Although they all attempt to accomplish the same basic thing, radio news, TV news, and print news all differ from the other in a very significant way. For starters, Radio/TV news story are much more concise than a print story. Since radio and TV news reports are often on a time crunch, they tend to be significantly more succinct then print. Written news, on the other hand, has a little more lee-way – despite limits on space and word count, written stories tend to be substantially longer than TV and Radio reports. Not only that, but the elements used to communicate and create the stories in radio and TV are much different. For example, TV news stories have the ability to use both visual images and sounds to emphasize and highlight the action. Radio news, as well, has the ability to use that audio aspect, something print news cannot. Since written news can’t use audio and visual, it has to effectively and efficiently create and illustrate the story through words.
With that, a good radio/TV news story is one that utilizes all the elements. Not only should the report effectively answer all the basic questions of the story: who, what, when, where, why, and how; but it should also take advantage of the visual and audio privileges, using sounds, images, and footage to make the report both exciting and memorable.
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