Report structure
This follows a certain structure in an order in which its elements appear in a news report
Below I will be talking about the structure the news follows when presenting:
Lead summary - The news report will introduce themselves and the problems they will be addressing
Interviews and quotes - Because the news is meant to be true and trustworthy to the audience they will back themselves up using interviews field reports they had with people who had witnessed the problem
Actuality footage - This will show the audience footage that is happening at that moment so the audience know it's real and has not been tampered with. For example, a field reporter would be at a protest and if there was fighting at that moment we would see it.
Link to studio and summary - When everything has been said they will go back to the studio where they will sum everything up about what we just saw and then move onto the next report.
Field reporter/ correspondent
Once the news reporter has finished giving the story of the situation they will go to the field reporter also known as correspondent to get further detail about what is happening. This will include interviewing people and eye witnesses. This is to gather more information so people will have a better understanding on what is happening. They are usually surrounded by people which can be a disadvantage as people can be loud making it harder for us to hear. Even sometimes people act silly behind the camera making people watching the news not get into the report or even take it seriously when they see people doing silly things.
Mode of address
Mode of address means the way someone speaks and comes across through the way they speak. For example, dialect, tone of voice, pitch, accent and pace etc. In order for a news report to be believable and for the audience to listen to the person speaking the mode of address needs to be correct, this is vital because someones mode of address can determine the impression they give to someone. Also people need to understand what it being said. If the person we see talking does talks in a way we don't understand then it can get the audience annoyed and even stop them from watching the news as they can't rely on them to make themselves clear. The news must be impartial, honest and trustworthy it is important that the mode of address is really good. This is because it will make people come back to watch more and even make the news look good as people know what they are saying in honest and they aren't biased or even bring their own opinions which can cause conflict.
Links to the studio
This is when one studio links the story it is reporting to another studio.
Usually throughout the reporter in the studio asks the correspondent questions about what we are watching and the correspondent will reply to inform us and give us more information on what is happening. Once they have discussed everything and have given us the main details on what is happening at that time we're brought back to the studio where we see the reporter again and she continues to talk about the details in more depth.This way of reporting an issue is good for viewers as it allows for them to take their eyes away from the reporter in the studio, where they are not bored by just hearing them reporting the issue.
Actuality footage
This is important when the news are explaining stories to the public. It is vital to have actuality footage so members of the public know that the story they have spoken about is the truth. It is when we are shown the event that is being reported at the moment it is happening. For example, I used amateur filming so people watching can know what they are watching is real. By showing the viewers what is happening in the exact moment it allows for them to witness the incident first hand without having someone just tell them it which would be perhaps not all reliable.
Clothing
Because news reporters are presenting live to people they need to look respectful to the people watching. They literally need to dress to impress the viewers watching otherwise they would not take them seriously. We need to trust what these people are telling us are true and if they were in clothing which were professional we wouldn't believe them or even watch the news.
However there are times when wearing clothing is good to report the news. Usually field reports will wear clothes based on the event/place they are attending which means most of the time they will be in normal clothes. The anchors and the news reports are the people who will not be in normal clothing and will have to dress to a good standard because they are in the studio. Interviews and eye witnesses
When we watch the news, and a topic that important where something bad has happened the news will go to interviews and eye witnesses so we can see from their point of view what happened as they were there. The information they get from an expert or eyewitness is then used to put together the news report. Sometimes they choose to use only a small amount of the information given by these people, this is because not all the information given is relevant. However most of the time the interviews will be live so we can see that what the news is talking about is the truth and we can see from someone else's point of view.
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