10 Steps to Writing a Story .. 9-13-11

10 Steps to Writing a Story – Broadcast Journalism

1. Find a Topic 
- Sports
- Theatre
- Know your audience
- Newsworthy
2. Find an angle.
- Determines questions
- Focus' on topic
- Angle can change
3. Collect information
- Names
- Location, Time/Schedule
- Background info
4. Conduct Interviews
- 3 Experts
- Open-ended questions
- at least 3 questions per expert
- Soundbite (piece of audio that can stand on its own)
5. Shoot your reporter stand up
-  The one time the reporter appears on camera
- should appear in middle of story (transition)
6. Organize your soundbites
- choose order and location of interviews
- choose which bite you want
7. Write segues in your story.
- write information in between soundbites
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8. Write the In and Out of your story.
- what reporter and anchor say before and after story
- anchors write scripts, reporters write in/out
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9. Collect B-roll to add to your story (throughout steps 4-9)
- Footage you use for story
- Variety of shots
- Natural sounds

*Steps 4-8 in your story are called the A-Roll ( all the audio in the story)