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HOW TO BE A GOOD NEWS CASTER?

If you are man or woman that wanna be a news caster, please look attention here

A. DEFINITION OF NEWS
News is Information on current events which is presented by print (magazine, newspaper,
etc), broadcast (radio, TV, Social network, etc), Internet, or word of mouth that given to
mass audience.

B. FIVE CENTRAL ELEMENTS OF NEWS SCRIPT


1. Leads/ Headlines :

Focus, Single dominant point

Affective

Surprising

Not more than 35 Words


5W+1H+1S

2. Story Structure
Narrative, chronological style is more common to special reports and documentary.
The inverted pyramid format, which the most important moment is right at the start in
the lede for example:
-

Headlines : Two People died in a rowhouse fire in Northeast Philadelphia last


night

Story Structure : What caused a fire, Who was killed, What was the address of the
rowhouse, etc

3. Sentence Structure

Clear Communication

Writing should be tight

Short Sentence

Short first Paragraph

Vigorous Language
4. Word Choice
Accuracy

Active voice both reads and sounds better than Passive voice

K.I.S.S (Keep It Smile Smartly)

Numbers should be approximated.


Example: The sum of 54.543 could be stated as More than fifty thousand
5. The use of Names, Quotations and Attributions
All opinions must be attributed to their sources

The source of quotations, either direct or indirect must be stated

The modern style doesnt include using Mr, Mrs, Miss. The first identification
gives the persons title, if any and first and last names. Subsequent identifications
may be limited to the last name or the title, or may include both (Sir Alex
Ferguson, Lieutenant Anderson, etc). Members of the Clergy are identified by title
each time, with or without the name (Cardinal Cooke or The Cardinal)

In obituaries, a sense of respect leads to a more formal style of identification (Mr,


Mrs, unless they had another title)

Direct quotes, if used at all, should be proceeded by a phrase such as in her words
or what he called, etc
C. AIRING PERFORMANCE
1. Opening/Greeting

Greeting (Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Hello!, etc)

Introduction (Program Title, Tagline, Headline, The Anchors name)


2. News Reading

Eye Contact with viewers

Read properly by using simple, tight, clear and proper words or sentences

Focus

Emphaty

Communicative
3. Continuity

Establishing different New contents, news segments and commercial break

Example : Next, Ben Afflect Shining Bright in The Academy Awards, right after
this break
4. Closing

Closing Statement

Special Thanks (if necessary)

Reminding the schedule of News Daily Programme or Special News Breaking

Say Goodbye
5. Grooming

Proper and tidy neat hairdo, wardrobe and make up

Avoid stripes patterns clothes

Proper colors should be preferred as long as it will match to a skin tone or


background colors
6. Gesture & Visual Statement
Great Confidence

Relax

Eye Contact

Using Microphone and any gadget

Comunicative

Vocal & Facial Expressions


7. Facial Expressions

EXAMPLE SCRIPT OF NEWS CASTER

Title

: News Update

Content : - Argo takes Best picture at the Oscars


- Aher and Deddy Mizwar take West Java
Go er ors Ra e
Host

: Azza

---------------------------------------Std 02-----------------------------------Good morning// Here todays headline news//


Argo/ has won Best Picture from The Academy Awards//
Meanwhile/ Incumbent
West Java Governor Ahmad
Heryawan and running mate Deddy Mizwar take West Java
Go er ors ra e//
Heres the first headli e// Argo/ the thriller movie about Iran
rescue has won Best Picture from The Academy Awards at
Sunday night//
Ben Affleck/ as a producer and a director was snubbed by the
Os ars fro the est dire tors o i ee// But his film/
Argo/ becomes the first best picture winner / even not to be
nominated for best director/ si e 1
s Dri i g Miss
Dais //

Argo/ emerged as the Oscar Favorite/ winning top honors


from the directors/ producers/ screen actors and writers
guild//
Next/ we will going to our country// Fro The West Ja as
Gubernatorial Election/ Incumbent West Java Governor
Ahmad Heryawan (Aher) and running mate Deddy Mizwar
take West Ja a Go er ors ra e// Right after this break//
---------------------------------Commercial Break-------------------------Now/ back to the next headline from our country//
Incumbent West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan (Aher) and
ru i g ate Dedd Miz ar take West Ja a Go er ors
race//
The pair Aher and Deddy earned more than 30 percent of the
votes / according to quick count results//
While the pro i es ele tio o
ittee has et to a ou e
the official results/ all quick counts on Sunday showed that
Aher and Deddy would pull off one round election//
As the Prosperous Justice Party (Pe Ka Es) pair/ likely
garnered/ more than 30 percent of the votes/ i the atio s
most heavily populated province//
A d theres the headli e e s/ e ill e right a k e t
hour// Thank You and Have a nice day//

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