Fall 2020 JOU 2312 3rd Class August 31,2020

1. JOU 2312
REPORTING AND WRITING
FOR TV AND RADIO
PROFESSOR MICHAEL RIZZO
DIRECTOR, JOURNALISM PROGRAM
DIVISION OF MASS COMMUNICATION
COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
AUGUST 31, 2020

2. LAST CLASS AUGUST 27
CHAPTER 1 CHANGES IN NEWS COVERAGE
STARTED CHAPTER 11
JOU 2312
REPORTING AND WRITING
FOR TV AND RADIO

3. TODAY
VO ASSIGNMENT REVIEW
MORE CHAPTER 11
JOU 2312
REPORTING AND WRITING
FOR TV AND RADIO

4. RECAP
WRITE IN CONVERSATIONAL STYLE
ATTRIBUTION COMES FIRST
ACTIVE VOICE
PRESENT TENSE – WHEN IT SOUNDS
RIGHT
VOs and VO-SOTS

5. ASSIGNMENTS:
READ CHAPTER 11 PAGES 216-221
AND
WRITE WINDSTORM VO

7.  Windstorm hits Australia's second-largest city
 Power outage occurred to 56,000 homes
 Trees brought down trees
 Three people deceased from storm
 Information came from city authorities
 Storm happened August 27, 2020
 Four-year-old boy was struck by a tree and
expired later in hospital
 A 59-year-old man was killed when a falling tree
crushed the car he was driving.
 A 36-year-old female passenger in pickup truck
on a highway died when a tree hit the truck
 Melbourne resident Jason Whittaker said he
heard a lot of wind and a lot of noise
 Power was expected to be restored to all by
1900 local time Friday
 The power failure also caused disruptions at a
water purification plant.
 Residents in 88 of Melbourne's 523 suburb
districts were advised to boil their drinking
water until further notice

8.  Windstorm hits Australia's second-largest city
 Power outage occurred to 56,000 homes
 Trees brought down trees
 Three people deceased from storm
 Information came from city authorities
 Storm happened August 27, 2020
 Four-year-old boy was struck by a
tree and expired later in hospital
 A 59-year-old man was killed when a falling tree
crushed the car he was driving.
 A 36-year-old female passenger in pickup truck
on a highway died when a tree hit the truck
 Melbourne resident Jason Whittaker said he
heard a lot of wind and a lot of noise
 Power was expected to be restored to all
by 1900 local time Friday
 The power failure also caused disruptions at a
water purification plant.
 Residents in 88 of Melbourne's 523 suburb
districts were advised to boil their drinking
water until further notice

10. www.edgestudio.com/production/words-to-time-calculator

12. YOUR :30 VO FOR
THE WINDSTORM

13. NEW VO TO WRITE

14. GO TO BLACKBOARD AND SEE
KOALA SAVED ASSIGNMENT.
YOU DON’T NEED HEADPHONES –
THE VIDEO IS SILENT.
WRITE A :30 VO USING TWO
COLUMN TV NEWS SCRIPT
TEMPLATE AND SUBMIT IT AS A
PDF IN BLACKBOARD

15. Story Information
 Baby koala’s life saved by the Werribee Open Range Zoo
 Zoo is in Werribee, Victoria
 Baby koala found in critical condition in the wild
 Baby weighed 450 grams
 Named Mini by veterinarians at zoo
 Found and brought to zoo by a registered wildlife carer who had rescued Mini after
her mother was killed by a dog.
 Baby koala was six months old when brought to zoo
 Koala drop-off was July 30, 2020
 Typical koala this age still entirely dependent on mother's pouch and milk to survive.
 Werribee Open Range Zoo Veterinary Nurse Jessie Rice provided around-the-clock
care for Mini
 Zoo showed off rescue results and efforts August 30, 2020
 Rice used a humidicrib to duplicate conditions in real koala mother’s pouch
 Rice also took baby koala home any night to provide constant care
 Baby koala’s weight has increased almost 220 grams since arriving at the zoo

16. Story Information
 Baby koala’s life saved by the Werribee Open Range Zoo
 Zoo is in Werribee, Victoria
 Baby koala found in critical condition in the wild
 Baby weighed 450 grams
 Named Mini by veterinarians at zoo
 Found and brought to zoo by a registered wildlife carer who had rescued Mini after
her mother was killed by a dog.
 Baby koala was six months old when brought to zoo
 Koala drop-off was July 30, 2020
 Typical koala this age still entirely dependent on mother's pouch and milk to survive.
 Werribee Open Range Zoo Veterinary Nurse Jessie Rice provided around-the-clock
care for Mini
 Zoo showed off rescue results and efforts August 30, 2020
 Rice used a humidicrib to duplicate conditions in real koala mother’s pouch
 Rice also took baby koala home any night to provide constant care
 Baby koala’s weight has increased almost 220 grams since arriving at the zoo

17. Story Information
 Baby koala’s life saved by the Werribee Open Range Zoo
 Zoo is in Werribee, Victoria
 Baby koala found in critical condition in the wild
 Baby weighed 450 grams
 Named Mini by veterinarians at zoo
 Found and brought to zoo by a registered wildlife carer who had rescued Mini after
her mother was killed by a dog.
 Baby koala was six months old when brought to zoo
 Koala drop-off was July 30, 2020
 Typical koala this age still entirely dependent on mother's pouch and milk to survive.
 Werribee Open Range Zoo Veterinary Nurse Jessie Rice provided around-the-clock
care for Mini
 Zoo showed off rescue results and efforts August 30, 2020
 Rice used a humidicrib to duplicate conditions in real koala mother’s pouch
 Rice also took baby koala home any night to provide constant care
 Baby koala’s weight has increased almost 220 grams since arriving at the zoo
450 GRAMS ARE APPROXIMATELY ONE POUND
220 GRAMS ARE APPROXIMATELY HALF A POUND

18. Edited VO shot list
 C/U of joey wrapped in cloth bag
 C/U of baby koala looking at camera
 Baby koala being fed using syringe
 C/U of feeding
 Baby koala eating tree leaves while being held
by the nurse
 Nurse Rice putting koala in pouch and in
container
 Baby koala sitting in cloth pouch being put into
humidicrib
 Baby koala eating leaves in humidicrib

19. WRITE TO YOUR VIDEO
THERE SHOULD BE A CONNECTION
BETWEEN WHAT THE VIEWER SEES
AND WHAT IS SAID.
IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE A PERFECT
MATCH BUT NEEDS TO MAKE
SENSE.

20. CHAPTER 11 HIGHLIGHTS
NUMBERS CAN BE TOUGH TO
FOLLOW IN BROADCAST NEWS.
WHAT DO YOU DO?

21. 10,000 = TEN-THOUSAND
1,800 = EIGHTEEN-HUNDRED
35% = 35-PERCENT
23rd = TWENTY-THIRD
5TH = FIFTH
WHEN YOU WRITE YOUR
SCRIPT...WRITE OUT MOST
NUMBERS AS WORDS.

22. USE GRAPHICS

23. HELP VIEWERS AND LISTENERS
VISUALIZE NUMBERS WITH
GOOD ANALOGIES.
THE WORLD'S LARGEST
OIL TANKER IS 15
HUNDRED FEET LONG.
THAT'S THE LENGTH OF
FIVE FOOTBALL FIELDS
PLACED END TO END.

24. IF NEEDED - WRITE OUT UNUSUAL
NAMES AND WORDS
PHO-NET-ICK-LEE
SO THERE’S NO CHANCE YOU
WILL MISPRONOUNCE WHAT YOU
WANT TO SAY.

25. HOW-stun
HUGH-stun

26. WHY NOT USE CONTRACTIONS IN
BROADCAST STYLE?
CAN’T CAN BE
MISUNDERSTOOD AS CAN
USE THE WORD CANNOT

27. VO/SOTS NEED FACTS AND A GOOD
INTRODUCTION TO A SOUNDBITE
• YOUR INTRODUCTION TO THE
SOUNDBITE SHOULD SET IT UP FOR
THE VIEWER BUT NOT TAKE AWAY
FROM IT
• DON’T SAY WHAT THE SOUNDBITE
SAYS
• COMPLEMENT THE SOUNDBITE
• DO YOU IDENTIFY THE SPEAKER IN
YOUR INTRODUCTION?
MOST TIMES: YES

28. FOR THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
READ THE HANDOUT ON VO/SOTS
THEN COMPLETE THE VO/SOT
ASSIGNMENT FOR THE KOALA
STORY IN BLACKBOARD