Steps to Writing a Story – Broadcast Journalism

1. FINISH DISCUSSING 6 Criteria: We will have a QUIZ on The Criteria of Newsworthiness and name phrases tomorrow.

2. Hand out Bob Dotson books and talk about writing unit:

3. Steps to Writing a Story – Broadcast Journalism

1. Find a intrest and information.
- find an age and audience
-Intrest the information.
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2. Find an angle.
-A different way to approach the story
-Taking a look at the topic from a different angle
-summarize in 3 words-subject verb object
3. Collect Information.
-Find three experts for this story.
-What interview queations should i ask
-Research the person
4. Conduct the interview.
-Sound bit A piece of audio that can stand alone
-ask open-ended questions
-have the person restate the question in the interview
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5. Shoot your reporter _______________ _________.
-Shoot your reporter stand-up
-have a good idea what the story is about
-stand up should provide info that the auience doesnt know
-use stand u for transition from one point to the next
-NO FIRST PERSON
- IN MIDDLE OF STORY
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6. Organize your _______________.
-What quotes should i use?
-How can i organize the quotes to tell a story
-what are my golden nuggets?
-Sprinkle the nuggets through out the story
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7. Write ______________ in your story.
-write th segues in your story
-use words that tie info together
-what other info can i add to the story?
-can the story stand on its own
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8. Write the ________________ and __________________ of your story.
-write body 1st
-best sound bites for the beginning and end
-paraphrase soundbyte at the beginning
-leave them with strongest soundbyte at the end
-leave them with hope.
9. Write the anchor ______________ and ________________ (if necessary).
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10. Collect ___________ to add to your story (throughout steps 4-9)
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