Fall 2020 JOU 2312 18th Class October 22, 2020

1. JOU 2312
REPORTING AND WRITING
FOR TV AND RADIO
Professor Michael Rizzo
Director, Journalism Program
Division of Mass Communication
Collins College of Professional Studies
Presentation for October 22, 2020

2. LAST CLASS – OCTOBER 19
ZOOM INTERVIEW ASSIGNMENT WORK
JOU 2312
REPORTING AND WRITING
FOR TV AND RADIO

3. TODAY
ZOOM INTERVIEW REVIEW
PROFILE STORIES
JOU 2312
REPORTING AND WRITING
FOR TV AND RADIO

4. RECAP
MAKE YOUR FINAL PRODUCED STORY
LOOK AND SOUND GREAT
THAT STARTS BEFORE YOU GET TO
EDITING
PREPARE BY DOING RESEARCH
BE READY FOR THE UNEXPECTED
SET UP YOUR ZOOM INTERVIEW
PROPERLY

5. AT THIS POINT WE WOULD HAVE
REVIEWED YOUR SOT-VO-SOT-Vos
WE’LL DO THAT IN OUR OCTOBER 26
CLASS SESSION

6. BROADCAST NEWS PROFILES
PLAN
RESEARCH
FIND WHAT’S NEWSWORTHY
FOCUS ON ACCOMPLISHMENTS - THAT’S
PROBABLY WHY THE PERSON IS
NEWSWORTHY – BUT DON’T FORGET
THE CHALLENGES OR FAILURES THEY
HAD AS WELL

7. THINK VISUALLY BEFORE YOU DO
YOUR STORY
HOW CAN YOU “SHOW” WHO
THIS PERSON IS AND NOT JUST
“TELL” IT?

8. REVEAL SOMETHING IN YOUR
STORY:
STRENGTHS OR WEAKNESSES
SHORTCOMINGS AND SUCCESSES
USE YOUR WORDS AND VISUALS
TO SET THIS PERSON APART FROM
OTHER PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
EXPLAIN WHAT MAKES THEM
UNIQUE.

9. DIG THE FACTS THAT MAKES VIEWERS
WANT TO WATCH AND HEAR ABOUT
THIS PERSON’S LIFE AND WORK.

10. FOCUS ON TURNING POINTS IN THE
PERSON’S LIFE
TELL THE PATTERNS IN THE PERSON’S
LIFE
TELL THEIR DECISIVE MOMENTS
GET THEM TO TELL ABOUT THEIR
FUTURE

11. THERE ARE TWO PROFILE PKGs BY
CBS NEWS’ STEVE HARTMAN POSTED
ON BLACKBOARD WITH THIS
PRESENTATION.
ONE IS ON JASON BROWN
THE OTHER IS ON: BRYAN HENDERSON
WATCH THEM.
BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS AND
ANALYZE THEM IN OUR OCTOBER 22
SESSION

13. FOR MONDAY OCTOBER 26, 2020
READ PAGES 325-329 OF THE TEXT AND
THEN PAGE 331 (STARTING WITH
ORGANIZING THE PROFILE) TO PAGE 333
REVIEW YOUR SHERRELL WHITMIRE PKG
HOW COULD IT BE REWORKED INTO A
PROFILE APPLYING THE CONCEPTS IN THE
TEXT? BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS, DEFEND
AND APPLY WHAT YOU DEVELOP

14. STAY WELL
AND
STAY SAFE