Tips for writing for broadcast

• Write in conversational style.
• Write as you're talking to one person

Writing for Radio

• Be very clear, easy talking words.
• Communicate message after hearing it once

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You don't have time to think about meanings of words in broadcasting, SIMPLIFY.

Do not show bias and be objective when you write.

State the facts with your story; allow the audience to form their own opinion on your story.

You are always writing for time limits, more important stories get more on-air time. Based on what the audience wants to know.

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Although it may seem spontaneous at some points, the vast majority of all aired content is carefully planned out in advance.

EMPATHY, EMPATHY, EMPATHY

To do well, you have to put in the time. Period. Do your homework, be serious about your work, stay concentrated. Practice.

Always do the best you can do.

Worker Activist Group Plans March in Columbus

This Sunday, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, otherwise known as the C-I-W, has planned a march in the state's capital to promote fair wages and better working conditions for the farmers that grow food for restaurants including Taco Bell, Chipotle, McDonald's and Wendy's. The march is being held in Columbus, where Wendy's headquarters is located, because of Wendy's unwillingness to stand with their workers on issues pertaining to workplace equality. The C-I-W is an activist group that pledges for women farm workers to fight against sexual harassment and violence in the fields, and has stirred up commotion in the past. In 2005, they lead a boycott against Taco Bell for similar concerns, resulting in a Fair Food agreement that was signed by the majority of companies that the C-I-W farmers grow for. Wendy's didn't sign the agreement after several years of progress, causing the second boycott to form. Their latest march is just the most recent in the long string of action by the organization.