Types of Stories
This type of story is read on camera only.
Reader (RDR)
To record film or video.
Shoot
The distance between the top of a subject's head and the upper edge of the frame.
Head Room
The first step in the Reporting Process.
Story Idea
Television news programming that is expected to express a particular point of view.
Non-Mainstream Media
Comes from an interview. Also called a sound bite.
Sound-On-Tape (SOT)
The term for turning a camera left and right.
Panning
The distribution of TV programs through electrical signals sent through the air.
Broadcast
The first thing you should ask during an interview.
For the interviewee’s name, spelling, title.
The most highly respected form of broadcast journalism.
Main Stream Media
A news story that is introduced by an anchor, but is delivered by a reporter who is live on location.
Live Shot
Used in Photoshop to trim, scale, or straighten an image.
Crop Tool
An aid to composition in the form of an imaginary tic-tac-toe grid.
Rule of Thirds
Where a subject should be looking during an interview.
At the reporter, not the camera.
This is a specific area regularly covered by a reporter.
A Beat.
This is a story that can be used at any time, regardless of season or time of day.
Evergreen
Clicked in Photoshop to control whether a layer is visible.
Visibility Column (Eye Icon)
The control that changes the camera from standby to record mode, and back again.
Record Switch
The question you should always end an interview with.
“Is there anything else you would like to add?”
This is the organization of stories and sequences of a newscast in written form.
A Rundown.
Hard News
This control matches the camera to the overall light quality of the scene.
White Balance
To magnify or reduce the size of a subject by changing the focal length of the lens while recording.
Zoom
The distance between the subject’s nose and the side of the frame.
Nose Room
Used to determine the length of a package or story.
Total Run Time (TRT)