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Your assignment is to write a brief television news\/sports script. Your coverage area is Mississippi
\nState University-Meridian and Meridian Community College. Select a newsworthy story and write
\nyour script which includes suggested visuals and suggested sound bites.<\/p>\n
\nTelevision scripts are often formatted as two column scripts. The column on the left is audio (what the
\nviewer is hearing), the column on the right is video (what the viewer is seeing). Format your script in
\nthis style.<\/p>\n
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Television news content is primarily designed to inform. Television news content is not like
\nother media. A reader browsing a newspaper has plenty of time to absorb information and can reread
\ncopy that is interesting or informative. TV news happens in real time. Most local news\/sports packages
\nrun roughly thirty seconds or less. That\u2019s all the time you have to tell the viewer what they need to
\nknow.<\/p>\n
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Tips for commercial news writing: <\/p>\n
– Determine your central message. If you can’t be clear, your news package won’t be. In 30 – Keep it truthful. Television news leaves no room for exaggeration or innuendo. <\/p>\n – Open with a hook, something that will draw your viewer in. Example: \u2018Your morning commute – Focus on your viewer. A television news story on property tax increases is more impactful if it Your assignment is to write a brief television news\/sports script. Your coverage area is Mississippi State University-Meridian and Meridian Community College. Select a newsworthy story and write your script which includes suggested visuals and suggested sound bites. Television scripts are often formatted as two column scripts. The column on the left is audio (what the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_joinchat":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161483"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nseconds or less you have time to make a single point that is understood immediately. Focus in how your
\ncontent affects your viewer.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n– You have to reach your audience through two senses, sight and sound. Commercial news
\ncontent has to be visually and audibly engaging. Productive use of relevant visuals and relevant sound
\nbites is imperative. <\/span><\/p>\n
\nmay be disrupted, the City is blocking off downtown roads for paving.\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n
\nconveys exactly how much the average citizen\u2019s taxes will increase. Make big numbers relatable to
\nindividual viewers.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n– Write like you speak (and like your viewers speak) and stay away from clich\u00e9s, however don\u2019t
\nuse slang. Examples: Use \u2018police officer\u2019 instead of \u2018law enforcement officer.\u2019 Use \u2018ran away\u2019 instead of
\n\u2018fled on foot.\u2019
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