HMCS Max Bernays Pre-Deployment Brief (May 2024).pptx
Fall 2020 JOU 2312 8th Class Presentation September 17, 2020
1. JOU 2312
REPORTING AND WRITING
FOR TV AND RADIO
Professor Michael Rizzo
Director, Journalism Program
Division of Mass Communication
Collins College of Professional Studies
September 17, 2020
2. LAST PRESENTATION - SEPTEMBER 14
MORE ON REPORTERS’ PKGS
BANKSY REVIEW
JOU 2312
REPORTING AND WRITING
FOR TV AND RADIO
4. RECAP
PKGs ARE ABOUT THE STORY BUT
ALSO ABOUT YOU
TELL A STORY – DON’T INSTRUCT
USE ALL THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO
MAKE IT INTERESTING TO WATCH
AND LISTEN
5. COURSE PROJECT UPDATE
YOU HAVE A CHOICE FOR YOUR
COURSE PROJECT WORK
1) PARTICIPATE IN AS-L PROJECT THAT
WILL INVOLVE SEVERAL INTERVIEWS
VIA WEBEX AND STORIES TO
WRITE/REPORT/PRODUCE
2) PARTICIPATE IN WEBSITE PROJECT
8. KEEP IT SIMPLE
GET OUT OF THE WAY – THE STORY
IS NOT ABOUT YOU
TELL LITTLE STORIES IN YOUR STORY
LET THE PERSON IN THE STORY
TELL THE STORY AND YOUR
WORDS CONNECT THEIR COMMENTS
DETAILS AND FACTS
DELVE BENEATH THE SURFACE
TELL LITTLE STORIES IN YOUR STORY
9. HOW YOU WRITE YOUR BROADCAST
STORY LEAD DEPENDS ON THE STORY
FOR BREAKING NEWS / HARD NEWS:
WRITE A SUMMARY LEAD BUT
ALWAYS IN A PROFESSIONAL
CONVERSATIONAL STYLE
10. DON’T WRITE THIS:
TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD
MATT THOMAS WAS
ARRESTED FOR THE
SHOOTING DEATH OF
EIGHTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD
MARY SMITH NEAR THE
CHASE BANK AT 4505
EAST FLETCHER AVENUE
AT ELEVEN A-M.
11. THIS IS BETTER:
A QUEENS FAMILY IS
DEVASTATED TONIGHT
AFTER AN ELDERLY
WOMAN IS SHOT TO
DEATH IN
BROAD DAYLIGHT.
THE MAN ACCUSED OF
KILLING EIGHTY-NINE
YEAR-OLD MARY
SMITH IS NOW UNDER
12. BROADCAST LEADS DEPEND ON THE STORY
YOU HAVE MORE OPTIONS FOR
IMPORTANT STORIES BUT NOT
WHAT YOU’D CALL BREAKING NEWS
13. WRITE TO CONNECT WITH YOUR VIEWER BY
CONVERSING ABOUT THE IMPACT AND AFFECT
OF WHAT YOUR STORY IS ABOUT
YOU MAY WANT TO INVEST
IN THE LATEST
SMARTPHONES AVAILABLE
FOR SALE BECAUSE THEY
HAVE NEW SECURITY
PROTECTIONS WHEN YOU
SURF THE INTERNET.
14. HAVE TRAVEL PLANS THIS
WEEKEND? YOU MAY
WANT TO RE-THINK THEM
ONCE YOU HEAR HOW
NEW EFFORTS ARE BEING
MADE TO CHECK ON
TRAVELERS THAT COULD
SPREAD THE COVID VIRUS.
15. THROUGHOUT YOUR STORY, ALWAYS
WRITE FOR THE EAR.
IN THE BODY OF YOUR STORY, USE
DIFFERENT RESOURCES TO KEEP
VIEWERS INTERESTED: GOOD
WRITING AND SPEAKING PROPERLY
BY YOU, CHANGING VISUALS,
SOUNDBITES, GRAPHICS, NAT SOUND
AND YOUR STAND-UP BRIDGE IF YOU
HAVE ONE.
16. AVOID QUOTE KICKERS TO END STORIES
IN BROADCAST REPORTING.
YOU THE REPORTER SHOULD
BE THE LAST VOICE/FACE HEARD
OR SEEN.
AND DON’T END WITH CLICHÉS!
17. DECIDE YOUR ENDING AFTER YOU
WRITE THE LEAD AND BODY
ENDINGS
CIRCLE BACK
ADD ONE MORE FACT
LOOK AHEAD
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20. YOUR VERSIONS
DESCRIBE THE FIRST THING A VIEWER
SEES IN YOUR STORY – EITHER VIDEO
OR A STAND-UP (AND SAY WHERE
THE STAND-UP WOULD BE)
THEN READ THE LEAD OF YOUR SCRIPT
21.
22. ASSIGNMENT FOR MONDAY
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
NOTHING TO WRITE BUT YOU DO NEED
TO WATCH/READ THE HANDOUTS
THAT ARE POSTED UNDER THE CONTENT
TAB FOR OUR COURSE TITLED:
VISUAL STORYTELLING
BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS THOSE VIDEOS
IN MONDAY’S WEBEX SESSION