The News Package

Chapter 9

The Life of the The Life of the News Reporter

The “Watchdog” Tabloid Journalism Beat Reporting

News Package

A fully self-contained piece Typically a 1:30 Involves more than 1 lead-in and sound bite The anchor’s job is to 1) introduce the reporter,

the anchor intro, and 2) thank the reporter and wrap up the story, the anchor tag

Most news packages include a stand-up

The Reporter Stand-Up

Stand- Up-The reporter appears on camera in the field and delivers a line or two.

A stand-up can appear anywhere in the package (beginning, middle, or end)

Bridge stand-ups are those that appear in the middle of the news package, most effective

Bridge stand-ups flow with what comes before it and after it

Why are stand-ups important?

Face Time Talk about something that you don’t have video

for Illustrate something Do Something, Be interactive Sound conversational and natural

Types of Stand-Ups

Bridge Demonstrational Informational Scene Setting Stand-Up

Provides a transition Do Something! Provides facts or Statistics Bring the scene to life

Types of Stand-Ups

Bridge Questions? Comments?

Types of Stand-Ups

Demonstrationa1 Questions? Comments?

Types of Stand-Ups

Informational Questions? Comments?

Types of Stand-Ups

Closing Questions? Comments?

Types of Stand-Ups

Scene Setting Questions? Comments?

Types of Stand-Ups

Quiz Time!

Working With Video and Natural Sound

Natural Sound- Any sound recorded other than in an interview setting. Snippets of conversation A car horn A dog barking Other sounds as pacing elements and to add body to

your pieces

The Importance of Audio

The sound that you capture should be from your interview and your surroundings

The best stories make use of nat sound What natural sound could be captured from these stories?

Classroom setting? A teacher at her desk? Soccer Practice? Cheerleading Practice? A bus stop? A school hallway?

The Importance of Audio

Make it happen, work together as a team A good photographer captures natural sound A good reporter uses the natural sound to the maximum

effect in the script and edit You are all Photographers and Reporters!

Other Audio Elements

Music- The use of music isn’t uncommon is news packages

Sweeps- The period when news stations spruce up their reporting in order to receive high ratings.

If you decide to use music make sure you know the message you are trying to deliver with it.