BROADCAST
JOURNALISM
ACTIVITIES AND
EXERCISES:
PROF. JEFFREY P. DEATRAS
BABC, MPSDC, PH.D (CANDIDATE)
Writing lead/body 1
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Find and rewrite
at least 3 errors
in structure and
style of standard
script-writing
(spacing,
indention,
capitalization,
sentence
construction)
Give the most
dominant
newsworthy
angle
Give the
violation/s in
journalistic
ethics
5 TOTAL
POINTS
(SLUGLINE)
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1 Msc 1:
estab then out (UPBEAT)
2. HOST:
bata sa ue grade school
nangantiyaw sa titser binugbog ng
school guard at expelled sa paaralan.
2. Msc 1
under and up then out and under
3. Host:
ayon sa principal, pinaliwanag ng ama
ng
bata na si ginoong rex robles ang
pagkadismaya sa dinananas na
kalupitan ng anak. Sa ngayon, nakasampa
na ang kaso sa gwardiya na nambugbog
sa bata. Ito si______para sa UE NEWS
MUSIC 1:
out then under.
Writing lead/body 2
 As a group, rewrite the radio news script into better radio and TV
formats
 Decide to add needed information to make a complete piece of news
with lead/headline and body
 Prepare to answer the following:
1. What are your main considerations in writing a lead of broadcast news
scripts….for radio…..for TV?
2. How does writing the body of the news for radio differ from doing it in
TV in terms of: flow of information from lead to body; flow of TV
visuals against the flow of emphatic or repetitive ideas/concepts in the
radio?
3. What newsworthy angle should be emphasized in the lead and body
of the news among all others in the following areas?
 Politics among religious leaders
 War among comedians
 Newly discovered specie of “butanding” (whale shark)
 health risks in the diet pattern of lazy young middle class ladies
 Manny Pacqiao teaching PE class in UP