Broadcast journalism

Broadcast journalism is the field of news and journals which are broadcast, that is, published by electrical methods, instead of the older methods, such as printed newspapers and posters. Broadcast methods include radio television and, the Internet generally. Such media disperse pictures visual text, and sounds.

Scripts for speaking to be broadcast tend to be written differently than text to be read by the public. For instance, the former is generally less complex and more conversational. Radio and television are designed to be seen and heard sooner and more often than is a daily or weekly newspaper.

Broadcast stories can be written in packages, readers, voice overs, and sound on tape. A reader is an article read without accompanying video or sound. Sometimes an over the shoulder graphic is added. A voice over, or VO, is a video article narrated by the anchor.

A package is an edited set of video clips for a news story and is common on television. It is narrated typically by a reporter. It is a story with audio, video, graphics and video effects. The anchor usually reads before the package is aired and may conclude the story with additional information, called a tag.