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Clear, Strong Writing for Broadcast Journalism

In this one-hour video tutorial, early-career journalists will learn how to make their writing crisper, clearer and more enticing to broadcast audiences.

Overview

This video tutorial is for college journalists, those who aspire to broadcast careers and early-career producers
You'll learn valuable strategies to help you write and produce memorable broadcasts
Learn from Poynter senior faculty for broadcast and online, Al Tompkins

Price: $0.00

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this video tutorial, you'll be able to:

Establish a central conflict or tension in your story
Utilize motivators to attract a broad audience
Use writing techniques to focus your storytelling
Include details effectively in your story
Produce a story that is succinct and memorable

Join broadcast veteran Al Tompkins and learn how stronger writing can lead to stronger broadcasts. In this one-hour video lesson, Tompkins will cover how to produce a story that audiences care about in a way that is succinct and sharp, yet memorable and evocative.

Touching on the importance of strong leads, story motivators and the value of conflict, this video provides examples of how — and how not — to write and produce quality broadcasts.

RELATED TRAINING: Follow up this course with "Powerful Writing: Leverage Your Video and Sound" and learn how to pair your writing with quality video and sound for an even stronger production.

This video tutorial is available on demand.

Who should take this course?

College students aspiring to broadcast careers and early-career producers and broadcasters will benefit.

Instructors

Al Tompkins

Senior Faculty, Broadcast and Online

Al Tompkins is The Poynter Institute's senior faculty for broadcasting and online. He has taught thousands of journalists, journalism students and educators in newsrooms around...

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