Expression: YK Poudel : Print, Broadcast and Radio & Internet

... 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭, 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨

One of my friend comment on social media about news on BBS(TV)and Kuensel (print) is always same. Content will be same but way of telling the story is different.

Every reporter is a storyteller but they use different tools to tell the story. Print go for text and photo, broadcast go for visual and sounds while radio tells story through sound.

I will share you how they work and how journalist table the news.

𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭______

I still remember what professors said to me. "𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞."

Think who could be the main character of your story and try to tell it through his or her personal experience. That's the way readers can connect and understand better, because they can relate to the person who is talking to them.

A good story in print have a beginning, what the topic or the problem is and who are the people affected by it.Then in the following part of the story - how that problem occurred, what provoked it, what are the consequences, are there possible solutions and if there are – how far are we from it.

Once my editors advised us to use simple and understandable language. "Our mandates is to inform people. Our language should be simple and understand by a class II student," he said.

Every good story uses simple and understandable language, because our aim is that everyone can understand it. Good conversations or quotes are also very significant. This provide a more interesting and fluent story.

This is how journalists work in print.

𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭(𝐓𝐕) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨_____

A professor who taught me broadcast and radio once told me, "𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲."

If you are making a package for TV, think visually. Imagine which images would reflect the essence of the story, and pick one of them for the opening. Let the words follow and supplement the picture. Use natural sound to paint the atmosphere, and be part of the story - show that you(reporter)are there. I think showing the reporter at the scene increases the significance of the story.

Second advised what I remember is: "𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞."

He mean to say, write the way you talk. "Short sentences always work better for television and radio."

He always insists us to be simple and direct –" it’s not like a piece in the newspaper your audience can go back to if there is something they didn’t understand. Remember that they are listening or watching your story and they need to understand everything right away."

So, yes. Anyone can become a journalist or storytellers.