1. Find Topic
About?
Who is your audience?
Why is story important?
2. Find an Angle
What is important about your topic?
What should the reader learn?
Summarize in 3 words: Subject, Verb, Object
3. Collect Information
Who are the experts for this story?
Do you need opposing points of view?
what interview questions should i ask?
What other research must be done to complete story.
4. Interview
Ask open ended questions.
Get good sound bytes. A Piece of Audio That Can Stand Alone
Have the person restate the question in the interview
5. Shoot your reporter Stand-Up
Should have good idea what story is about
Stand-Up should provide into that audience doesn't know
Use Stand-Up for transition from one location to the next
No first person
Monday, November 30, 2009
Steps to Writing a Story
6. Organize your sound bytes
What quotes should i use?
How can i organize the quotes to tell a story?
What are my gold nuggets?
Sprinkle the nuggets throughout the story!
7. Write Segues in your story
Use words that tie the interviews together.
What other info can i ass to the story?
Can the story stand on its own?
8. Write the Beginning and End of your story
Write body first
Best sound bytes for beginning and end
Paraphrase a sound byte at the beginning
Leave them with strongest sound byte at end
Leave them with hope
9. Write in and outs
What should the anchors say to introduce my story or bring it to a close? No scoop went to find out.
How should the story begin and end?
Use attention getters at the introduction but avoid rhetorical questions?
A-ROLL
Anything said in story
Anchor In
Stand-Up
Interviews
Segues
Close
Anchor Out
B-Roll
How can video enhance my story?
Make a list of items you would liked photographed.
How should I edit the audio and video together to enhance my story?
Should other enhancement like music, graphics, eggects be used?
Monday, November 30, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Notes on Broadcast Journalism Law/Ethics
1. What are the 5 freedoms of the 1st amendment?
Speech, religon, petition, assembly, press
2. What is the Tinker Standard?
Student speech cannot be censored as long as id does not "materially disrupt class work or involve substantial diorder or invasion of the rights of others."
3. What is the Frasier Standard?
Because school officials have an "interest in teaching students the boundaries of socially appropriate behavior," they can censor student speech that is vulgar or indecent, even if it does not cause a "material or substantial disruption."
4. What is the Hazelwood Standard?
Censorship of school-sponsored student expression is permissible when school officials can show that is is "reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns."
5. What is the Frederick Standard?
January 2002, Olympic torch travels through town... Principal Morse cancels school... Senior Frederick unveils banner on the sidewalk across street which reads "Bong Hits 4 Jesus"... Suspended for 10 days... School won because the violation occured on a school authorized field trip...
6. What is the definition of libel?
Hurts someones reputation,Published, False Statement.
Speech, religon, petition, assembly, press
2. What is the Tinker Standard?
Student speech cannot be censored as long as id does not "materially disrupt class work or involve substantial diorder or invasion of the rights of others."
3. What is the Frasier Standard?
Because school officials have an "interest in teaching students the boundaries of socially appropriate behavior," they can censor student speech that is vulgar or indecent, even if it does not cause a "material or substantial disruption."
4. What is the Hazelwood Standard?
Censorship of school-sponsored student expression is permissible when school officials can show that is is "reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns."
5. What is the Frederick Standard?
January 2002, Olympic torch travels through town... Principal Morse cancels school... Senior Frederick unveils banner on the sidewalk across street which reads "Bong Hits 4 Jesus"... Suspended for 10 days... School won because the violation occured on a school authorized field trip...
6. What is the definition of libel?
Hurts someones reputation,Published, False Statement.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Criteria of New's Worthyness Notes
Definition:
Define “Broadcast Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.
Production of current events that are news worthy that are sent via television, radio or internet to the public.
List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.
TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1. Significance- an event that effects a large amount of people.
Hurricane
2. Timeliness- events that happen today.
Wild game
3. Prominance- famous or important people.
Brett Favre
4. Unusualness- events that dont happen very often
Man bites dog
5. Proximity- care about things that are close to us
weather and traffic
6. Human intrests- appeals to emotions
baby puppies are saved
What are the differences between print journalism and broadcast journalism?
1.Broadcast journalism is current.
2.Print journalism can go much more into detail.
3.Print journalsim- you can control what you want to.
Why has online journalism (convergent media) become so popular?
Best of both world, detailed, fast, video
Define “Broadcast Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.
Production of current events that are news worthy that are sent via television, radio or internet to the public.
List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.
TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1. Significance- an event that effects a large amount of people.
Hurricane
2. Timeliness- events that happen today.
Wild game
3. Prominance- famous or important people.
Brett Favre
4. Unusualness- events that dont happen very often
Man bites dog
5. Proximity- care about things that are close to us
weather and traffic
6. Human intrests- appeals to emotions
baby puppies are saved
What are the differences between print journalism and broadcast journalism?
1.Broadcast journalism is current.
2.Print journalism can go much more into detail.
3.Print journalsim- you can control what you want to.
Why has online journalism (convergent media) become so popular?
Best of both world, detailed, fast, video
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