Transcript Document 9655340

Matakuliah
Tahun
: O0372 - Dasar-Dasar Produksi Siaran Radio
: 2010
RADIO PRODUCTION for NEWS
and PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Books: “Modern Radio Production” by Hausman, Benoit, Messere, &
O’Donnell: Chapter 13
Pertemuan 11
NEWS GATHERING
• It consists of obtaining facts from which stories are
written.
• It consists of collecting actualities, the recorded
segments of news events or news makers.
• An actuality can be an interview segment or a
recording of the wild sound resulting from an event.
• Wild sound or interview actuality is often referred
to as a sound bite. Sound bite generally refers to an
interview segment.
• Sometime its done by perusing the local paper.
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NEWS WRITING
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A news producer must remember that what is written must
sound right when it is read aloud and must be conversational.
Be aware that the listeners have only one opportunity to
understand what is being said; they can not look back, as they
can with a newspaper article. Clarity is critical.
Remember that the radio writing is WRITTEN FOR THE
EAR, NOT THE EYE.
Sentence in broadcast news writing should be kept short.
NEWS ASSEMBLY
• CHOOSING STORIES AND STORY ORDER
– News judgment is a thing that a news producer must be aware; it is often
necessary to shuffle news stories from hour to hour to provide variety in the
news.
– A story is often pushed up in the rotation simply because it is new.
– The time element is an important consideration because radio is a medium
that thrives on timeliness.
• CHOOSING SOUNDS ELEMENTS
– VOICE REPORT
• The news are Reported by a journalist. Its usually run between 30” and
90”. There’s no hard and fast rule.
– VOICE ACTUALLITY REPORT
• Constructed in the manner of a voice wrap. A voice actuality is simply
a report from a journalist with an actuality segment inserted.
NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
PROGRAMMING
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Public affairs programming is usually directed toward a
specific topic, which is examined at greater length than is
possible in a news report.
The role of a producer in public affairs can involve
selecting the topic for discussion or examination, choosing
guests, making all the organizational arrangements, and
even setting up the mics.
The mainstay of public affairs programming is the
interview or talk show; PSA also the public affairs
producer’s responsibility.
NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
PROGRAMMING
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PSA (Public Service Announcements), are generally short
announcements, similar in structure to commercials, that
are provided at no charge on behalf of non profit
organizations.
It usually 30” or 60” long, have the same structure as
commercials, and can be approached with the production
techniques.
NEWSCASTS
• EXCLUSIVELY LOCAL NEWS
– The local news in such stations usually includes two or more
pieces of actuality.
– Much of local news coverage is rewritten from the paper.
• LOCAL NEWS WITH WIRE COPY
– The wire services offer special feeds to broadcast outlets –
feeds that differ from the service given from newspaper.
– The wire services specify where the new information is to be
inserted.
– Wire service material is slugged (a slug is a brief identifying
or clarifying phrase) with the time of transmission, along
with another relevant facts.
– Wire services provide what’s known as a state split; that is the
circuits of the services are turned over to state bureaus, and
state news is fed to the appropriate stations.
NEWSCASTS
• LOCAL NEWS WITH WIRE COPY
– Some brief suggestions on using wire services effectively in
radio news production:
• Acquaint yourself with the schedules and workings of the
service
• Check copy for typos and pronunciation problems.
• Always verify the time of transmission am a story you
will use.
TALKSHOWS
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The most common forms are:
– The one-on-one talk show; an interviewer and a guest discuss
a topic.
– The panel discussion; it features a moderator and several
participants. Here, proper miking and a good moderator
become major consideration. This are truly awful in radio,
because a clamor of disembodied voices makes things very
tough on the listeners.
– The call-in show is talk program designed to include the
listening audience. In this case, a tape-delay system is often
used. That is, the program is recorded live and fed back over
the air several seconds later; just to avoid the listeners who
speak about whatever in their minds, which no in charge
with the topic.
PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES FOR
NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
• INTERVIEWING
– ASK SIMPLE AND DIRECT QUESTIONS
– PHRASE QUESTIONS THAT INVITE BITE SIZED ANSWERS, BUT DON’T ASK YES-OR-NO
QUESTIONS
– ASK FOLLOW UP QUESTION
– FILL LISTENERS IN
PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES FOR
NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
• STORY AND ACTUALITY EDITING
– Editing allows you to inject some variety because you
can take different pieces of interview segments,
rearrange these actualities, and rewrite the stories around
them.
– Editing the actualities allows you to shape the story to be
told in the quickest and the most succint way possible.
– The fact usually is better written into the story, whereas
reaction and comment are better used in actually.
PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES FOR
NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
• USING SOUNDS SOURCES IN RADIO NEWS
PRODUCTION
– Sound can really dress up a new story.
– If you’ve been assigned to do alive, on-the-scene voice
report, it is generally helpful to have the local noise in
the background because it will make the story more
immediate for the listener.
– Think the SFx or sound elements that can be used in
your radio reports, without being overdramatic or
misleading.
PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES FOR
NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
• USING MODERN NEWS GATHERING
TECHNOLOGY
– According to Georgeann Herbert, Chicago’s Newsradio
Managing Editor, a primary advantage of the computer
system is that it captures wire-service material and fed
into a computer memory where it can be used by a
number of different people at the same time.
PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES FOR
NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
• MAKING THE NEWSCAST A COHESSIVE,
UNIFIED WHOLE
– Responsibility is a word often repeated in radio
newsroom. Providing the news is a heavy responsibility.
It’s important not to forget that! News people don’t have
to be stuffed shirts, but they do have realize that they’re
in a serious business.