Working on a full blown newscast can sound a little intimidating at first, but then again it wouldn't be a challenge if it wasn't intimidating. We started off researching our stories and writing our story briefs for the newscast. We chose stories about weather, sports, school, international, local, and national not necessarily in that order. The project however was not just about writing shorter versions of the story, we also had to present it as anchors and work in the control room for other peoples projects. Being the anchor had to be the most intimidating part of the project. This was because the project had to be + or - five second off of 2:10 sec which made you want to either slow down or rush through the broadcast. Also when you watch a broadcast you feel a connection with the anchor, the way he's looking into the camera, but believe me the anchor does not feel the same way when he is trying to read the words as clearly as possible off of the telaprompter. All in all it was a fun project that taught me more about the news broadcast business when it goes live.
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