9/13/11 Writing a Story

10 Steps to Writing a Story – Broadcast Journalism

1. Find a topic.
-  school issue
- news worthy
- know your audience
2. Find an angle.
- determines questions
- focus's on topic
- angle can change
3. Collect information.
-  background
- location
- schedules
4. Conduct the interviews.
- 3 experts (coach,captains,managers)
- ask at least 3 questions.
- ask open ended questions (who, what, why, how..)
sound bite: piece of audio that can stand on it's own.
5. Shoot your reporter stand up.
- reporter should appear on camera
- *should appear in the middle
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6. Organize your sound bites.
- you can choose the order of interviews
- you can choose the ones you want
- do it with editing software
7. Write segues/transitions in your story.
- between each sound bites
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8. Write the ins and outs of your story.
- what the reporters/anchors going to say leading into your story
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9. Collect B-roll to add to your story (throughout steps 4-9)
- all video footage for the story
- natural sound
- incorporate the 5 senses

*Steps 4-8 in your story are called the A-roll.
*A-roll: all the audio in the story
*so all the A-roll first, then do B-roll