This document provides information about writing radio scripts in the Philippines. It begins by listing 5 sources on the topic, including tips from NPR and the BBC on writing effective radio scripts. It then discusses the different types of news stories for radio, including straight news/hard news stories which focus only on essential facts in an impartial manner, and features which provide more in-depth storytelling and context. Features for radio can include news features, profiles, trend stories, and live reports. The document also provides examples of each type of story and highlights some key differences between hard news and feature writing styles for radio.

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1. Macadam, Alison. Pagsasanay sa NPR. Ano ang hitsura ng isang script sa radyo? [Online]
Marso 9, 2015. [Sinipi noong: Abril 19, 2017.] Nakuha mula sa training.npr.org.
2. Gilson, Dave. Ang Media Education Center. Pagsulat ng isang Radio Script. [Online] [Sinipi
noong: Abril 12, 2017.] Nakuha mula sa wiki.williams.edu.
3. Mga Produksyong Nimic. Mga tip para sa Pagsulat ng isang Mabisang Radio Script. [Online]
[Sinipi noong: Abril 12, 2017.] Narekober mula sa nimic.com.au.
4. BBC Writers Room. Pagsulat ng Drama sa Radyo. [Online] [Sinipi noong: Abril 19, 2017.]
Nakuha mula sa bbc.co.uk.
5. Brewer, David. Mga tip para sa pagsusulat ng mga script ng balita sa radyo. [Online]
December 5, 2011. [Sinipi noong: Abril 13, 2017.] Nakuha mula sa mediahelpingmedia.org.
Typesof newsstories– WritingforStrategicCommunicationIndustries(pressbooks.pub)
Straight news/Hard news
Stories that report only the most essential information in a concise and impartial
manner are referred to as straight or hard news stories. This type of story typically
follows the inverted pyramid style, which organizes information by descending order
of importance or places the most newsworthy information at the beginning of the
article. This style will be discussed in more detail below. Examples of hard news
stories include those about political topics and crime.

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Features
The primary difference between a feature story and a straight news story is the style.
A feature article is more in-depth than a traditional hard news article and uses the
types of storytelling devices and details that you might find in novels. Feature stories
are considered soft news and do not focus merely on the basic facts.
Writers typically have more flexibility to use a wider range of formats, provide rich
descriptions, and include scene-setting anecdotes. Features often are given more space
on the page and are accompanied by pictures, illustrations, graphics, maps, and other
visual components. A profile of an athlete or a political figure is an example of a
feature article. The characteristics of feature writing will be explained further in the
next chapter.
Just as there are different kinds of hard-news stories in journalism, there are
several types of feature stories. Often described as "soft news," a feature story
doesn't deliver the news directly, as a hard-news story does. A feature story, while
containing elements of news, aims to humanize, add color, educate, entertain,
and illuminate, says Media-Studies.ca. These stories often build on news that was
reported in a previous news cycle.
Examples of feature stories include news features, profiles, spot features, trend
stories, and live-ins. Feature stories can be found in the main news section of a
newspaper, especially if they profile a person or group currently in the news. But
they are also likely to be found in sections farther back in the paper—in lifestyles,
entertainment, sports, or business sections. They also can be found in other news
formats, such as radio, television, and the Internet.

3. News Feature
The news feature is just what the name implies: a feature article that focuses on a
topic in the news. News features are often published in the main news, or "A"
section, or the local news, or "B" section, of a paper. These stories focus on hard-
news topics but aren't deadline stories. They bring a softer writing style to hard
news. These articles often are people stories, focusing on individuals behind the
news, and they often seek to humanize a set of statistics.
A news feature could claim, for example, that a community is experiencing a
methamphetamine epidemic. It would begin by citing facts such as arrest
statistics from local, state, or federal authorities or treatment numbers from area
hospitals and drug counselors. Then it might include quotes and information
from people involved in different aspects of the story, such as police, emergency
room doctors, drug counselors, and meth addicts.
This kind of feature story focuses not on a single crime, drug-induced death, or
meth-related arrest; instead, it briefly tells the story of one or more of the above-
mentioned characters, such as recovering meth addicts. The news feature seeks to
put a human face on a crime statistic to bring the story to life for readers and
inform them of potential problems with the issue.
There are several important differences between feature articles and traditional
news stories. Features typically are longer. Also, while traditional stories use a
summary lead, feature stories use delayed leads or begin with an anecdote. The
writing style is different. Traditional news articles tend to paraphrase information
rather than state it verbatim, while feature articles use many quotes and emotional
cues, focusing more on showing the reader what’s going on instead of telling. In this
video, Chris Davey, assistant vice president formedia and public relations at The
Ohio State University, summarizes some of the differences between traditional news
stories and feature stories and provides general tips fornews writing.