Writing steps

1. Find a topic
~ what is your story about? ~ who is your audience?~ why is this story important to your audience?

2.Find an angle
~what about your topic?
~ more specifically, what is important about your topic?
~ what sould the reader learn?
~ summarize in three words: subjec, verb, object~ wife awaits soldier.

3. collect information
~who are the experts for this story
~do you need a opposing points of view
~ what interview questions should i ask
~ what other research must be done to complete the story?

4.interview
~ask open ended questions.
~get good sound bytes. a pice of audio that can stand alone
~have the person restates the question in the interview

5. shoot your reporter stand up
~should have a good idea what story is about
~stand up should provide info that audience doesnt know
~use stand up for transition from one location to the next
~no first person: i went

6. organize your sound bytes
~what quotes should i use?
~ how can i organize the quates to tell a story
~what are my gold nuggets?
~sprinkle the nuggets throughout the story.

7. write segues in your story.
~use words that tie the interviews together.
~what other info can i ass to the story.
~can the story stand on its own?

8.write the baginning and end of the story
~write body first
~best sound bytes for beginning and end
~paraphrase a sound byte at the beggining
~leave them with strongest sound byte at the end
~leave them with hope

9.write ins and outs(if necessary)
~what should the anchors say to introduce my story or bring it to a close? no scoop went to find out.
~how should the story begin and end?
~use attention getters at the intoduction but avoid rheorical questioins.

a- roll
anything that is said in story
~anchor in
~stand up
~unterviews segues
~close anchor out

b-roll

how can video enhance my story?
make a list of items you liked photographed
how should i edit the audio and video together to enhance my story
should other enhancements like music graphics, effects be used.

Notes on Broadcast Journalism Law/Ethics

1. What are the 5 freedoms of the 1st amendment?
1. speech 2. religion 3. press 4. patition 5. assembly

2. What is the Tinker Standard?
a supreme court decision saying, student speech cannot be censored as long as it does not "materially disrupt class work or involve substantial disorder or invasion of the rights of others."

3. What is the Frasier Standard?
inappropriate speech for class president,
beacause school officials have an "intrest in teaching students the boundaries of socially appropriate beahvior," they can censor student speech that is bulgar or indecent, even if it does not cause a "material or substantial disruption."

4. What is the Hazelwood Standard?
censors stories in the student newspaper,
censorship of school-sponsored student expression is permissable when school officials can show that it is"reasonably related to legitamate pedagogical concerns."

5. What is the Frederick Standard?
student banners saying "bong hits for jesus" outside of school on field trip.

6. What is the definition of libel?

Criteria of Newsworthiness Notes
Definition:
Define “Broadcast Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.



List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.

TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1 significance: an event that impacet alot of people(presidential)

2. Timeliness: we care about news that happens currently

3. Prominence: we care about prominant people.

4. unusaulness: man bites dog(unusual)

5. proximity: we care about things that are close to us. (weather, traffic)

6. Human Intrest: we care about things we are interested in.




What are the differences between print journalism and broadcast journalism?
1. broadcasting is faster.

2. printing can go into more detail.

3. you can choose the order at which the news comes at you.



Why has online journalism (convergent media) become so popular?
best of both worlds (look up)