This document outlines the key points from a journalism class on reporting and writing for TV and radio. It discusses interviewing techniques, creating engaging radio news reports using sound, and writing concisely for broadcast in a professional style. The class will move to an asynchronous format, with the professor posting reading assignments from the textbook and instructions for applying concepts to improve writing for radio and television.

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 19
INTERVIEWING
JOU 2312
REPORTING AND WRITING
FOR TV AND RADIO

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

4. Recap
Journalism interviews:
inquisitive, professional,
using open ended questions
Radio is about sound and making
news reports engaging

5. BROADCAST INTERVIEWS

6. Radio
All stories typically shorter than
television news presentations
Need sounds – your voice, other
voices, nat sound, sometimes
effects like music
Create mental images for
the listener through sound

7. Peter Haskell
Sophia Hall
Pat Farnack and Peter Haskell
Kevin Rincon

9. It all comes back to good broadcast
writing
NEVER MODIFY THE WORD "UNIQUE“ –
NOTHING IS VERY UNIQUE. ITS JUST UNIQUE
NOT SURE OF AN EXACT NUMBER?
DON’T SAY “SOME.” SAY “ABOUT”
NO: SOME 300 PEOPLE ARE…
YES: ABOUT 300 PEOPLE ARE...

10. IF PEOPLE DON'T USE IT IN EVERYDAY
CONVERSATION, DON’T USE IT IN A SCRIPT.
EXAMPLES OF WORDS AND PHRASES TO
AVOID: AMONGST, WREAKED, TRYING TO
DETERMINE, DETAILS ARE SKETCHY, THIS AS
BETTER:
WITH OR BETWEEN, CAUSED, FIGURING OUT,
LITTLE IS KNOWN, NOW

11. A COMMITTEE IS SINGULAR
THE COMMITTEE HAS A LIFE OR A HEAD
NOT LIVES OR HEADS
INDIVIDUALS HAVE LIVES AND HEAD
DON’T USE WORDS LIKE WEATHER-WISE
IT’S TOO CASUAL.
WRITE AND SPEAK PROFESSIONALLY
THE SAME IS TRUE FOR YOUR
NO: FOR YOUR WEDNESDAY
BETTER: TODAY, TOMORROW OR ON
WEDNESDAY Adapted from RTDNA, To Improve Your Writing, Avoid Anchor-peak

12. FOR THURSDAY MARCH 26, 2020
AIMING FOR ASYNCHRONOUS CLASS
ELIMINATING THIS KIND OF CLASS SESSION.
WE WILL FOLLOW THE COURSE OUTLINE.
I WILL POST DETAILS ON PAGES IN CHAPTER 17
OF THE TEXTBOOK TO READ
I WILL ALSO POST INSTRUCTIONS ON
APPLYING BROADCAST SKILLS AND CONCEPTS
RELATED TO THE TEXT CONCEPTS

13. NOW
GO TO BLACKBOARD AND DO THE
ASSIGNMENT: REWRITING
SENTENCES IN BROADCAST STYLE