

  10. Hard News 2 Story:Due Friday, March 14 • Any problems? • What meetings covered?

  11. Community Journalism Reporting Assignment • Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12 • No more than three paragraphs, 200 words • Include 5Ws and H • Email to: lkragnes@d.umn.edu • Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area • Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover • Central Hillside • Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara • Congdon Park • Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James • Duluth Heights: Kayla • East Hillside/Endion: Jenna • Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross • Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake • Lincoln Park/West End • Park Point: Chelsea, Amber • Piedmont Heights • West Duluth: Matt, Cory B. • Woodland: Nichole, Josh • Final story due: April 14

  12. Chapter 16: Broadcast Writing • Radio Station Organizational Chart

  13. Television station organizational chart

  14. National television networks • CNN: • http://www.cnn.com/ • CBS: • http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/home/main100.shtml • ABC: • http://abcnews.go.com/ • MSNBC: • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ • Fox: • http://www.foxnews.com/

  15. Local television stations • KBJR/KDLH • http://www.kbjr.com/ • Joel Runck story • WDIO • http://www.wdio.com/ Successful alumni/students - Amy Rutledge

  16. WDIO-TV Tour

  17. Dan Rather • Dan Rather stepped down as anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News March 2005, 24 years after his first broadcast in that position. His last broadcast as anchor was March 9, 2005, the 24th anniversary of when he assumed the position from Walter Cronkite.

  18. Rather’s impact on television news

  19. Who replaced Dan Rather as the permanent CBS anchor? • Peter Jennings • Katie Couric • Sam Donaldson

  20. Broadcast Style • Numbers • Simplify complicated numbers: approximately, more than, about, almost • Vary wording to help announcer, listener • Spell out numbers under 12 • Use a hyphenated combination of numerals and words to express thousands • Use round numbers: • $2,001,894.46: slightly more than two million dollars

  21. Broadcast writing websites • Newswriting for Radio: • http://www.newscript.com/ • Writing for Broadcast: • http://www.udel.edu/UDWI/other/writing_for_broadcast.html • National Association of Broadcasters • http://www.nab.org/ • Radio-Television News Directors Association & Foundation • http://www.rtndf.org/

  22. Checklist for broadcast writers • Write the way you talk • Write simply • Use short words and short sentences • Use active verbs and sentences • When in doubt, leave it out • Don’t raise questions you don’t answer • Put attribution before quote

  23. Writing for radio • “Wrap” • Reporter wraps words or sentences around one or more major soundbites • Also called a donut, with news story around the “hole” where the story is placed • Blind lead-in • Introduces a taped excerpt from a news source • Does not signal that a soundbite follows • Wrap-up • Signals end of story

  24. Broadcast journalism checklist • Understand technology • Learn to perform • Keep soundbites short and frame them appropriately • Emphasize the last sentence of a story • Approach television as a unique medium • Learn to think visually • Make sure that the words match the pictures • Approach radio as a unique medium • Strong appeal to the imagination

  25. Broadcast newswriting characteristics • Immediacy • Use present tense as much as possible • Avoid yesterday’s story; update yesterday’s story • Conversational style • Write the way you talk • Tight phrasing • Conversational style without being wordy • Clarity • Write simply, OK to repeat words

  26. Radio websites • Live radio broadcasts from around the world • http://www.broadcast-live.com/radionews.html • KDAL • http://www.kdal.am/

  27. Ethics Case Study Strange Bedfellows: Federal agents in a TV newsroom • http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/aiding-law-enforcement/strange-bedfellows/

  28. Would you let the federal agents into the news editing room? • Yes • No

  29. Chapter 8: Special Leads • Non-breaking news story or feature • Narrative • Contrast • Staccato • Direct-address • Question & quote • “none of the above”

  30. Narrative Leads Puts readers into the middle of the action • Lead block: Observation the key! • 2 or more paragraphs leading to main point • Nut graph • “So what” paragraph • Keep the story going

  31. Examples of narrative leads http://www.d.umn.edu/~lkragnes/beargrease1.html

  32. Contrast Leads • Compares, contrasts • Old & new • Short & tall • Yesterday & today • Turn words: • Now, today, yesterday, this year, but • Hard news or a feature

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