Radio

"wireless transmission of data

using the entire frequency spectrum."

Radio

• How is radio reporting different from newspaper reporting and television reporting?

How is radio reporting different from newspaper reporting and television

reporting?

Radio Journalism

• Condensed format: Print stories are rewritten for time constraints. Headlines --

• http://c2.libsyn.com/media/18778/dn2008-0331-1.mp3?nvb=20100929014244&nva=20100930015244&sid=df09b609448af8165de1970568452e02&l_sid=18778&l_eid=&l_mid=1710568&t=00734102fe875ec4fb25d

• Print reporters write hundreds, even thousands of words for a particular story. Few, radio stories have even a hundred words

• Newspapers are also written hours before they are read, so the events described seem like "old news."

• Radio, on the other hand, has an intimate, "you-are-there" quality that is enhanced by the use of the present tense. Newsmakers spoke to newspaper reporters (”Obama said...."); they speak to a radio audience (”Obama SAYS....").

Radio Reporting• The in-studio interview• Actualities: recorded segment of a newsmaker speaking, generally

lasting from 10 to 20 seconds; this is what people outside of radio journalism often call a "sound bite” (Obama talking about the economy)

• Voicers: recorded report containing only the journalist's voice (narrating events that are unfolding)

• Teaser: brief phrase spoken by the anchor immediately before playing a spot or going to traffic (or some other interruption of the newscast) to tell the listener about a story coming up later; the tease should intrigue the listener without either misrepresenting the story or revealing it entirely

Public Radio• PUBLIC RADIO• NON-COMMERCIAL• Broadcast outlets getting their income from sources other

than advertising timeNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO -- FCC reserved the lower portion of the FM dial for them to use. : • US is only country in world w such little public broadcasting

In most countries, like Canada, Japan & ENGLAND, public stations owned & operated by gov't.• BBC had higher ratings than commercial stations• Supported through mandatory user fees that consumer pays on each radio they own.

This American Life• Weekly radio program on Chicago Public Radio

hosted by Ira Glass.

• Primarily a journalistic non-fiction program, it has also featured essays and field recordings

• Each week's show loosely centers on a particular theme. The theme of the show is explored in several "acts," usually two to five.

• How does the broadcast draw the listener in? What different elements are we hearing?

• How is the experience different than watching TV or reading (besides the obvious)?

“Number One Party School”

• http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/396/1-party-school