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Radio
News, Reporting and Production
MCM515
VU
LESSON
12
TYPES
OF NEWS STORIES VI
SPECIAL
NEWS
The
emergence of so many radio
channels has created an
atmosphere of competition and in
this
competitive
era listeners demand more
than just what is termed as hard
news. A quality news
bulletin is the
one
that contains as many
segments as it can. The
segment contains something to
tell listeners about
fashion,
family, foods and social
events; and the reviews of television,
plays, radio programmes, films,
etc.
Lifestyles:
In
lifestyle following aspects of a society
may be covered:
Receptions
In
different organizations, departments or
other official or educational
set-ups, whenever there is a
fresh
arrival
of any officer, he is welcomed in a
formal way and a kind of
function is arranged in his
honour. This
function
is to be covered.
Farewells
Likewise,
on retirement or transfer of any
important official, he is given a farewell party
where his
colleagues
and other figures of society
gather to say words in his
honour. These functions are
to be covered.
Sometimes
a get-to-gather is arranged at tea-time or
dinner and these occasions
carry a lot to be
recorded
and
to be made a part of news
bulletin.
Entertainment
Functions
and personalities in showbiz
always have a potential to
attract listeners' ears.
News about actors,
actresses,
singers, etc. is put in a
news bulletin. Showbiz
functions such as recitals
(music programmes),
music
shows, charity shows, film
festivals, award ceremonies,
film-openings, etc. make news.
These
functions
are to be covered.
Fashion
Happenings
in the world of fashion make news.
While covering fashion news following
important things
must
be concentrated:
a)
What's
in?
b)
What's
out?
c)
New
trends
d)
Top
models
e)
Models'
interviews.
Engagements
and Weddings
News
of engagements and weddings of
important figures in a society
also fall in special story
types.
Sports:
Sports
news items are given special
place and space in a news
bulletin. People, more than
anything else are
interested
in listening to stories about sports.
News becomes most important
when one of the teams
playing
is
listeners' own country's team.
All of the news values,
i.e., prominence, progress,
human interest,
conflict
and
consequence, contribute to the importance of this type
of news.
In
big radio organizations
there is a separate department of
reporters, writers and editors
for the coverage
and
treatment of sports events.
Literature
& Art:
Something
new and interesting in the realm of
literature and art makes
news.
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Radio
News, Reporting and Production
MCM515
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The
following are the important
areas to be covered in this story
type:
Literary
Personalities
New
Literary Works
Nobel
Prize
Criticism
Books
Articles
Painting
and sculpturing
·
Famous
artistes and
sculptors
·
Forms
of art
·
Realism
·
Impressionism
·
Romanticism
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Table of Contents:
- WHAT RADIO IS:HISTORY OF RADIO, MARCONI –THE INVENTOR
- HISTORY OF RADIO:B.B.C. – 1922, Radio in Sub-Continent, PBC SERVICES
- OBJECTIVES OF BROADCASTING IN PAKISTAN:Information, Islamic ideology
- NEWS VALUES I:CONFLICT, PROGRESS, VICTORY AND DEFEAT
- NEWS VALUES II:TIMELINESS, PROXIMITY, NOVELTY, HUMAN INTEREST
- NEWS VALUES AND ELEMENTS OF NEWS:MISCELLANEOUS NEWS VALUES
- MEASURING THE IMPORTANCE OF NEWS:Intensity of an Event, NEWS STORY TYPES
- TYPES OF NEWS STORIES II:SIMPLE TYPES, ILLNESS, DEATH
- TYPES OF NEWS STORIES III:Conspiracy, Drug Trafficking, Lunar Months
- TYPES OF NEWS STORIES IV:COMPLEX NEWS, Forms of Government, Monarchy
- TYPES OF NEWS STORIES V:Education, Research, Religion
- TYPES OF NEWS STORIES VI:Lifestyles, Receptions, Entertainment
- SOURCES OF NEWS I:Network of Reporters, QUALITIES OF A REPORTER
- SOURCES OF NEWS II:MONITORING, NEWS/ PRESS RELEASE
- SOURCES OF NEWS III:National News Agencies, HARD NEWS, SOFT NEWS
- REPORTING:ORDER OF REPORTING, REPORTER’S QUALITIES, Well informed
- A SUCCESSFUL RADIO REPORTER:Briefing, Reporter’s Ammunition, Meeting Deadline
- INTERPRETATIVE REPORTING I:Growth of Interpretative Reporting
- INTERPRETATIVE REPORTING II:Factual Background, SPEECH STORY
- INTERPRETATIVE REPORTING III:FIRES & ACCIDENTS, CRIME STORIES
- INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING I:Thalidomide Scandal, Watergate Scandal
- INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING II:Identification of the problem, INTERVIEW
- TYPES OF INTERVIEW:Hard News Interview, Informational Interview
- ESSENTIALS OF A GOOD INTERVIEW I:Comments and Opinion, Topic must be specific
- ESSENTIALS OF A GOOD INTERVIEW II:Preparation of the Interview, Language
- RADIO NEWS GLOSSARY:Actuality, Cut, Voicer, Wrap, Hourly, Lead
- FUNDAMENTALS OF NEWS WRITING:Inverted Pyramided Style, Telling the Story
- FUNDAMENTALS OF WRITING NEWS FOR RADIO I:Language
- FUNDAMENTALS OF WRITING NEWS FOR RADIO II:Complex numbers
- ESSENTIALS OF A NEWSCASTER:Authority, Credibility, Language, Pronunciation
- PRODUCTION AND PLANNING:Principals of Planning a Program
- PRODUCER & BUDGETING:Strengths of a Radio Program, Budgeting a Program
- JARGONS OF PRODUCTION (Continued):Frequency spectrum, Dead studio
- TYPES OF TALK:Qualification of a Talker, Essentials of a talk, Vetting a talk
- DISCUSSION:Controlled Discussion, Live Discussion, Current affairs
- DISCUSSION:Selection of the TopicKnowledge of the Topic, Narrowing down the topic
- RADIO FEATURE:Sound Effects, Narration, Dramatic Feature, Religion, Personalities
- RADIO DOCUMENTARY:Commentary, History, Persons, Things, Phenomena
- DRAMA:Solo plays, Series, Serial, Soap, Components of Drama
- SPECIAL AUDIENCE PROGRAM:Children’s Programs, Women’s programs
- SPORTS PROGRAM:Live Programs, Recorded Programs, Preparation of OB
- THE MUSIC I:Folk Music, Classical Music, Light Music, Pop Music
- THE MUSIC II:Classification of Raga In Terms Of Notes, Aado, Khaado
- ETHICS & LIMITATIONS OF MEDIA:Domain of Freedom of Media, Defamation
- RECAP:What Radio Is, Timeliness, Elements of news, Types of Reporting, Production