Writing an excellent news script requires a lot of elements. It should include information, proximity, and should be impactful as well. Apart from these elements, a news script should be accurate, balanced, objective specified, clear, and current in a precise manner.

1. GENERATIONS
10 STEPS/BEST
PRACTISE FOR
NEWS SCRIPT
hello@propelguru.com +1-604-256-0821

2. What is News Script?
➢ News Script is more than a general script.
➢ There is a difference between other stories(a shot story, play drama, book) and news story.
➢ In other cases major informations are in the middle of the stories but in the news script all
major informations are mentioned in the starting only.
➢ It is a piece of news, means piece of information about the event or oddity.
➢ The scripts need to be precise.
➢ It should contain information.
➢ It should follow the rule of proximity because people take more interest if the news is from
their nearby location, and
➢ The most important thing is it should be impactful.
hello@propelguru.com +1-604-256-0821

3. Characteristics Of
News Script
News script is a lot harder than you might think
because it needs to cover all the characteristics
of news like -
➢ Accuracy
➢ Balance
➢ Objectivity
➢ Concise
➢ Clear
➢ Current
hello@propelguru.com +1-604-256-0821

4. ➢ News needs to be fresh, if it is one or two hour old then may be considered stale.
➢ The maximum length of the news story is two minutes and normal length is 30 second.
➢ Slang and colourful phrasing are not permitted in this kind of stories.
➢ Should be written in the present tense
➢ Don't put the time element in news stories
➢ Deadlines are imminent
hello@propelguru.com +1-604-256-0821
Characteristics Of News Script

5. 1. What? What happened? What is the event?
2. When ? when it occurred? At what time it took place?
3. Where? The place where the incident occured?
4. Who? The persons involved in the incident.
5. Why? The reason of that particular issue.
6. How? The sequence of the event or incident.
hello@propelguru.com +1-604-256-0821
Content Of News

6. ➢ Be particular while writing for your broadcast audience
➢ Try to connect with your audience
➢ Use the present tense
➢ Use more and more active voice
➢ Be specific with the numbers
➢ Write in a conversational style
➢ Keep it simple
➢ Write for the pictures
➢ Always present your story in a logical way
➢ Write your script that force the viewers to tune in the next episode
hello@propelguru.com +1-604-256-0821
Ten Strategies Should keep in mind
While doing Scriptwriting

7. Be particular while writing for your broadcast audience
➢ Always keep in mind while writing that you are writing for the ears so you need to use
the words wisely.
➢ Try to use ear friendly words
Use more and more active voice
➢ Scripts written in passive voice can be less interesting and jumbles up to your audience,
they are awkward to read, and they tend to be longer.
hello@propelguru.com +1-604-256-0821

8. Try to connect with your audience
➢ While writing a tease or lead ask yourself: Will this story make people want to stay
around? Or does it give too much of the story away?
➢ If viewers or listeners do not have any kind of emotional connection to it, they are going
to tune out.
Use the present tense
➢ You're writing for flow and to express what is going on now. So, you should always try to
write it in present tense. Broadcast strives for immediacy.
hello@propelguru.com +1-604-256-0821

9. Write in a conversational style
➢ You should not only focus on giving the information or writing with the aim of
spreading information but you should also focus on writing in conversational style
Be specific with the numbers
➢ Ears cant handle a large series of numbers at once. So be very careful while
providing big numbers.
hello@propelguru.com +1-604-256-0821

10. Write for the pictures
➢ TV scripts are written according to the videos. Don't write any longer than the story or
pictures says.
Keep it simple
➢ Avoid jargons. Avoid most multiple-syllable words, words that are tough to pronounce
and long, convoluted sentences.
hello@propelguru.com +1-604-256-0821

11. Always present your story in a logical way
➢ Make sure that your story content consists of a beginning, a middle and an ending. Don't
bury the lead; state the news near the top, without too much buildup.
Write your script that force the viewers to tune in the next
episode
➢ A good news story script ends by telling the audience what will happen next. Always
inform in the way that ends up informing that you have to be there in the segment to
know the next part.
hello@propelguru.com +1-604-256-0821

12. Some tips you should keep in you mind while writing:
1. You have to be creative in the story you are narrating.
2. Be careful and sensitive in how you convey your story in sad subject matters.
3. Don’t log every sound byte if you know you are not going to use it. Only take sound bytes
that are relevant to the direction of your story.
4. Always feel free to modify the format of your script if you feel it makes it easier to
understand.
hello@propelguru.com +1-604-256-0821

13. hello@propelguru.com +1-604-256-0821
Some tips you should keep in you mind while writing:
5. If you work for a news script, then you must be working on a strict deadline as you
have to
deliver fresh news. So, you must have a command on writing scripts quickly and efficiently.
6. Always put effort in structuring titles that are unique and best expresses your story.
7. Whenever you are writing the script, divide it in two columns. On the left side, write
videos

14. THANK
YOU
hello@propelguru.com +1-604-256-0821