Manipulate Radio Bulletin For Free

The news bulletin is the showcase of the radio journalist. It is the chance to give the listener a good idea of what is happening in just a few minutes. Bulletins are governed by a radio station's news agenda: the policy set which determines which stories are covered in what way and in what style.

If you are putting together a longer bulletin (e.g. seven minutes or more), you may want to end the bulletin with a brief recap of the main stories. This can help audiences recall the top stories and/or other relevant information.

If you are writing a bulletin you must source, select, check, write and rank stories. A three-minute summary normally has about eight stories, two or three with a piece of audio (e.g. illustrated with an audio clip of someone speaking).

The first bunch is generally packed with hard news. Of the four headlines in a ten minutes bulletin, one should invariably be on sports. A radio bulletin must have variety and should include Political, Economic, Cultural, Sports, Science and Technology and other important items.

News editing includes close analysis of articles and videos for grammatical errors, factual errors and general content. News editors also make decisions regarding what stories will be pursued and how stories will be presented. You may be required to oversee a team of writers who report directly to you with their work.

If you are the bulletin editor you need to give journalists clear instructions about what they are expected to deliver, the length of the item they are producing, the format it is expected to take and when it is meant to be ready. Give yourself time to look at the story and check it for grammatical and factual errors.

Television and Radio News Writing Structure Be brief. ... Use correct grammar. ... Put the important information first. ... Write good leads. ... Stick to short sentences of 20 words or less. ... Write the way people talk. ... Use contractions. ... Use simple subject-verb-object sentence structures.