Anatomy of a news package

It’s Friday, and we thought maybe you’d need a funny video. From the BBC program “Newswipe,” this video breaks down what’s in a video news package… from the walking talking shot to the graphs and illustrations to grab viewer attention.

May contain some colorful British humor and language. Via TVByTheNumbers.com

Tags: bbc

This entry was posted on Friday, January 29th, 2010 at 4:39 am by Dak Dillon and is filed under Online. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

4 Responses to “Anatomy of a news package”

1. Mike TV says:

   Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 3:12 pm

   HAHAHAHA! The talking box has revealed all! Now I’ll never get sucked into a news pack……look at that amazing chart about that poor Kitchen Man…

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2. Samantha says:

   Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 7:16 pm

   This was refreshingly HILARIOUS and oh so true!

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3. Formula TV News Reporting « Dick’s World says:

   Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 9:50 am

   [...] Formula TV News Reporting By dicksworld Borden Back, a former broadcast journalist with whom I worked at both WRBL and WTVM (she works freelance for print media now),  sent an email about formula news packaging that is funny, but, also, all too true. You can see it by clicking this link. [...]

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4. Anonymous says:

   Friday, January 29, 2010 at 4:00 pm

   Spot On. Loved it.

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