This document provides guidance for students on covering breaking news events like press conferences. It discusses preparing for news conferences by researching the topic and people involved. At the event, students should record the conference, get cutaway shots of other media, and look for visuals to include in their story. When writing the story, they should focus on the most newsworthy or impactful information announced, using quotes and adding context between. The story should typically end with a stand-up connecting back to the event. An example video is provided for reference. The assignment is to cover the governor's upcoming COVID-19 news conference and produce a 2-minute package from home.

1. JOU 4702
BROADCAST NEWS
REPORTING PRACTICUM
PROFESSOR MICHAEL RIZZO
SPRING 2020
MARILLAC 428
APRIL 8, 2020

2. JOU 4702
BROADCAST NEWS
REPORTING PRACTICUM
Last class – April 1
Features

3. JOU 4702
BROADCAST NEWS
REPORTING PRACTICUM
Today
Breaking news at news
conferences

4. RECAP
FEATURES CAN BE ABOUT THINGS BUT
FIND THE PERSON BEHIND THE THING
FOR YOUR STORY
PEG YOUR STORY TO THE RELEVANT NEWS
OF THE DAY
APPLY STRONG PRODUCTION VALUES
AND WRITING SKILLS TO MAKE YOUR
FEATURE VERY ENGAGING

5. COVERING BREAKING NEWS AT
NEWS CONFERENCES
NEWS CONFERENCES ARE CALLED TO PRESENT
THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT OF SOMETHING.
GET READY – BE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT
WHAT THE NEWS CONFERENCE IS ABOUT.
DO RESEARCH, KNOW THE PERSONS WHO
WILL SPEAK, GET BACKGROUND INFORMATION
ON THE TOPIC THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED.
THINK AHEAD ABOUT FILE VIDEO OR OTHER
VISUALS YOU NEED FOR YOUR TV NEWS STORY.

6. RECORD THE NEWS CONFERENCE FOR YOUR
BROADCAST NEWS STORY
GET CUTAWAY SHOTS OF OTHER MEDIA
WATCHING THE NEWS CONFERENCE IN
BETWEEN ANSWERS
LOOK FOR OTHER VISUALS AT THE EVENT
FOR YOUR TV NEWS STORY: GRAPHS,
PHOTOS OR POSTERS PUT ON DISPLAY

7. WHEN YOU WRITE YOUR STORY FOCUS
ON THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OR IMPACTFUL
THING ANNOUNCED.
FORGET THE PUBLIC RELATIONS SPEAK –
FOCUS ON THE NEWS
LOOK FOR THE NEWEST NEWS THAT’S
ANNOUNCED. LOOK FOR EMOTION IN
WHATEVER IS SAID.

8. BREAKING NEWS CAN COME OUT AT
ANY TIME IN A NEWS CONFERENCE.
TAKE GOOD NOTES EVEN IF YOU ARE
RECORDING THE EVENT.
WHAT’S YOUR LEDE?
BEGIN WITH THE MOST NEWSWORTHY
THING SAID OR MOST DRAMATIC ACTION
THAT YOU CAPTURED ON VIDEO AT THE
NEWS CONFERENCE.

9. LET THE BODY OF YOUR STORY USE
THE MOST APPROPRIATE SOTs FROM
THE NEWS CONFERENCE. ALLOW TIME
MULTIPLE SOTs IF POSSIBLE.
YOU AS THE REPORTER ACT AS A BRIDGE
BY TELLING FACTS BETWEEN THE SOTs
FROM THE NEWS CONFERENCE.
FOCUS ON WHAT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT
IS COMING UP NOIT JUST ON THINGS
THAT HAVE HAPPENED

10. TYPICALLY END YOUR STORY BY DOING
A STAND-UP THAT ADDS ANOTHER FACT
RELATED TO THE NEWS CONFERENCE.

11. DOING A STAND-UP
FIND A LOCATION THAT CONNECTS WITH
YOUR STORY IF POSSIBLE. WHEREVER YOU
ARE, EXPLAIN BRIEFLY WHY YOU ARE
THERE. IT MAY BE A SIMPLE STATEMENT
LIKE HERE IN NEW YORK OR A BIT MORE
DETAILED LIKE HERE OUTSIDE THE
THE MAYOR’S OFFICE…

12. THIS PKG SHOWS HOW A REPORTER COVERED A NEWS CONFERENCE
AND CONNECTED HIS STAND-UPS TO WHAT WAS THE ANNOUNCED
AT THE NEWS CONFERENCE. YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW HOW HE
PRESENTED OTHER FACTS ABOUT THE NEWS CONFERENCE.
THIS VIDEO IS IN BLACKBOARD UNDER THE CONTENT TAB FOR OUR COURSE.

13. THIS KGO-TV PKG SHOWS HOW A REPORTER FROM HOME COVERED
A NEWS STORY. HE ACCESSED WHAT LOOKS TO BE A ZOOM STYLE
“NEWS” CONFERENCE FOR SOME OF HIS SOTS. FOLLOW HOW HE
PRESENTS HIS FACTS, THE VISUALS HE USES TO TELL THE STORY
AND HOW HE DOES HIS “STAND-UP” CLOSE.
THIS VIDEO IS IN BLACKBOARD UNDER THE CONTENT TAB FOR OUR COURSE.

14. ASSIGNMENT FOR APRIL 15, 2020
WATCH AND RECORD THE GOV. CUOMO NEWS
CONFERENCE TODAY APRIL 8, 2020. WRITE,
TRACK AND PRODUCE A 2:00 PKG FROM YOUR
HOME ON THE EVENT.
SEE THIS ASSIGNMENT UNDER THE
ASSIGNMENTS TAB FOR JOU 4702
FOR MORE DETAILS.