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public safety broadcast story rough draft

public safety broadcast story

Rubric Code: W2WW559

By mbbrad4d

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Subject: Communication

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

writing
	Poor 4 pts	Fair 6 pts	Good 8 pts	Excellent 10 pts
focus and structure	Poor story lacks a main point or structure	Fair story could use a "so what" in telling the story or goes off tangent in one or two places; story has part of a structure	Good uses a concept, character, or emotion that tells most of the story, but might go off tangent: employs a story structure that might not have been effective	Excellent uses a concept, character, or emotion that ties story together; employs the proper story structure
Format	Poor 0-1 conditions are met	Fair 2 out of 4 conditions are met	Good 3 out of 4 of the conditions are met	Excellent split page format; right includes anchor reading, left includes directions for editor; SOT times are given or SOTs are transcribed; CG information given
intro and tag; sig out	Poor intro and tag are missing	Fair intro or tag are missing	Good intro and tag give minimal information; reporter is not identified; no reporter sig out	Excellent intro and tag give good information to introduce and close the story. Reporter is identified, and reporter signs out of package
Mechanics	Poor story contains 4 or more proofreading/grammar errors	Fair story uses several formal words; 2-3 proofreading/grammar errors; story is mostly written in past tense or uses excessive words and phrases	Good story uses some formal words; one proofreading error; story somewhat emphasizes immediacy and wording is somewhat tight	Excellent story uses conversational speech; free from grammar and proofreading errors; wording is tight and emphasizes immediacy
tie-ins	Poor voiceovers and SOTs are disconnected; script does not introduce SOT	Fair voiceovers and SOTs are not well-connected; script repeats what speaker says or uses "we asked" or "sat down and talked with"	Good voiceovers and SOTs are somewhat tied to one another; script somewhat repeats what speaker says in SOT; avoids "we asked" or similar wording	Excellent Story nicely ties voiceovers with SOTs; script properly introduces the speaker without repeating what person will say; avoids "we asked," or similar wording
scriptwriting
	Poor 11 pts	Fair 14 pts	Good 17 pts	Excellent 20 pts
broadcast writing	Poor little to no attempt to incorporate audio or video into the script--video is simply wallpaper for the script	Fair writes specifically to video and could use some indirect narration;	Good employs one or two techniques in writing to video and audio	Excellent employs several techniques in writing to video and audio; pictures illustrate and audio aid storytelling
Storytelling
	Poor 4 pts	Fair 6 pts	Good 8 pts	Excellent 10 pts
building blocks	Poor Story is generic	Fair One building block is somewhat attempted	Good Employs at least one building block for a good story (Ch. 2)	Excellent Employs at least two building blocks for a good story (Ch. 2)
creativity	Poor story lacks creative storytelling approach	Fair story considers the news values and employs a basic approach to public safety	Good Story develops a somewhat unique approach to public safety and executes it somewhat well	Excellent story develops a unique approach to public safety and executes it well
SOTs
	Poor 4 pts	Fair 6 pts	Good 8 pts	Excellent 10 pts
sources/SOTs	Poor Story lacks SOTs; story uses one or two sources that do not give specific insight into the story	Fair Story uses one source to add credibility to the issue; SOTs somewhat give insight and personality that cannot be paraphrased	Good Story uses one or two diverse sources to add credibility to the issue; most SOTs give insight and personality that cannot be paraphrased	Excellent Story uses multiple, diverse sources to add credibility to the issue; SOTs give insight and personality that cannot be paraphrased

Keywords:

Broadcast writing

Subjects:

Communication

Types:

Assignment

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