BEAT ing the News
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BEATing the NewsThe In’s and Out’s of Beat Reporting
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+What’s a Beat?
Definition: The subject area that a reporter is assigned to cover. “Beat reporters” can cover everything from local crime to a specific sports team. (Hence the term “working a beat.”)
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+Four Steps to Effectively Covering a Beat
Learn the Subject Meet the Players
Build Trust Relate to Readers
Blast the Beat
http://journalism.about.com/od/reporting/a/beat.htm
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+Learn the Beat
Read Research Live View Read
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+Meet the Players & Get Contacts
Meet everyone involved
Don’t forget support staff
Develop Rapport with a few as “Sources”
Schmooze or Lose
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+Relate to Readers/Viewers
Never Assume Remember your
Roots Teach your viewer
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+Sample Beatso Local o Stateo Weathero Sportso More?
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