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Everytime I turn on CNN or fox news the reporters are freaking out about something. I swear old people probably die from heart attacks and panic attacks whenever they turn on the news.
Why must they sensationalize everything?? F*** the ratings just give us the news!
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You're right of course. If they cover a story that is simply a mild concern, no one will watch - ratings fall. So every story has to be an edge-of-your-seat story. The biggest offenders in this category are the top of the hour 5 minute news casts on the radio. They need to prevent people in their cars from changing the radio station, and truly sensationalize everything.
I watched a TV news crew here in my town last spring when we had some flooding. It wasn't real bad. The TV van drove slowly down the street while a scout on foot talked to people on ahead. Most people weren't too upset about the water. The scout rolled his eyes at these folks and became aggitated. Finally, he found a very unstable lady a few doors down who cries about anything at the drop of a hat. He got her to cry, motioned the van to come over because they had a winner, and that's who they interviewed for the 6:00 news.
You're right of course. If they cover a story that is simply a mild concern, no one will watch - ratings fall. So every story has to be an edge-of-your-seat story. The biggest offenders in this category are the top of the hour 5 minute news casts on the radio. They need to prevent people in their cars from changing the radio station, and truly sensationalize everything.
I watched a TV news crew here in my town last spring when we had some flooding. It wasn't real bad. The TV van drove slowly down the street while a scout on foot talked to people on ahead. Most people weren't too upset about the water. The scout rolled his eyes at these folks and became aggitated. Finally, he found a very unstable lady a few doors down who cries about anything at the drop of a hat. He got her to cry, motioned the van to come over because they had a winner, and that's who they interviewed for the 6:00 news.
How many news segments are there in a normal news show?
Mrs.half-v
How many news segments are there in a normal news show? (Sports, traffic,etc.) And what are they called?
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Great question. It varies depending on the station or network and the format. It also depends on the news of the day; a station manager or news director might shift stuff around if there's a lot of breaking news.
Typically, in a national newscast (CBS, NBC or ABC), there might be eight stories or segments spread over 21 or 22 minutes (a half-hour news show is only about 22 minutes long because of commercials).
At a local station, there might be MORE stories, but they're only a few SECONDS long. And there will be more time left for weather and sports. The segments are really simple; there's really only three -- news, weather, sports. We used to have a weather tease at the beginning, go right into news (which might have a national story that we threw a local spin on), then back to weather and finished up with sports. We usually didn't do "traffic" unless there was a lot of construction and we tied it into news. In radio, of course, traffic is more important because listeners are IN THEIR CARS. So add traffic to news, weather, sports . . . and the answer is: TV -- 3, Radio -- 4.
I was a TV news director and editor as well as a former newspaper editor.
Hope this helps you out. Good luck.
Great question. It varies depending on the station or network and the format. It also depends on the news of the day; a station manager or news director might shift stuff around if there's a lot of breaking news.
Typically, in a national newscast (CBS, NBC or ABC), there might be eight stories or segments spread over 21 or 22 minutes (a half-hour news show is only about 22 minutes long because of commercials).
At a local station, there might be MORE stories, but they're only a few SECONDS long. And there will be more time left for weather and sports. The segments are really simple; there's really only three -- news, weather, sports. We used to have a weather tease at the beginning, go right into news (which might have a national story that we threw a local spin on), then back to weather and finished up with sports. We usually didn't do "traffic" unless there was a lot of construction and we tied it into news. In radio, of course, traffic is more important because listeners are IN THEIR CARS. So add traffic to news, weather, sports . . . and the answer is: TV -- 3, Radio -- 4.
I was a TV news director and editor as well as a former newspaper editor.
Hope this helps you out. Good luck.
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