Shook's article

Shook’s “Writing the Package” is filled with helpful tips about news writing for tv-broadcast.
Overall, it is important to understand the story that you are trying to convey, and the proper way to go about committing that message to tape. I liked that Shook gives leeway yin the amount of pre-planning for stories. When deadlines are an issue, it’s easy and efficient to have everything pre-written and storyboarded. However, that is not always for the best. There could be new facets to the story that, as a reporter, one could fail to incorporate because they were too fixed on “a plan.”
(However, I have always found storyboarding to be EXTREMELY helpful, because it focuses the shooting, and I can plan ahead to avoid monotony in shots, etc.)
As a backpack journalist, it is important to understand the way that a news package works. Unlike traditional broadcast, most of our stories will have to stand on their own. (That is why the structure of a news package is so important.) It is important to relate the story to the audience visually in the short amount of time allotted.
I really liked the idea of leaving a lasting final image. It makes sense to leave the audience with one picture, so that they will not only feel closure to the story, but also use that as a way to retain the information later.