10 Steps to Writing a Story – Broadcast Journalism

1. Find a topic.
-What's your story about?
-Who is your audience?
-Why is this story important to your audience?
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2. Find an angle
-What about your topic?
-More specifically, what is important about your topic?
-What should the reader learn?
-Summarize in 3 words: Subject, Verb, Object
-Wife awaits soldier
-Class misses students
3. Collect information
-Who are the experts for this story?
-Do you need opposing points of view?
-What interview questions should I ask?
-What other research must be dont to complete this story?
4. Conduct the interview.
-Ask open ended questions
-Rule of Threes
-Filling the silence
-The Non-Questions question
-Get good sound bytes. A PIECE OF AUDIO THAT CAN STAND ALONE.
5. Shoot your reporter Stand-UP
-Should have a good idea what the story is about
-Stand-Up should provide information the audience doesn't know
-Use Stand-Up for transition from one location to the next
-No first person: I went
-In MIDDLE of story!
6. Organize your sound bytes
-What quotes should I use?
-How can I organize the quotes to tell a story?
-What are my gold nuggets?
7. Write segues in your story
-Use words that tie the interviews together
-What other information can I add to the story?
-Can the story stand on its own?
8. Write the beginning and end of your story.
-Write body first
-Best sound bytes for beginning and end
-Paraphrase a sound byte at the beginning
-Leave them with the strongest sound byte at end
-Leave them with hope
9. Write the anchor ______________ and ________________ (if necessary).
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10. Collect ___________ to add to your story (throughout steps 4-9)
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*Steps 4-8 in your story are called the ____________________.

Julian Assange attacks 'rubber-stamp' warrant as he loses extradition battle

I read an article saying that Julian Assange is to be extradited to Sweden to face allegations of rape and sexual assault. Assange will appeal, his legal team has confirmed. If they lose he will be sent to Sweden in 10 days. I forgot that he was in legal trouble for rape and not the WikiLeaks thing.

Fired Over Facebook: 13 Posts That Got People CANNED

Which court standard did someone follow or break in your article?
Most of it was freedom of speech. People got fired for writing things on their facebook that their employers said was inappropriate, but I'm sure the people thought they shouldn't be able to be fired for it because it's their private lives.

Do you agree with the decisions in your article?
I agree with most of them. Some of the things people said made the company they worked for look bad and probably embarrassed them.

What do you feel should have been done in this instance?
I think that most of them should've gotten fired for it. One teacher got fired just for having pictures drinking wine and beer. I think that's stupid because those are both legal and as long as she wasn't completely wasted or taking pictures doing stupid stuff then I don't think she should've gotten fired for it.

What do you feel will be the future of rights in today's digital age?
I think that people will always be able to say what they want on the internet but people will still get in trouble with their jobs and school if they put bad things on the internet.

What rights do you have inside of school?
Most of your rights are taking. You still have the right of religion, but speech, assembly, petition and press i guess are taken away.

What rights do you have outside of school?
You still don't really have freedom of speech because you can get in trouble for what you say on facebook, but you have freedom of religion, assembly, press and the right to petition.

Broadcast Journalism Law/Ethics

1. What are the 5 freedoms of the 1st amendment?
speech, religion, press, assembly, petition

2. What is the Tinker Standard?
doesn't disrupt school

3. What is the Frasier Standard?
vulgar or indecent

4. What is the Hazelwood Standard?
related to legitimate pedagogical concerns

5. What is the Frederick Standard?
schools cannot censor actions or speech outside of school

6. What is the definition of libel?
visual or written statements

slander- spoken

• for it to be libel it must be a defamatory statement
• published to at least one other person (other than plaintiff)
• "of and concerning" the plaintiff
• that is a false statement of face (opinions are not libel)
• and made with failt. The level of fault depends on status of plaintiff
• public figures: celebrities, government, etc. are required to prove actual malice, meaning the defendant knows the statements were false.
• private individuals: must only show that the defendant was negligent, (failing to act with due care)
• libel cases are civil law and may be heard by juries. Monetary damages can be received as a compensation for suffering.

Wisconsin Power Play

This politician from Wisconsin doesn't want unions and he's spending a lot of money. The people are protesting. I couldn't follow what the point of it was, and I kept daydreaming while I was reading it. I'm still trying to figure it out. A lot of the Wisconsin people are upset with their governer.

First Amendment Quiz

I got 19/30 on the first amendment quiz. I didn't think I knew that little about the first amendment. And the first amendment is the easiest one. Whhaaaaaatttttttteeeeevvvvvvvvveeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrr.