What makes a good radio/tv news story? How is it different than print?
Many factors decide what makes a good radio/tv news story than the same print story. First off, it is always about the visuals. Next, the sound bites always factor in to the effect of getting the writer’s point across. Last, the crispness and shortness to the point of the story on tv or radio.
Visual aids factor in heavily when it comes to judging a story. Everyone loves to see clips of a house that was broken in to, or the site of where the next prom will be because it gives them the opportunity to put themselves, the viewer, into that area and imagine what it is like there.
Sound bites are always better than just written quotes. Sure, you can be affected by a police chief talking about how heroic that man in Brazil was in saving some deaths, but nothing beats that same police chief showing his expression in his voice and how happy he could be more so than just writing it down.
The print stories are always so at length, and sometimes the reader loses track of the point of the story. In both tv and radio, the stores the media presents are crisp, short, always getting right to the point to show the reader why they should care.
In conclusion, many different factors decide why a news story on television and radio is significantly better than the same story in print.
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