COM 110 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Sound Bite
14 Apr 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
How a typical broadcast news story comes together. Treats news as entertainment, sensationalizing certain types of news. The news director is the one-person newsroom: writing stories and being the anchor who delivers the news on the air. At larger stations, there is a smaller team of reporters. A reporter may cover one to five different stories without formal beats. Occasionally transmit news from the field (big breaking stories), but usually will return to the studio and select soundbites they"ll use. Commonly will create several types of a story. Short, text-only readers for anchors, others becomes longer packages (wraps) that give the reporter"s narrative. Start their days with a news meeting. Focus on one or two stories daily (larger station), might report on half a dozen (smaller) Little time to do research, so be a fast learner. Work side by side with photographers, interviews are done stand-up and live. Assemble a package for a later newscast, which can take hours.
