Broadcast
Due: February 1
Fee: $30
Entries must be published between the February 1, 2024 and February 1, 2025.
Presented at the Spring SCSPA Conference
Broadcast categories:
- Anchor for a news program– A person who has anchored a news program should send a minimum of two examples of their anchor style. The anchor can give a variety of their clips from different stories. 5 mins max.
- Feature story– Feature stories should inform and/or instruct. There should be interviews and voiceovers. 5 mins max.
- Graphics– This category could include any program which has used pictorials to present the story. It could be an opener for a TV segment, an opener for a news story, weathercast graphics or an infograph for a commercial. 5 mins max.
- Man-on-the-street– Q&A, alternative stories or adlibbed stories. 5 mins max.
- News story– News stories should report and not interpret events. They should give the facts. Should tell a story in an interesting and informative manner. There should be interviews and voiceovers. 5 mins max.
- Personality profile or human interest– These stories focus on an interesting angle about a person’s life or an interesting angle about life in general. 5 mins max.
- Public service announcement– Give information about an upcoming event or shed light on an issue or situation which affects teens, the school, or the community. 5 mins max.
- Reporter– A reporter may send a tape of clips of their reporting style. This may include a variety of clips of the reporter in different stories. 5 mins max.
- Short film– Live action, animated and documentary films focused on a specific topic. 5 mins max.
- Sports story– The coverage may be live or from a sports news story. 5 mins max.
- Videography– Creative angles, sequences, use of proper technique, ability to utilize natural sound, development of a story line addressing the general topic and the overall impact of the piece. 5 mins max.
