While we can easily become engaged in a print news story that is well-written and tailored for a specific audience, the ability of television to show us the news is something that has given it the edge over print news media for decades. Traditional radio also provides us with the storytelling aspect where we may find ourselves sitting in the car hanging on to every word of a great news story. This week, you will write a broadcast script for a television news story and for a radio news story. The television script and the radio script will both be designed for the delivery of a story that is 5 minutes in length. The issue that you choose to write about must be current and have some relevance for your local community, city, and/or state. You must derive the information for this story from . You will need to read several print publications for mention of the story and take notes of the facts of the story from several national publications. For this assignment you must: To maintain the formatting of your work, you are strongly encouraged to save your assignment as a PDF file. View for steps on how to do this. Your print news stories must be submitted through Grammarly and Turnitin prior to submission. Carefully review the for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment. For this assignment you must: Carefully review the for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment. Read Chapter 6 in . Then complete and . Label each of the exercises and include them in one Word document. For Exercise 6.5 you must: For Exercise 6.12 Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. The impact of digital media on news coverage and delivery is undeniable. Many of us have our news delivered directly to us via our laptops or smartphones. The greatest draw of digital media is getting everything in one place with the ability to be selective about what you get and when you get it. Digital media is what makes convergence a reality. For this assignment, you will write a story for a digital media platform tailored to your local community. You will also create two social media feeds for Facebook and Twitter that brings attention to the story that is on the digital media platform. The length of the actual story for the platform must be at least 350 words for each story. The issue that you choose to write about must be current and have some relevance for your local community, city, and/or state. You may derive the information for this story from . You will need to access several print publications and broadcast new programs including radio and television and take notes of the facts of the story. For this assignment you must: To maintain the formatting of your work, you are strongly encouraged to save your assignment as a PDF file. View for steps on how to do this. Your print news stories must be submitted through Grammarly and Turnitin prior to submission. Read Chapter 9 in . Pay particular attention to Figure 9.4 in examining the various parts of the page. Then, go back to the Peer Critiques in Week 4 and select two stories in addition to your written story. Use the to layout and design the front page of the newspaper. While the paper is in columns, you can easily create headlines across the page or in a small section as demonstrated in Figure 9.4. For this assignment you must: To maintain the formatting of your work, you are strongly encouraged to save your assignment as a PDF file. View for steps on how to do this. Carefully review the for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
