** We’ll meet in the Comm. Building conference room on 3/26 **

This is just a reminder that we’ll meet in the conference room in the Comm. Building tomorrow, on Wednesday.
 
It’s the room right next door to my office.
 
Hope to see you there!
 
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Sample Radio Ad & Script

Writing Advertising for Broadcast:
Here’s a sample 30 second public service announcement and an accompanying radio script sheet.
Please print out a copy of the script and listen to the mp3 of the radio ad.
Sample Radio Script- Taste Test PSA – 30 seconds
Taste Test PSA – After School Participation – Audio

Quiz Questions for Quiz #3 – 3-12

Here are your quiz questions for Quiz #3 which will be this Wednesday, the 12th:
Questions 1-3: Name and explain the three parts of the dramatic unity structure
Question 4: What is the proper way in broadcast style to write “$42,000,000.”
Question 5: Broadcast writing doesn’t use the inverted pyramid structure. Name one other [...]

Homework for Friday 3/7

Class,
To give you practice in broadcast writing before major writing assignment #4 is due, here is your homework for tomorrow:
In exercise 7.1 on page 218 write a 30 second story ONLY about the “wreck.”
Similarly, in exercise 7.2 ONLY write the 30 second broadcast story about the “baseball star.”
Remember the structure of dramatic unity in chapter [...]

Broadcast Writing Tips

Broadcast writing demands a special set of skills and knowledge from the journalist. Broadcast copy is written to be read out loud by a news reader rather than to be read silently by a news consumer. The words and sentences must be constructed so they are accurate and clear. They must also complement the pictures, [...]

Homework for 3/5

View each of these podcasts about electronic news writing for Wednesday.
http://volcasting.utk.edu/podcast/courseListing.php?crs=5
Also, before Wednesday, WATCH or LISTEN TO a newscast.  Ask yourself… how is this different from print news? Especially consider the way that the story is written.