RADIO BROADCASTING TRAINING & COMPETITION GUIDELINES

Define news and essential knowledge for Radio Broadcasting. This includes guidelines and mechanics for the broadcasting competition

1. NEWS WRITING TRAINING

2. UNDERSTANDING THE ELEMENTS OF NEWS Accuracy Objectivity Proximity Clarity Timeliness Prominence Conflict Human Interest

3. UNDERSTANDING THE ELEMENTS OF NEWS HEADLINE LEAD BODY

4. UNDERSTANDING THE ELEMENTS OF NEWS 5Ws and 1H What Where When Who Why How

5. UNDERSTANDING THE ELEMENTS OF NEWS

6. RADIO BROADCASTING AND NEWS SCRIPTWRITING TRAINING

7. BROADCAST JOURNALISM PRINT JOURNALISM Broadcast Journalism is the practice of reporting news through television or radio Broadcast journalism generally involves shorter stories and news updates. Print journalism is the practice of reporting news through printed materials Print journalism provides more in-depth coverage of topics

8. THE ELEMENTS RADIO BROADCASTING Human Voice Music Sound Effect Silent/ Pause Script

9. FUNDAMENTALS OF RADIO SCRIPTWRITING Purpose of a radio script Key elements of radio script Time management in script writing

10. THE ELEMENTS RADIO PRODUCTION Equipment Pre-production Production Post-Production

11. GENERAL GUIDELINES Contestants are not allowed to have mobile phones, reference materials or any extra sheets of paper in the contest area. All teams must secure that their laptop: device is compatible with the available device/s in the designated simulation area.

12. INDIVIDUAL AWARDS GROUP AWARDS Best Anchor Best News Presenter 1. Best in Technical Application 2. Best in Infomercial 3. Best Script

13. NEWS SCRIPTWRITING GUIDELINES

14. SCRIPTWRITING 1 hr and 30 minutes= scriptwriting a 5-minute radio broadcast (1 infomercial; 4 news articles) Infomercial may cover topics such as health, environment, politics, social issues, and other subjects (</= 1 minute)

15. SCRIPTWRITING News articles: press release, raw data, or any other source provided by the examiners Script should not contain any information that could identify the contestants, their school, division, region Include names of team members along with respective roles (e.g. anchor, news presenter, etc.)

16. SCRIPTWRITING Two Formats Narrative Tabular

17. RADIO BROADCASTING GUIDELINES

18. BROADCAST SIMULATION 9 MINUTES = 3 mins. Preparation/ equipment set-up, = 5 mins. Actual Broadcast = 1 min. exit Use of sound bites/ pre-recorded voice is prohibited Not allowed to change and manipulate the main control board except volume meter

19. OVERTIME/ UNDERTIME DEDUCTION 1- 3 seconds 1 point 4- 20 seconds 2 points 21- 40 seconds 3 points 41- 60 seconds 4 points 61 seconds and above 5 points