TV Production : Chapter 9&10 Study Guide
hard
"breaking news" stories are examples of ____ news
VO-SOT
A ______ is a type of story in which the audience sees B-roll video and hears the anchor reading from the teleprompter, followed by footage of a comment from a principal player in the story
True
A hard lead contains a straightward action verb and is written in an active voice
True
An extended package typically provides more in-depth coverage on a specific story
True
Competitions are newsworthy stories because they contain the element of conflict
True
Hard news is characterized by seriousness and timeliness
False
The purpose of research is to determine a story topic
True
Under normal conditions, an anchor's earpiece carries the audio of the news program as heard by the television audience
mainstream
__________ media is the most highly respected for of broadcast journalism
extended package
a 2-4 minute story that is shot and edited before a newscast and typically provides more in-depth coverage of a specific story
stand up
a ________ is footage that depicts a reporter standing in front of the camera, speaking directly to viewers from the location of a story
Live shot
a news story that is introduced by an anchor, but is delivered by a reporter who is live on location
contains conflict, is unusual, and impacts a segment of the audience
a newsworthy story _______
feature package
a package that covers hard news and/or current events is called a _____________
news feature package
a package that covers soft news stories connected to current events
False
a reader is a story introduced by an anchor and delivered by a reporter on location
beat
a reporter covering a ____ must develop a relationship with the people in that specific area
report the news truthfully
a reporter's obligation to the audience is to ________________
True
a story should be written with simple sentence structure using simple language
evergreen
a story that is appropriate to be broadcast at any time, regardless of season or time of day
package
a story that is shot and edited prior to a newscast is called a _______
reader
a story, written by a reporter or anchor, that does not have video to accompany the story.
True
airing incorrect information in a story may have legal consequences
SOT
also called sound bite
package
an edited story that contains its own intro and outro and can be inserted into a live program
attribution
crediting the source of information used in a story
reporter track
everything spoken by the reporter in a package
producer
in a professional broadcast journalism environment, the ________ and news director decide which stories will be covered by journalists
news
information people want to know, information they should know, or information they need to know
True
tabloid media is considered more entertainment than news
Non-mainstream media
television news programming that is expected to express a particular point of view
editor
the ______ hands out story assignments to reporters after the morning meeting
outline script
the ________ is a constantly changing outline of time slots in a news program
reporter track
the _____________ in a package connects all the interview sound bites used in a story and provides viewers with additional information
angle
the approach or point of view used to tell a story
close
the conclusion of a story
IFB
the fastest way to get a story to the public is through a ___
soft lead
the first line of a story that communicates the general idea of the story without offering any facts
hard lead
the first line of a story that immediately presents the most important information
rundown
the organization of stories and sequence of a newscast in written form
stand-up
the purpose of _______ footage is to establish that the news team was at the story location or to demonstrate action related to the story
outro
the salutation at the end of a story
journalism
the term __________ refers to the careful determination of facts included in the stories presented during a newscast
False
the timeframe of a newscast can be lenthened to accommodate all newsworthy stories
lead
the very first sentence of a story
False
the writing style used for newswriting is the same style used for other program types
TRT
total running time
personality feature
type of human interest story that focuses on one person and why that person is newsworthy
soft news
type of news story that contains information viewers may find interesting, but not necessarily information they need to know
hard news
types of news story containing information that viewers need to have immediately
present
using the _______ tense when writing a story engages the interest of the audience
news elements
various _____________ are considered when judging the newsworthiness of a story, including proximity, conflict, timeliness, and emotion
VO
voiceover
assignment editor
when complete, a reporter gives the package to the __________
