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TO MY COLLEGE STUDENT FOLLOWERS --
Police your own social media.
Yes, potential employers will look at them.
Viewers will snoop on them, even the 'personal ones.'
Everything we post says something about us.
Be careful what message you're sending.
Thanks to @newschannelnine reporter @SamLutherNC9 for taking time to share his story + advice + tips with @UofAlabama @ua_jcm #JCM331 students. It's great that our students can learn from our alumni who are on the front lines covering #COVID19 in their communities.
A big thanks to @JackRoyer from @CBS_42 for taking some time to talk with me today + share advice for @UofAlabama @ua_jcm #JCM331 students about what it's like working in a television newsroom that's covering #COVID19
Great info for @ua_jcm instructors + students. While on spring break, pull out your phone + start practicing getting video + interviews + editing. #JCM331 @altvprof @DanielleDeavour
Teaching and working from home https://t.co/JEFhPTfUHf
Our newsroom is operating under new guidelines. Reporters now live from their cell phones, told not to come to the station. Work from home. FT interviews when possible. Anchors will be separated on set. Similar to what newsrooms across the country are doing. #coronavirus #COVID19
In #JCM331 class tonight, students are learning about writing into soundbites from pages 85-89 of @WriteLikeUTalk! Making sure those bites don’t just give facts, but express opinions, ideas or emotion.
#JCM331 Never write this in a script. Ever!
I'm a parent.
You don't know my worst nightmare.
AVOID:
"Parent's Worst Nightmare"
#WriteLikeYouTalk
"ALL EYES" AREN'T ON ANYTHING --
"All eyes" aren't on the impeachment trial...
"All eyes" aren't on the Super Bowl...
It's a good example of the worst kind of TV News cliche.
Overused.
Silly.
Factually incorrect.
This is one you should BANISH from scripts.
#WriteLikeYouTalk
@WriteLikeUTalk ALSO -- want to throw this in too:
PLEASE do not say *reporter name here* "is live now." Live and now are the same thing. Just say live.
8) Don't let the story drag longer than necessary. If wallpaper video is poison, wallpaper video on a story that's too long is poison without an antidote!
9) Just because VOs and VOSOTS are shorter than PKGs, that doesn't mean you can't find the emotion.
Ideally, by getting some NEW piece of information about it and pushing it forward.
Metaphor:
The story is a car.
The viewer is the passenger.
Every time viewers get in the car, they want to feel like they went somewhere.
Don't keep them in the same place!
#WriteLikeYouTalk
Prison.
Jail.
Not interchangeable.
#WriteLikeYouTalk
ADVICE FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM NEWS DIRECTORS
What type of journalism jobs are going to grow?
@DPotterNews points out that the role of traditional television and radio reporters is changing.
JN students need the skills to meet these new requirements.
#JCM331 @altvprof @UA_JCM @UACCIS
https://t.co/0t6ZF9hpPK
Share of Americans who say local news on ___ is important for daily life:
☔️ Weather 70%
🚨 Crime 44%
🚦 Traffic 41%
🛒 Prices 37%
🏛️ Government 24%
🏫 Schools 19%
💼 Jobs 15%
📢 Community events 14%
🎨 Arts 10%
⚽️ Sports 10%
🍽️ Restaurants 8%
https://t.co/8eWIqc84GD
Hey #JCM331 students - here’s a good first assignment for the semester. @UACCIS @ua_jcm #WriteLikeYouTalk
CHALLENGE --
We just received this press release from local police:
"Residents in the South Cranberry Blvd/Spice Lane area may notice a high police presence. A wanted individual has fled on foot. A perimeter has been established."
Can you use #WriteLikeYouTalk to improve it?
#JCM331 Good advice as you get ready for your package!
SUGGESTION FOR IMPROVING YOUR PACKAGE --
Narrow your focus.
Great stories aren't about everything.
They're about *one* thing.
Figure out what the *one* thing should be.
Everything else should help build on that thing.
#WriteLikeYouTalk
At @ua_jcm We’re trying to stop bad writing by teaching from #WriteLikeYouTalk by @WriteLikeUTalk. #JCM331
Love hearing this!
I fear we perpetuate bad habits in 1st markets.
Producers/reporters just out of college look around, see non-conversational, cliche writing & think it's what bosses want. So they adopt it.
Then, a year later, new batch of students copy them. Cycle continues.
#JCM331 Broadcast News/Sports students stop using gerunds for verbs!
It IS weird and it's getting worse. Join my campaign against verb abuse! https://t.co/lA4NMTVzpB #writingtips
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