2. TV News

News delivered in voice and

also an image that can enhance

viewers understanding. TV

news stories have audio and

visual effects.

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Features of TV News

1. Correctness

All the news that is written must be

accurate. If the facts are not accurate it will

invite problems to reporters and news

organizations.

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2. Clarity

This means that listeners will not

misleading with the news.

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3. color

It refers diversity of writing that

allows the listener to get a glimpse

of a story or an event being reported

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TV news Writing

1. Title

2. Lead

3. News body

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1. Title

• Eye catching

• Not too long

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2. Lead The most important part in TV

news

Should have 5W and 1H

elements

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Types of Leads

1. Traditional leads (hard-news leads, main-point leads atau Direct Leads.

-This intro contains key facts which will be

followed by an explanation why a person makes

the decision, further plans and a few other things.

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2. Angle leads

This intro is used to attract the attention

of the listeners

Example:

Do you have a coin 5 cents in 1951 / / If there is, you're a lucky / / An old coin collectors willing to buy it at a higher

price / / /

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3. Umbrella lead or shotgun lead

Contains many complex and

comprehensive news. Such intro is also

used to connect two or more forms of the

same news.

Example: Floods in Pahang and Terengganu

increasingly recovered but in Kelantan worsened by many more people were

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4. Throwaway leads

This intro does not give much information, but it

is effective enough to attract the attention of the

listeners

Example:

The good news for civil servants / /

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5. Soft leads

This gives an early intro to the listener about

the content of the story will be taken. Such an

approach is sometimes as "warming up" to the

listener / viewer.

Example:

Commuter accident at Sentul / Kuala Lumpur / / 30 passengers were reported injured

/ /

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6. The Quote Lead

This intro includes a statement of a person

who has news value.

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7. The Suspense Lead/ Delayed Lead

This delay intro gives important information

to the end of the story. Intention to make the

audience remains interested until the end of

the story.

Example:

An creative elderly eangined bike / fully anticipated after this news / /

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News Body

1. News reports should be comprehensive.

3. Right in the use of language and grammar.

4. The style of writing should live, have a meaning, color, and imagination.

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