Written vs Broadcast

One of the largest differences between written news and broadcast news is how short the stories are. Although written news is generally condensed and sticks to the facts there’s a difference in writing the facts for the ear versus the eye. In broadcast, reporters have to give viewers a condescend version of the story, unlike written news the viewer doesn’t get any more facts than the most significant ones. The reporters who were on the scene of specific sites in the story spoke quickly filling the screen time for a matter of seconds, there is no time for editing or reworking something like with writing. In writing for stories, the writer has time to edit, and rewrite sections of a story before handing it in for publishing. The phrase breaking news capitalized on certain information being told to the viewer and bring their attention to the news following that. Whereas in writing we would use a headline to capitalize on information. Broadcasting also doesn’t take the time for something like an information pyramid-like one might use in writing due to the nature of time. Broadcasting uses vocal cues to grab the viewer’s attention even describing scenes like “a tragic” or “greeted with a surprise”, giving emotion to situations versus in writing where news stories are generally kept factual with less emotional attributions.