Week 3 - News Story Seeing is Believing While we can easily become engaged in a print news story that is well-written and tailored for a specific audience, the ability of television to “show us” the news is something that has given it the edge over print news media for decades. Traditional radio also provides us with the “storytelling” aspect where we may find ourselves sitting in the car hanging on to every word of a great news story. This week, you will write a broadcast script for a television news story and for a radio news story. The television script and the radio script will both be designed for the delivery of a story that is 5 minutes in length. Topic and Sources of Information:  The issue that you choose to write about must be current and have some relevance for your local community, city, and/or state. You must derive the information for this story from  print media only . You will need to read several print publications for mention of the story and take notes of the facts of the story from several national publications. For this assignment you must: Adhere to the  Broadcast Script Template Summarize facts and/or statistics that are relevant to the story Develop the story for the local audience Compare two opposing opinions about the topic Provide proper attribution for all sources of information included (facts, statistics, images/video, and opinions). Incorporate at least three visual elements to enhance the television story Incorporate at least three indirect quotes (citing other sources) to enhance the radio story A list of each of the sources must be included using the  Media News Source Template Saving Your Work:  To maintain the formatting of your work, you are strongly encouraged to save your assignment as a PDF file. View  Saving a Word Document as a PDF  for steps on how to do this. Check it!  Your print news stories must be submitted through Grammarly and Turnitin prior to submission. Carefully review the  Grading Rubric  for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment. TEMPLET  Television Broadcast Story Script Broadcast Network: WTTM Program Title: The Farm Report Name: Teresa Taylor Moore Topic: Common Core Time: 2 minutes TIME VISUAL ELEMENT AUDIO Inthis column, insertnumberofsecondsor minutes for each vision/audio portion of the story. Inthis column,describe the images (piecesofvideo) thatbest representtheaudio onthe right handside. You will indicate whether they are graphics, video, of if you will be onscreen delivering the story. Remember that everything here must align to the time frame on the left and the audio on the right. Each visual element should be included in a separate gray area of the template. Inthis column you will adapt the written story to be broadcast. Keep in mind that some of the language will need to be modified from the written story to go with the visual elements that come along with video and to fit the time frame. If there will be audio that goes .

1. Week 3 - News Story
Seeing is Believing
While we can easily become engaged in a print news story that
is well-written and tailored for a specific audience, the ability
of television to “show us” the news is something that has given
it the edge over print news media for decades. Traditional radio
also provides us with the “storytelling” aspect where we may
find ourselves sitting in the car hanging on to every word of a
great news story. This week, you will write a broadcast script
for a television news story and for a radio news story. The
television script and the radio script will both be designed for
the delivery of a story that is 5 minutes in length.
Topic and Sources of Information:
The issue that you choose to write about must be current and
have some relevance for your local community, city, and/or
state. You must derive the information for this story from
print media only
. You will need to read several print publications for mention of
the story and take notes of the facts of the story from several
national publications.
For this assignment you must:
Adhere to the
Broadcast Script Template
Summarize facts and/or statistics that are relevant to the story
Develop the story for the local audience
Compare two opposing opinions about the topic
Provide proper attribution for all sources of information
included (facts, statistics, images/video, and opinions).
Incorporate at least three visual elements to enhance the
television story
Incorporate at least three indirect quotes (citing other sources)
to enhance the radio story
A list of each of the sources must be included using the
Media News Source Template

2. Saving Your Work:
To maintain the formatting of your work, you are strongly
encouraged to save your assignment as a PDF file. View
Saving a Word Document as a PDF
for steps on how to do this.
Check it!
Your print news stories must be submitted through Grammarly
and Turnitin prior to submission.
Carefully review the
Grading Rubric
for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
TEMPLET
Television Broadcast Story Script
Broadcast Network:
WTTM
Program Title:
The Farm Report

3. Name:
Teresa Taylor Moore
Topic:
Common Core
Time:
2 minutes
TIME
VISUAL ELEMENT
AUDIO
Inthis column, insertnumberofsecondsor minutes for each
vision/audio portion of the story.
Inthis column,describe the images (piecesofvideo) thatbest
representtheaudio onthe right handside. You will indicate
whether they are graphics, video, of if you will be onscreen
delivering the story. Remember that everything
here must align to the time frame on the left and the audio on
the right. Each visual element should be included in a separate
gray area of the template.
Inthis column you will adapt the written story to be broadcast.
Keep in mind that some of the language will need to be
modified from the written story to go with the visual elements
that come along with video and to fit the time frame. If there
will be audio that goes along with the video where you will not
be speaking, be sure to describe that here. So, if you are
speaking you indicated reporter.
10 seconds
Graphic
·
Image of a chart that details the number of farmers in the
United States
Reporter

4. ·
According to a recent report, number of farm families in the
United States is on the rise. What we find most surprising is the
young age of farmers.
10 seconds
Cut to Reporter
Reporter
·
Tonight we will introduce you to two young farmers who are
breaking ground in the industry.
Radio Broadcast Story Script
Broadcast Network:
WTTM
Program Title:
The Farm Report
Topic

5. : Common Core
Time
: 90 seconds
LEAD-IN
:
Write a captivating lead for your story that will be no more than
15 seconds long. This lead should only be 2-3 sentences long
and you should state the reporter’s name at the end; for this
assignment that would be you (i.e. WTTM’s YOUR NAME
reports) (:15s)
REPORTER:
Here you will write the news story that will take up the
remainder of the time for the 90 second broadcast. Remember to
refer to the readings for tips on how to write news stories for
radio. At the end of the report, you will state your name (i.e.
For WTTM, I’m YOUR NAME) (:75s)
Numeric Grade:
0
/ 8 pts
Weighted Average (Earned/Possible):
0 % / 8 %
Letter Grade:
Comments:
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(0 / 1.5) Summarizes Facts or Statistics That Are Relevant to
the Story, and Develops the Story for the Local Audience
(0 / 1) Compares Two Opposing Opinions about the Topic
(0 / 0.75) Incorporates at Least Three Visual Elements
(0 / 0.75) Incorporates at Least Three Indirect Quotes (Citing
Other Sources)
(0 / 1) Adheres to the Television and Radio Broadcast Script
Templates
(0 / 1) Written Communication: Control of Syntax and
Mechanics
(0 / 1) Written Communication: AP Formatting
(0 / 1) Written Communication: Resource Requirement
Overall Score: 0 / 8
Media News Source Template
Instructions
: List each of the news media sources that you used for
information in writing your own story. Each of the sources you
used should be listed as in the examples below. Follow the
assignment instructions for what sources you may consult. Add
as many entries as you need and delete those entries that do not
apply to the assignment instructions.
BROADCAST MEDIA
Name of the Station:

7. WTTM
Name of the Program:
5 AM Moring News
Name of the Reporter:
Taylor Moore
Date
: The date of the broadcast
PRINT MEDIA
Name of the Publication:
Clarion-Ledger
Section of the Publication:
Lifestyle
Title of the Story
: Common Core Causes Concern
Reporter:
Taylor Moore
Date:
The date of the story
DIGITAL MEDIA
Name of the Publication:
Mississippi Business Journal
Website Address:
www.msbusiness.com
Title of the Story:
What Common Core Means for Mississippi Businesses
Reporter:
Taylor Moore
Date:
Thedate of the story