JOU 2312 MARCH 30 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
MARCH 30, 2020

2. LAST CLASS MARCH 26
CHAPTER 17 - PROFILES
JOU 2312
REPORTING AND WRITING
FOR TV AND RADIO

3. TODAY
CHAPTER 18 - SPEECHES AND
MEETINGS
JOU 2312
REPORTING AND WRITING
FOR TV AND RADIO

4. RECAP
FIND THE NEWSWORTHINESS OF THE
PERSON YOU ARE REPORTING ON
SHOW DON’T JUST TELL
FOCUS ON TURNING POINTS AND
G-O-A-LS

5. MARCH 30, 2020 ASSIGNMENT
READ PAGE 348 BEGINNING WITH
COVERING THE MEETING
THROUGH PAGE 356

6. SPEECHES, NEWS CONFERENCES
AND MEETINGS
AS A BROADCAST REPORTER
YOU NEED TO APPLY THE
SAME PREPS AND RESEARCH
FOR COVERING THESE EVENTS
AS PRINT REPORTERS PLUS…

7. YOU NEED TO CONSIDER THE
VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDINGS
WHERE WILL YOU SET UP YOUR
VIDEO CAMERA?
WHERE WILL YOU PLUG IN
YOUR MICROPHONE?
CAN YOU MOVE AROUND?

8. HOW SHOULDN’T YOU REPORT
ABOUT MEETINGS?
DON’T MAKE YOUR STORY A
A TIMELINE STORY: RECOUNTING
THE MEETING FROM START TO FINISH
DON’T REPORT ON EVERYTHING
DON’T MISS THE DRAMA
FOCUS ON THE MOST IMPACTFUL
ASPECT OF THE MEETING.

9. DO NOT MAKE THE FOLLOWING
STYLE YOUR LEAD
(SEE NEXT SLIDE)

10. THE FORTY-FIRST
ANNUAL NATIONAL
ECOLOGICAL
ENGINEERING
CONFERENCE MET
YESTERDAY AT THE
KANSAS UNION.
THEY DISCUSSED
SOLUTIONS TO
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROBLEMS.
w/s of meeting
Meeting coming
to order
Graphic of agenda

11. FOCUS ON IMPACT
FOCUS ON DRAMA
FOCUS ON THE RESULT OF THE
MEETING THAT PEOPLE
WOULD CARE ABOUT
OR IS EMOTIONAL

12. WATCH THE FOLLOWING STORY
ON A MEETING RELATED
TO RENTERS AND LANDLORDS

14. WRITING NOTES:
BOARD IS A COLLECTIVE NOUN AND
TAKES A SINGULAR VERB
(THE BOARD “IS” NOT “ARE”)
WRITE IN CONVERSATIONAL AND
PROPER BROADCAST STYLE TITLES
BEFORE NAMES:
MAYOR JOHN SMITH

15. FOR SPEECHES, CONSIDER WHAT KEY
DETAILS TO REPORT. YOU CANNOT
REPORT EVERYTHING.
DEFINITELY PROVIDE MOST NOTABLE
COMMENTS (THINK WHAT’S
NEWSWORTHY AND WHAT
AUDIENCE NEEDS TO KNOW!) AND
INCLUDE AUDIENCE REACTION

16. LIKE WITH MEETINGS:
FOCUS ON THE MOST IMPACTFUL
COMMENTS OR THE MOST
MEMORABLE ASPECT OF THE
SPEECH
WATCH THE NEXT TWO TV NEWS
STORIES COVERING A SPEECH MADE
BY PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN IN
BERLIN IN THE 1987

17. This video is in BlackBoard under the Content Tab for our course.

19. MARCH 30 CLASS ASSIGNMENT
WATCH THE VIDEO ATTACHED TO THE ASSIGNMENT IN BLACKBOARD
ON A BRANFORD CT DROWNING INCIDENT NEWS CONFERENCE.
WRITE A 1:15 REPORTER PKG SCRIPT AS IF YOU COVERED THIS.
STORY TODAY.
IMAGINE THE NEWS CONFERENCE WAS AT 5 P.M. MONDAY MARCH
30 AND YOUR PKG IS FOR TONIGHT'S MARCH 30, 2020 11 P.M.
NEWSCAST.
PROVIDE A VERBATIM OF THE SOT(S) YOU USE AND DESCRIBE THE
VIDEO OR VISUALS YOU WOULD SHOOT FOR AND SHOW IN YOUR
STORY IN THE PROPER PLACE IN YOUR SCRIPT. USE THE TWO
COLUMN TV NEWS SCRIPT TEMPLATE WHICH IS
ON BLACKBOARD UNDER THE CONTENT TAB.
THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT YOUR SCRIPT IS 12 NOON ON THURSDAY
APRIL 2, 2020.