Chapter 8 Test

(Instructions: Email me your answer to this essay before the beginning of class on the day of the final exam for Journlaism 61. You DO NOT need to post the answer on your blog. Just send it to me via email).

Essay question: How will media convergence transform the newsroom of the future? Give specific examples in your essay of how this will happen.

Chapter 9: Broadcasting Study Guide

You need to be familiar with the 10 key differences between writing for broadcast and writing for print including the need to be more conversational and friendlier in your tone for broadcast than you would for print.

Understand the reason that broadcast puts attribution before assertion and what that term means.

Why are crime stories the bread and butter of TV broadcast news?

Be able to give examples of how broadcast is written for the ear and not the eye.

Be familiar with the technical terms used in TV such as voice-over, B-roll, anchor, talent, etc.

You should also know the meaning of such common terms as toss, tease, cut, out-cue, sound bite and reader.

Why is broadcast news written in the All-CAPS format?

Be prepared to write a broadcast script in the proper format so that it looks like a professional broadcast script.

How long is the average TV broadcast news story?

(Ignore the section on radio broadcasting for this test. We will focus on TV news).