Write a News Bulletin

 

You work for a local DC area (inc. VA and MD) radio station. Your
editor asks you to script the stories for the next news bulletin for
the on-the-hour news slot.

You may choose to write for a hard-news station, or for a
soft-news station (human interest stories, (tugging the heart
strings, etc.) amusing ephemera). You should use the traditional
radio format we discussed in class for your script.

You should spend c. 2 minutes on your lead story and include at
least three other stories, one of which may be a short,
light-hearted item.

Remember to choose the lead story depending on the audience you are targetting. You need to grab your audience's attention at the beginning of the broadcast. And look for good quotes to bring 'real' people's voices into your stories. Sometimes, a
more 'important' story may lose out as the lead to a story that features dramatic voices.

Use the material on the Metro page of the Washington Post to
provide your raw data for the bulletin.

 
 
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lesley smith: fall 2003
new century college
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college of arts and sciences
george mason university
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last updated: 22 september 2003