Fall 2020 JOU 24th Class November 12, 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 November 12, 2020

2. LAST CLASS – NOVEMBER 9
ETHICS
JOU 2312
REPORTING AND WRITING
FOR TV AND RADIO

3. TODAY
NEWS WRITING FOR RADIO
JOU 2312
REPORTING AND WRITING
FOR TV AND RADIO

4. RECAP
NEWS ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD
DEVELOP ETHICAL THINKING AMONG
THEIR EMPLOYEES
WORDS MATTER IN NEWS WRITING
BE CONCISE, ACCURATE AND
APPROPRIATE IN THE WORDS IN YOUR
NEWS SCRIPT

5. Source: Nielsen Audio RADAR 141, June 2019, publicly available via Radio Advertising Bureau.
PEW RESEARCH CENTER

7. Source: Nielsen Audio RADAR 141, June 2019, publicly available via Radio Advertising Bureau.
PEW RESEARCH CENTER

8. WHAT MAKES RADIO UNIQUE AS
A BROADCAST MEDIUM?

9. • RADIO IS ALL ABOUT SOUND
• THE SOUND(S) SHOULD CREATE A
THEATER OF THE MIND FOR THE
LISTENER
• RADIO LETS THE AUDIENCE BE
MULTIFUNCTIONAL WHILE
LISTENING

10. WHY IS RADIO NOT THE POPULAR
MEDIUM IT WAS IN THE PAST?

11. • THERE ARE BETTER CHOICES THAN
RADIO FOR MUSIC
• IT’S ONLY ABOUT THE AUDIO
• RADIO IS VERY NICHE DRIVEN
• JUST LISTENING (TO A STORY OR
INTERVIEW) FOR A LONG TIME
WITHOUT SEEING ANYTHING MAY
NOT BE VERY ENGAGING

12. KEY RADIO NEWS TERMS:
• ACTUALITY - RADIO TERM FOR A SOUNDBITE -
EDITED PORTION OF A RECORDED INTERVIEW
• R-O-S-R - PRONOUNCED ROSE-UR – MEANS
RADIO ON SCENE REPORT - RADIO EQUIVALENT
OF A TV LIVE SHOT.
• VOICER - A RECORDED REPORT THAT CONTAINS
NO ACTUALITIES.
• WRAP – RADIO EQUIVALENT OF A TV NEWS
PACKAGE – A REPORTER TELLS THE STORY AND
INCLUDES ACTUALITY(S) AND/OR NAT SOUND

13. RADIO NEWS PRODUCTION IS
DIFFERENT THAN TV NEWS

14. • RADIO ACTUALITIES TYPICALLY RUN ONLY
ABOUT :10
• RADIO R-O-S-Rs AND WRAPs TYPICALLY
ONLY RUN ABOUT :45-:55 (TV PKGS
USUALLY ARE 1:30-2:00 IN LENGTH)
• RADIO VOICERs TYPICALLY ONLY RUN
ABOUT :25-:35 (VOs IN TV CAN RUN :15,
:30, :45 OR 1:00)

15. RADIO NEWS SCRIPTS ARE ALSO
WRITTEN IN CAPS EXCEPT FOR THE
VERBATIM OF ACTUALITIES BUT
WHY WOULD RADIO NEWS SCRIPT
PAGES BE DIFFERENT FROM THE
TV NEWS SCRIPT TEMPLATE?

16. RADIO NEWS SCRIPTS ARE WRITTEN
ACROSS THE FULL PAGE.
NO TWO-COLUMN SCRIPT TEMPLATE
IS USED IN RADIO NEWS.

23. FOR MONDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2020
WRITE A :35 VOICER ON THE STORY
FACTS IN BLACKBOARD.
YOU CAN WRITE IT DIRECTLY INTO
BLACKBOARD.
WRITE AN ANCHOR INTRO AS WELL
BUT NO SIGNOFF IN YOUR SCRIPT
IS NEEDED.
-MORE

24. FINISH OR IMPROVE YOUR
COMMUNITY CENTER / WHITMIRE
PKG IF NEEDED
READ/WATCH THE MATERIALS ON
PODCASTING THAT WILL BE POSTED IN
BLACKBOARD AND BE PREPARED TO
APPLY THE CONCEPTS PRESENTED IN
THE HANDOUTS

25. STAY WELL
AND
STAY SAFE