Thursday, October 21, 2010

Rundown Rationale


Our Show began with a DeWitt Police Officer who was injured after his patrol car was hit this morning. I chose this story to be the lead story since it was timely, and it affected numerous people since part of 4-81 was shut down for a few hours. Then I chose the story about Police identifying the victims of last night's shooting because it was a second day angle to the story, and it flowed well with the lead story. Then I put Philip George's wrap of a woman who used pepper spray to avoid arrest, because it was dealt by police so it flowed well. After that I put the story of a man who beat a puppy and faces legal action, because it deals with authorities and that flows well to change from police stories to broken law stories. Then I chose Tony's live wrap, because it dealt with a school lawsuit, and is in the law spectrum. Then I chose Shelby Fenster's anchor actuality because it dealt with college athlete shoes and that is related to education and schools. After that I chose the parking meters story because it still dealt with breaking the law. Then I chose Shelby Fenster's anchor actuality of the NPR analyst who was fired, and I put this story towards the end of the A block because it was a national story. Then I finished the A block with the four loko potential ban story, which is a national story and it also affects local college campuses. In the B Block, the kicker dealt with an AXA business woman winning the lotery, and that is a perfect kicker because it was a unique local story. Then I put the weather, and that was the show.

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