10 Steps to Writing a Story – Broadcast Journalism

1. Find a Topic.
- Sports
- Theater
- Upcoming events
- Trends

2. Find an Angle.
- Determines questions
- Focus' topic
- Angle can change

3. Collect Information.
- Names
- Location
- Times

4. Conduct the Interview.
- Experts on the story (i.e. Coach)
- Interview 3.
- Ask at least 3 questions (open ended questions i.e. What, Why, How)
- Soundbite: Piece of audio that can stand on its own.

5. Shoot your reporter Stand Up.
- The one time the reporter appears on camera.
- Should appear in the middle.
- Used as a transition.

6. Organize your Soundbites.
- Each interviewee should have 3 soundbites
- Choose the soundbites you like
- Write the story around the soundbites

7. Write Segues in your story.
- Information in between the soundbites
- When the reporter speaks
- Filler

8. Write the Ins and Outs of your story.
- What the anchor says going into and out of the story.
- Don't use the same thing as the reporter/anchor
- Reporter helps writes ins and outs

9. Collect B-roll to add to your story (throughout steps 4-9)
- The game footage
- All footage that can be used for the story.
- Close-ups, long shots, natural sounds

*Steps 4-8 in your story are called the A-roll.
- All the audio in the story.