10 Steps to Writing a Story – Broadcast Journalism

1. Find a _topic___________.
-Know your audience
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2. Find an __ angle_________.
-Determines direction
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3. Collect _____information or data___________.
-Get your information
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4. Conduct the ____interviews____________.
-Interview 3 experts
-Ask at least 3 questions.
-Ask open ended questions= how, what, why
Soundbite is a piece of audio that can stand on its own.
5. Shoot your reporter ____standup____________________.
-Reporter should always appear one time.
-Should appear as a transition in the middle.
6. Organize your _____soundbites__________.
- Choose the order and location of the interviews
- 3 soundbites for each person
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7. Write ___segues___________ in your story.
-Transitions
-Write information between each of theses soundbites
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8. Write the __ins______________ and ________outs__________ of your story.
-what the anchor will say leading into the story and coming out of the story
-good communication between the anchors and reporters.
- Anchor writes the story

10. Collect __bireu_________ to add to your story (throughout steps 4-9)
- The film you have in the story
- incorperate the five senses
areu- The audio in the story