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What
is the story?
This is one of the most basic and important
questions that helps in carving your story.
The answer to the question focuses the Reporter
to what he should be looking for. However, the skill of knowing
the story comes mainly with experience. Before answering the
question the following aspects should be kept in mind.
a) What kinds of stories are welcome in your
programme?
b) Who is your audience and what is their awareness
level?
c) How many minutes can your story be? A news
story generally is between one to two and a half minutes.
Whereas, a story for a Current Affairs Newsmagazine can be
5 to 10 minutes long.
What is the story?
an example: An earthquake story could be any
one of the following or perhaps a mixture of some of them:
Story 1) Reporting the event i.e where and when
it happened? what was the intensity of the quake and enormity
of damage? How many were killed or injured?
Story 2) What is an earthquake? What causes
it? What is a danger zone and which areas are more prone?
Safety in buildings in the areas etc.
Story 3) Was enough done as far as relief is
concerned? What about rehabilitation?
So before starting to work on the story be sure
what your story is? If you are a fresher- I would suggest
discuss your story with a senior to get focussed. A clear
answer to this question will automatically tune you to the
next two questions.
If you know what is your story, you can also
figure out the various elements associated with it.
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