JOU 2312 MARCH 19 2020 CLASS

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

2. LAST CLASS MARCH 16
INTERVIEWING
JOU 2312
REPORTING AND WRITING
FOR TV AND RADIO

3. TODAY
MORE ON INTERVIEWING
JOU 2312
REPORTING AND WRITING
FOR TV AND RADIO

4. Recap
Make ALL but especially LIVE
interviews flow like a
conversation that reveals
information the audience needs
to know

7. MAKE QUESTIONS OPEN
ENDED WHENEVER POSSIBLE
GO TO ASSIGNMENTS IN BLACKBOARD
AND SEE THE ENTRY DIRECT VS OPEN
ENDED QUESTIONS
CHANGE THE QUESTIONS THERE TO
OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS

8. BROADCAST INTERVIEWS

9. BROADCAST INTERVIEWS

10. BROADCAST INTERVIEWS

11. RADIO

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

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

14. WHAT MAKES RADIO UNIQUE AS
A BROADCAST MEDIUM?
ALL ABOUT SOUNDS
THEATER OF THE MIND
AUDIENCE CAN BE MULTITASKING
WHILE LISTENING

15. WHY IS RADIO NOT THE POPULAR
MEDIUM IT WAS IN THE PAST?
MOST PEOPLE THINK OF RADIO FOR MUSIC
AND THERE ARE BETTER CHOICES
FOR WHERE TO GET YOUR MUSIC TODAY
TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON SOUND (AND
VOICES)
VERY NICHE DRIVEN
JUST LISTENING (WITH NO VISUALS) FOR A
LONG TIME MAY NOT BE ENGAGING

16. 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

17. RADIO NEWS SCRIPTS ARE WRITTEN IN
CAPS EXCEPT FOR THE VERBATIM OF
ACTUALITIES.
RADIO NEWS SCRIPTS ARE ALSO
WRITTEN ACROSS THE FULL PAGE.
NO TWO-COLUMN SCRIPT TEMPLATE IS
USED.