Newscasts produced by the students will be posted on this page.There are two classes – Tuesday and Thursday. The newscasts will have a DATE headline, so you can tell which newscasts are produced by which class.A reminder that the students work in teams of three people, with five teams producing the half hour newscasts. They alternate in three key positions — as an anchor, a reporter and as a segment producer.
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One student is senior producer and one student is assignment manager. It mimics what they would experience in a so-called real life newsroom.What follows are the newscasts produced so far, starting with the latest one and going backwards.—————————————————————————————————————————The newscast below is the one produced by the Thursday class on April 21st. It is their second to last newscast. One more to go. There was a bit of a scramble, in part because they tried something different, mixing up the anchors and reporters, but also because students were dropping scripts and video late.
There was some scrambling. It could have been a disaster, but it wasn’t. Let us know what you think.————————————————————————————————————————————What follows is the newscast produced by the Tuesday class on April 19th. It is the second to last newscast. And the students were feeling pretty good about it. There has been some marked improvements. Watch and see.———————————————————————————————————————————-And the home stretch continues.
This is the newscast produced by the Thursday class. It aired April 14th. Since I’ve talked about each one of these each time, I will leave the comments to you. Those of you watching.
Here it is ——————————————————————————————————-We’re going into the home stretch. This is the newscast produced by the Tuesday class that aired April 12th. The lead story was about the student athletes arrested.
Now, it had been reported before, but there were some new ‘twists’ to the story. The “best” part of this exercise for me was that the two student reporters working on this – Maghen Moore and Elizabeth Reid — were very aggressive in pursuing the story and pursuing the sources. The other two stories in what we call the “A Block” was the reaction to the 90 days law in which the athletic association was given the extended time to respond to open records requests. After that was a side-bar piece on G-Day logistics. A little “UGA centric” but the stories were still solid.Other notable packages were a piece on school discipline, a look at Biotesting and plasma donation, followed by national library week, a look at library services and a profile of a bakery. All light and feature-ish and not the “hard news” we would want, but still well done.
See for yourself:———————————————————————–This is the fourth newscast produced by the Thursday class. It aired on April 7th. Like the others, we see a continuing improvement in the quality of news produced. The only “issue” I would raise is that there continues to be a UGA-centric focus, when we need more of a community-wide focus. Still, a lot of good “shooting” — video quality is up significantly and improvement in overall storytelling.——————————————————————————————————————————————-This is the fourth newscast produced by the Tuesday class. It aired on April 5th.
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The ‘show’ went pretty well, but there was a problem with timing, and stories that went too long. As a result, the senior producer had to ‘kill’ six stories. That is unfortunate because the hard work those people put into getting those stories feels almost wasted. It was a learning lesson that it is critical to watch the time, keep it short and tight.
Still, all in all, a solid newscast. Take a look and let us know what yu think:–———————————————————————————————————————————————————————This is the third newscast produced by the Thursday class.It aired on March 31st. A little change from the normal. The students had their packages and material ready for inclusion, but it was a day of severe weather. So, we added a new lead– severe weather just as we would have done if it had been the actual Grady Newsource newscast. The segment producer became the defacto reporter / weather person.
We pulled material off the weather.gov website and did the update. Then we went on to the rest of the regular newscast. Anyway, here it is ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————This is the third newscast produced by the Tuesday class. It aired on March 29th. At this point, most of the students have rotated through the three positions most particularly, for the at least the two on-air positions of anchor and reporter. So, take a look.———————————————————————————————————————————————-This is the second newscast produced by the Thursday class.
It aired on March 24th. The two classes are different in terms of numbers so there are adjustments to be made in producing a full half hour newscast. Look at the newscast and, yes, think about how they handled being anchors — that’s the most visible role in a newscast. But look at the reporters and not just their on-air appearance. More importantly, Look at, and listen to, the content. We had some issues in this area with this newscast.
Overall though a solid production. Then again, you tell us what you think.——————————————————————————————————————————–This is the second newscast produced by the Tuesday class. It aired on March 22nd.
We should re-emphasize that the students rotate through all positions, so that they have experience as not just an anchor, but also as reporter and producer. The point is to help them see the full, or as close to full, 360-degree picture of what it takes to produce a newscast.————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-This is the first newscast produced by the Thursday student group. It’s from March 17th. We had some issues with basic mechanics of producing a newscast — format, scripting, uploading, playback, etc. Despite that the newscast produced was reasonably credible — although we will ask you, the friends, family and viewers, to tell us what you think. What follows is the newscast –News FiveSeventy for March 17th, followed by the post show critique.————————————————————————————————————————————————————————This is the first newscast produced by the Tuesday class of the News Five Seventy group. It aired March 15th and it was a strong premiere newscast.
It helped obviously that the senior producer was experienced in Newsource, acting as senior production manager, and so he understood the logistics and mechanics of the situation. It also helped that on this first newscast they were able to use the pieces produced for professor Chris Shumway’s videography class. Regardless, we would appreciate any and all feedback.————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-FROM LAST SEMESTER ——-On Thursday, December 3rd, the class produced this — the FINAL newscast of the semester for the Thursday group. The lead was the Veterans’ Day observances in the Athens and Northeast Georgia area. It was followed by a story on Extra Special People, people with needs and physical or mental disabilities, the Georgia CARE program, Holiday Mail services and ended with the “kicker” block piece on the Athens Art scene and some particular events going on.———————————————————————————————————————————–On Tuesday, December 1st, the class produced this — the FINAL newscast of the semester for the Tuesday group. The lead was the national AIDS Day observance, and events and issues going on in the local area.
As with the Veterans’ Day story above, it was a national story, but whereas the Veterans’ Day story above had local events tied to it, on this one the reporters had to development their local angle. As always, the focus on all these newscasts is on the LOCAL stories, not national or international stories. In some cases, a national or international story may be included, as in this, but usually only if —A) It is of such importance that we need to acknowledgeB) And most likely, if the story is ‘localized’ — that is, a local twist is provided on the story, as happened in this case.———————————————————————————————————————————–On Thursday, November 19th, the class produced the following newscast. The lead story was a protest in Tate about the reggae situation. It was followed by stories about bike thefts and area robberies in the “2nd” block, a look at apartment utilizes and their costs in the third, LEGBT Awareness in the fourth and ending on an after school celebration at Thomas Lay.——————————————————————————————————-It should be noted that this is the Tuesday, November 17th, newscast.
The downloading of the newscasts is handled by the volunteer production staff, which is very good about doing this. This was the newscast that led with the story about the shooting in Paris and the fact that a member of the band performing Paris is a member of a band that originated here in Athens, Georgia.———————————————————————————————————————————–On Thursday, November 12th, the class produced the following newscast. In this newscast, the lead was on the so-called “opportunity zones” which are special tax exempt areas designed to encourage development.
It was followed by a story on “Pocket Points”, then a look at the Hunger Bowl drive, a report, or package, on Veterans Day, and finally a look at the Athens recycling program called CHaRM.A variety of pieces, and a variety of performances. As always, we encourage people to look and share and comment, as appropriate.One disclaimer: – the production staff that handles the technical delivery of the newscast also is responsible for recording the newscast. As so often happens, the staff begins recording a little bit early to make sure they get the full newscast. In this case, the anchors were how can we put this having fun. But it does serve as a little bit of a warning that you have to be careful any time you’re in front of the camera.————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-On Tuesday, November 10th, the class produced the following newscast. Frankly, the content was mainly features, rather than what we would call “hard news.” Part of that is understandable because they work on the stories ahead of time and do not normally produce them in full on the day of the news event.
Part of it though is also that the students are basically more oriented toward the “lighter news.”Here were the stories covered: Seasonal Depression especially brought on by the recent poor weather. A Teen Advisory board which helps local teens cope the impact of football on the local economy and a special and different kind of fashion show in Athens.————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-What follows is the FiveSeventy newscast produced by the Thursday class on November 5th. Again, the stories are pretty “featurish” and again for the same reasons.
That doesn’t mean they’re not good. They are interesting, but one of the issues we deal with is making the news stronger and more of a hard focus.The stories in this newscast were the “No Shave November” move where people stopped shaving for the month to show their support for people with cancer, a look at Hurricane Patrician and the donation efforts locally, the number of Athens pets in shelters, Arts in Athens and the challenges facing print media in this ‘new media world.’As you can see they are “feature-ish” stories. But the other important part we emphasize is that the stories must ALL be LOCAL. That means they need to be stories about local issues, local events, local people.(A foot note – For technical reasons, the support crew did not record the Tuesday FiveSeventy newscast from November 3rd.————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————Here is the FiveSeventy newscast produced by the Thursday class on October 29th.
To the students’ credit, they did a nice preview on the upcoming local elections, with one reporter (Michelle Baruchman) managing to interview all three candidates for the mayor’s position in Winterville. We also had stories on local coffee shops, a police trunk or treat event and the amnesty law. Unfortunately, one package had to be ‘killed.’ The reporter did not get the script approved by the executive producer in time.
Script approval is a critical part of the process. Any script not approved by the executive producer (most particularly, so-called ‘packages’ which are reporter pieces) is in doubt. Some shorter stories, such as readers and voice overs, may be approved by the senior producer on duty. In any case, here it is ————————————————————————————————————————————————————–Here is the newscast produced by the Tuesday class on October 27th. The stories ranged from animals at Sandy Creek to the AthHalf Marathon, the so-called Fring Fest and OChem. Don’t know what that is? Watch and find out.
You can see it here.———————————————————————————————————————————————————–Here is the newscast produced by the Thursday class on October 22nd. It had some good content and some good visuals. So there is progress.Unfortunately one reporter package was not approved for airing. That meant the newscast was short, so the executive producer had the anchors ask each reporter a question after their package aired, to add substance and depth. Then we had them do a newscast recap at the end of the newscast, to review the stories they had produced.This was a bit of a curve ball for them.
We did it, not just to “fill” time but to provide the student reporters and anchors a real-life experience. It forced them to think on their feet and respond just as would happen in a live newscast. It’s all part of the learning process. In any case, here’s the newscast and the post-show critique as posted on YouTube.———————————————————————————————————————————————————–Here is the latest newscast produced by the Tuesday class on October 20th. This is the 3rd newscast produced by this group. We had some issues because what was supposed to be the lead package was uploaded very late to the playback unit for playing on air. So, that meant we had to start with what is called the “B block” newscast segment, then go back to what was the original “A block” newscast segment.
In any case, here’s the newscast with the post show review as well, as uploaded to YouTube.We encourage you to watch all the newscasts and we welcome your comments. We will post the other newscasts as they become available on our video server.
Don't have time to read this whole post right now?No problem. Let us send you a downloadable PDF so you can read it when it’s convenient for you.Name.Email.We especially want an ending that leaves ourselves and our audience satisfied. Get Your Free Fiction Writing Download Bundle NowContaining over 20,000 words in total, the bundle is packed with advice on getting your novel planned, written, edited and published. Plus, join our email list to stay up-to-date.Name.Email.2. Unresolved endingThis is basically the opposite to a resolved ending. The overarching plot is left unfinished and the ultimate outcome of the characters' story arcs is unknown based on the textual information.This might be used to entice readers to use their imagination and create their own ending, satisfying themselves.More commonly,. References are usually made to tasks still to be done or conflicts still to be determined, essentially making the book one big chapter of a larger story.Obviously, this is one of the easiest endings to write.
Readers understand nothing has to be wrapped up here, but it's still vital to create a sense of excitement and anticipation using an unresolved ending, otherwise people may not be interested in coming back for the second instalment.There are plenty of famous examples to pay heed to, such as Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy, Rowling's Harry Potter series, or The Chronicles of Narnia books written by C. Implied endingThis is often the most tempting ending for an author and the most frustrating for a reader.The conclusion, or 'what happens in the end', isn't explicitly stated or displayed. This is achieved by holding back information or leaving multiple logical explanations up in the air, allowing the reader to make up their own mind.The audience is refused a fully informed outcome. They may be left thinking a range of questions:. 'Did he or didn't he?' .
'Is she alive or dead?' .
'Is it that or is it this?' .
'Is the narrator lying or telling the truth?' This ending is very effective because it creates a talking point and keeps the reader pondering long after they've put down the book. For an author, this is ideal; if readers are thinking about you, they'll likely go looking for more of your work.A terrific example of this type of ending is by Dennis Lehane (also made into a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio).In this story, there are two explanations for the reader to consider at the end. One is more implied than the other, but both are feasible.Lehane has written so masterfully that he effectively teases the reader, leaving them uncomfortably torn between the two.Personally, it took me a couple of months and a conversation with my mother, who had also read the book, to settle on one ending over the other.
Stay up to date with the most popular posts on Writer's Edit.4. Twist in the tailIn theory, a story that ends in this way catches the audience by surprise with a completely unexpected turn of events.As a result, the whole story is usually turned upside down, with a previously believed fact turning out to be false.This may involve a character 'coming back' from the dead, a hero revealing themselves as a villain (or vice versa), or a new and vital piece of information coming to light at the last minute.A 'twist' ending is good for playing with readers' emotions. You can bring them up quickly or send them crashing down, depending on what route you decide to take with your story. Either way, you can cause a dramatic shift in a reader's attitude.Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk is a novel (and film) that quickly comes to mind here. The revelation towards the end of the story will have you replaying every previous event in your mind and will completely change your understanding of the novel. Here's, topped by Fight Club, which includes six more of the best plot twists seen in literature.5.
Tie-backTo put it simply, a story written in this fashion will begin and end in the same way. The ending is revealed first before the author fills in the details of how that ending came to be. While this may take away some of the suspense for a reader, a clever author is still able to introduce twists and surprises.A tie-back ending also allows for a very focused method of writing – it's always easier to navigate if you know where you're going, right?It also creates a feeling of balance and equilibrium for the story.American author Kurt Vonnegut had many, including that they should 'start as close to the end as possible'.The Star by Arthur C. Clarke is a nice short example of a tie-back ending; the beginning shows a main character in pain, and the ending ties back to the cause of his pain. Read it online.6. Crystal ballThis conclusion goes 'beyond the ending' in a way, looking into the future.It explains what happens to the characters years after the main events of the story.Authors and readers alike may think they want this ending – understandably, they want to see more of their favourite characters – but most of the time, it may not really be necessary.A common way of writing a 'crystal ball' ending is with an epilogue.An example might be a section in which the perspective is from the main character's child, who was absent from the main story. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows into this category, rounding off the series with an epilogue set 19 years after the main story.What sort of ending will you envision for your characters?
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Image source: Kev Lewis via Flickr Creative Commons.So there you have it!Six endings to consider when finishing your story, novel, or script.Always remember what you set out to achieve and consider the feelings you want to leave with your audience. Last impressions are just as important as first impressions.Want more tips and tricks?. I really like all of the 6 different ways to write story endings. Right now I’m in the middle of writing my story, and every time I come up against these different advices I notice I’m becoming I guess smart. Learning new things that I never thought would be important at all. Thanks to the people that create all these different sites about different techniques in writing I feel like I’m becoming a better writer than I was before. Even taking a look at all the authors that written books before I understand how hard it can be to write a perfect book.