News and News Values
- The broadcast industries – history and development
- Broadcast news – radio
- Broadcast news TV
- Differences between print and text news
- The changing media landscape – broadcasting to narrow casting
- Greater choice, smaller audiences
- Demographics
- Audience research
Writing for Broadcast
- Conversational English
- Right choice of words
- Style guides
- Accuracy and attribution
- Short words and short phrases
- Avoiding cliches, jargon and officialise
- Officialise
- Short forms and abbreviations
- Spelling and punctuation
- Hype
- Numbers
The Interview
- What’s the story?
- Why the interview?
- Research and background
- Approaching an interviewee
- Picking the location
- Interview techniques
- The two way
The Bulletin
- The five Ws
- The personal angle
- Deciding priorities and item lengths
- Ordering
The Voice and the Voicer
- Reading the news
- Articulation and enunciation
- Voice care
- Reading speeds
- Posture and breathing
The Package
- Finding the story
- Research and evaluation of content
- Longer form and extended artefacts
Pictures and Visual
- Preparation
- Equipment
- Selecting the right location
- Framing the shot and shot selection
- Graphics
- Astons, foot of frames
- Photographs and still images
- User generated content
Broadcast Sound
- Sound recording
- Microphones
- Ambient sound
- Creating a sound image or soundscape
- Wildtracks
- Music
- Phone interviews
- Down the line
Radio Technologies
- Editing techniques
- Editing software
- Radio studios
- Content management
- Playout systems
- Music recording and multi tracking
Television Technologies
- Cameras
- Recording media
- Sound
- Microphones
- Video editing software systems
- The television studio
- Chromakey and greenscreen technology
- Virtual studios
- Traditional studio playout systems
- File server based content management and playout systems
- Studio and location prompting systems
Research
- Internet research – beyond Google
- Picture and film archives
- Libraries and text
- Building contacts, note taking and keeping record
Presenting on Radio
- Bulletins
- News magazines
- Current affairs programmes
- Music and entertainment
- Live sequences
- Phone-ins
- Music scheduling, formats and branding
- Presentation styles
Presenting on Television
- Bulletins
- News magazines
- Current affairs programmes
- Music and entertainment
- Presenting on location
- Pieces to camera
- Studio presentation
- Vocal skills and voice care
Audio Visual Material on the Web
- Adapting and reversioning traditional broadcast material
- Presenting audio and video material on the web – reports and features
- Text, headlines and intros
- Audio clips
- Video clips
- Headline, links and introductions
- Online software content management systems – Dreamweaver, Flash
- Blogging
- Vlogging
- Interactivity
- Feedback
Legal and Physical Constraints
- Reporting from hazardous environments
- Risk assessment procedures
- Health and safety in the studio, office and on location
- Image rights
- Copyright
- Release forms
- Online regulation
- International law
Career Development and Employability
- Employment opportunities for the multi skilled multi platform journalism
- Further career development
- Training opportunities
Example Candidate Response Booklet
Example Candidate Response (ECR) Booklets are a source of crucial information for Centres and Candidates as they use real candidate responses. We ask Senior Examiners to comment on five or more responses in terms of why the mark was awarded with commentary about how to improve the answer (if necessary).
