Radio News Writing - short, sharp and straight to the point;

We were told how to write a coherent news story suitable for radio
Grab attention immediately;
- Use a headline.
- identify the main point of the story.

Cut the waffle;
- Don't use ten words where two will do fine.
- Avoid repetition.
- Avoid long words and complicated sentence structure.

Avoid cliches, melodrama and emotive language;

Express yourself clearly;
- complex sentence structure and/or complicated sentence structure can alter the meaning of your story.

Remember your target audience;
- younger- more informal choice of language and structure.
- Older - less conversational; more informative.

Say it out loud;
- Must be fit for purpose -  to be carried by voice alone.

Mechanics;
- Scripts shouldn't be handwritten.
- Should be one and a half line spacing.
- Written on only one side of paper.

When using audio cuts in scripts, they should be written as follows;
NAME:
IN WORDS:
OUT WORDS:
DURATION:

The audio file must have the same name as audio insert name on script.