Prepare Radio Bulletin For Free

Television and radio news stories must have these attributes: The writing style should be conversational. Write the way you talk. Each sentence should be brief and contain only one idea. We do not always talk in long sentences. ... Be simple and direct. ... Read the story out loud.

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).

COMPILATION OF NEWS BULLETIN Selecting the Headlines. After the bulletin is prepared, the Editor decides which items apart from the lead story are to be headlined. Generally, the Editor selects headlines keeping in view the interest of the listeners. All bulletins have different headlines.

The rundown is built to make apparent the hierarchy of information and the rhythm of the newscast. It help visualize the newscast with all its sequences in the right order. It includes all editorial links given by the anchor or the jingles, segments and visual tricks.

What creates a newsworthy story? Impact. Arguably the most important element of newsworthiness is whether or not the news item being communicated impacts a news outlet's audience. ... Proximity. Proximity is important. ... Timeliness. News consumers expect timely information. ... Prominence. ... Conflict. ... Human Interest. ... Novelty/Oddity.

A news bulletin begins with headline?, followed by main news, consisting of two 'bunches' with a break in between and repeat of headlinesfmain points at the end. A fifteen minutes bulletin has two breaks while there is no break in a five minutes bulletin.

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.