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Professional Terms
Objectives
After completing this chapter, you will be able to:
• Identify ways to fi nd newsworthy stories.
• Explain how the angle of a story affects how the
story is written.
• Summarize the concept of “writing for the ear.”
• Apply the guidelines for good news story writing.
Introduction
Whether a news story appears on a newscast as
a reader or as a fully prepared and edited package,
the story fi rst needs to be written. This chapter
presents many topics a reporter must consider in
writing a story for broadcast, aside from the video
footage (Figure 10-1).