10 Steps to Writing a Story – Broadcast Journalism

1. Find a topic.
-needs to be news worthy
-maybe a school issue and/or activity
-know your audience
2. Find an angle.
-determines your questions
-can change
-focus topic
3. Collect information/data.
-names
-time, place, coaches
-schedules
4. Conduct the interviews
-experts on the story.
-coach, senior leaders, parents
-at least 3 questions. open ended questions. use "how, why, what."
 sound bite: piece of audio that can stand on its own
5. Shoot your reporter stand up
-stand up: when the reporter appears on camera. should appear in the middle, transition.
-the good stories have a stand up in the middle.
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6. Organize your sound bites
-choose which interviews you want to you
-put them in the order you want them
-choose place to interview.
7. Write segues in your story.
-segues: transitions
-write information between each sound bite.
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8. Write the in and the out of your story.
-communitcation between anchor and the story
-helps write the ins and outs
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9. Collect B-roll to add to your story (throughout steps 4-9)
-b-roll, all of the video footage you can use in your story
-natural sound
-you want to see hear smell touch and taste it....

*Steps 4-8 in your story are called the A-Roll. all of the audio in the story. edit A-roll first. its more important.