1. Producing Chapters 14-15
RTV 440 S18

2. Producing the 30-minute show
The time constraints are brutal: 30-minute newscast has eight minutes of commercials, leaving only 22 minutes for news.
Subtract three minutes for your weather report (19 minutes remain), another four for sports (now 15 minutes are left for news),
…and then another minute for bumps, opens, and closes. Your half-hour of news lasts a mere 14 minutes.

3. Terms Producer, Associate Producer, Asst. Producer
Executive Producer (EP)
Teases and Bumps
Blocks
Stacking
Rundown
Lead Story ‘most important story in then newscast’
Traffic
Gatekeeper

4. Terms Producer / Line Producer Field Producer Web Producer
DMA / ratings / overnights / sweeps / Nielsen
On the rundown
Slug, Talent, GFX, ERT, TRT, SOT, cume

5. Content of the show… VO VO-SOT READER PACKAGE Rundown: A Block
RDR/OTS, PKG, VSV, VO, PKG, RDR, VSV
peak-and-valley format of each block
Timing and pacing
Addition of good Graphics
Keeping viewer interest -- teases

6. Content of the show… Opening tease with video
Anchor on-camera time: Balancing the anchors
ad-libs, bumps, teases, and tosses
Breaking stories: dropping and floating stories
Live shots 

7. Live Shots News meeting planning
Live truck / Sat truck / Fiber feed / Backpack
Wraparound of VO / VSV / PKG
Toss from anchor
Debrief from anchor
IFB / monitor / Mix Minus
How a traditional live shot is done

8. Producing Radio Chapters 15

9. The state of radio news
“The demise of the significant role that radio had traditionally played in covering the news began with the unfortunate decision by the FCC that radio stations did not have to provide news as a public service.”

10. The state of radio news Radio newscast Readers Actuality stories
Voice reports
Voice-actuality (like a PKG)
Sceners

11. Local radio news Rip and read
What local people want to know about and need to know about
Easier than TV
No video to shoot
Interviews over the phone
Real use of a beat check
One person operation

12. Radio News Terms Writing from the back Localizing the news Convergence
Wraparounds
Lead-ins, TRT and OC
Teases and Headlines
Pad copy and backtiming

13. Radio News Examples Radio news feature with wild sound and actualities
A Report with Interview type of feature story
Sports Feature
A voice report story with a standard outcue

14. In general, a 30-minute newscast contains _____ minutes of commercials, leaving only ____ minutes for news. 
8 / 22

15. Chapter 14 says the _____ is responsible for the long-term look of the newscasts, determining, in consultation with the news director and the GM, the set, the style of the opening and close, the choice of anchors, the philosophy, and other details.
Executive Producer

16. While sometimes the main job might be writing stories, the chapter says the ______ helps reporters put together packages when they are in a rush or have been assigned to a second story or cuts sound bites and picks video for the packages.
Associate Producer

17. The 24-hour news cycle and online presence allowing viewers to find Internet updates at their leisure has led to the birth of:
Web Producers

18. The ________ is the 'business manager' of a TV station's news department, overseeing the overall operation and determining how the budget is allocated.
News Director

19. The lineup of stories as they will run within a TV newscast is called the _______. 
rundown

20. In discussing the producing world at TV stations, the chapter says there are basic steps that are universal in newsrooms, including that newscasts begin with ________, and continue throughout the day as stories either thrive or die.
Staff meetings

21. The ‘D’ Block in Chapter 14’s description is said to often be called the:
Kicker block

22. ___________are similar to one another, and might be, “We'll be back with more. Stay with us,” or might promote a story in the next block.
Bumps and teases

23. The chapter says the most basic graphic is the
Downstream key (DSK)
Used for lower thirds / name keys

24. 'Wire copy' usually refers to material that comes from what service?
Associated Press (AP)

25. Radio newswriters say that the first stories they write are those that will not change--working in this way is called _______. 
Writing from the back

26. In radio news most newscasters read approximately ________ lines of copy per minute. 
15-16

27. What we call sound bites in TV news may also be called that in radio, but also may be called ________.  
actualities

28. The combination of sound and words, using the voice of the newscaster or reporter at the beginning and end of a story or report and the voice of the newsmaker in the middle, is known as a(n) ______ .  
wraparound

29. Every sound bite, wraparound, and report from the scene included in a news script must be introduced by a line or phrase known as a(n)______. 
Lead-in

30. The short sentences used in a script to hold the audience's attention just before a commercial break:  
teases

31. Copy written for protection against mistakes in timing and unexpected changes in the newscast that could affect the timing is called _______. 
pad