Final Exam (Broadcasting)

Question 1

Advantages of Print (6)

Answer 1

1. permanence
2. accessibility
3. Able to re-read
4. good for complex issues/explanation
5. portability
6. More details

Question 2

Disadvantages of Print (4)

Answer 2

1. Lack visuals in motion
2. Cannot be updated
3. Takes time to read
4. Yesterdays news

Question 3

Advantages of Broadcasting (4)

Answer 3

1. Visual and Audio impression
2. Live Broadcast
3. Current news
4. Witness accounts

Question 4

Disadvantages of Broadcasting (5)

Answer 4

1. Lacks portability
2. it isn’t permanent
3. cannot re-read
4. Not good for complex issues
5. Is expensive to produce

Question 5

Difference between Writing for Print and for Broadcasting (3)

Answer 5

Selection of news
Characteristics of Writing
Story Structure

Question 6

Selection of news (3)

Answer 6

1. Timeliness
2. Visual and Audio Impact
3. Information over explanation.

Question 7

often the most important news value

Answer 7

Timeliness

Question 8

stories should be simple and told in a straight forward way

Answer 8

Information of Explanation

Question 9

favor stories the audience can hear or see over more important stories without visuals

Answer 9

Audio and Visual Impact

Question 10

Characteristics of Writing

Answer 10

5c’s

Question 11

5c’s

Answer 11

1. color
2. Conversational style
3. Concise
4. Clarity
5. Correctness

Question 12

Story Structure

Answer 12

Climax
Cause
Effect

Question 13

Gives the listener the point of the story in about the same way the lead of print news story does.

Tells the listener what happened

Answer 13

Climax

Question 14

Tells why it happens

Answer 14

Cause

Question 15

gives the listener the context of the story and possibly some insight about what the story means

Answer 15

Effect

Question 16

Broadcast Writing Style (16)

Answer 16

1. Title before name
2. Avoid abbreviation
3. Avoid direct quotation
4. Attribution before quotation
5. Use little punctuation
6. Number & Statistics (1-12 spelled)
7. Personalize news when possible
8. Avoid extended description
9. Avoid using symbols (write hundreds, thousands, millions and billions)
10. Use phonetic spelling
11. avoid pronouns
12. avoid apposition
13. Keep subject and verb as close as possible.
14. Use present tense
15. Avoid dependent clauses
16. Use age sparingly

Question 17

Copy Presentation of Broadcasting

Answer 17

1. 2 column
2. right side- slug and video
3. left side: page and script
4. end with seconds at the bottom,
5. Use lower and upper case
6. Type one story per page
7. Don’t carry over a paragraph to another page.
8. Don’t use hyphens