9-13-11 Writing a Story
Friday's assignment: Watch 30 minutes of the news and do a news log (story, time, criteria of newsworthiness). This must be posted to your blog before class begins on Friday.
10 Steps to Writing a Story – Broadcast Journalism
1. Find a topic.
- Sports
- Theater
- Know your audience
2. Find an angle.
- Ask questions based on your angle
- You can change your angle
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3. Collect information / data.
- Anything relevant
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4. Conduct the interview.
- Always interview 3 people
- Interview experts
- At least 3 questions each
- Open ended questions, how, why
Soundbite - A piece of audio that can stand on it's own
5. Shoot your reporter stand up.
- The one time the reporter appears on camera
- Should appear in the middle
- Usually appears as a transition
6. Organize your soundbites.
- Choose location
- Choose order of interviews
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7. Write segues in your story.
- Transitions
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8. Write the ins and outs of your story.
- What the anchor says going in and coming out
- Communication between reporter and anchor
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9. Collect b-roll to add to your story (throughout steps 4-9)
- All video footage you can use for your story
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*Steps 4-8 in your story are called the a-roll.
- All the audio in your story
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