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Radio
News, Reporting and Production
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LESSON
19
INTERPRETATIVE
REPORTING II
Essentials
of Interpretative Reporting
The
following are the essential
elements of an interpretative
report.
·
Factual
background
·
Eyewitness
accounts
·
Interviews
Factual
Background
Every
interpretative report takes a
start with the factual background of the
event without which the
report
will
not be called a complete,
comprehensive and compact
report and will leave a
feeling of vagueness. It is,
therefore,
becomes necessary to make the
factual background a part of
interpretative report. The
factual
background
of an event is the same that has
been gone on air in a result of
factual reporting.
As
it has already been
discussed that in factual
reporting the answer to four
Ws (What--?
When-?
Where---?
Who----? ) is
most important.
Why
we need interpretative report of the
same event of which news has
already gone on air?
It
is simply because when an important
incidence occurs; because of the
minute details of the story
and lack
of
time in the news bulletin the first
news goes on air in a short, crisp
form highlighting the gist of the
story.
The
rest of the things which demand
interpretation are left for
the next bulletin or for a
special commentary
covering
the other important aspects of the
event.
Eyewitness
Accounts
The
account of eye witnesses is very
important to be recorded for an
interpretative report. Amongst
eye
witnesses
are the direct affectees of the incidents
like Accidents, Fire
Stories, Earthquake, Floods, etc.,
the
people
though were not the
affectees but were present
at the spot when the incident
occurred.
The
expressions of eyewitnesses must be
recorded with their names
and identifications.
Interviews
Interviews
of concerned people such as police officials,
fire brigade, social
workers, etc. are important
to be
recorded
to win the confidence of the listeners
and to add credibility to the
report.
Interpretative
Reporting Of Different News
Stories
The
points of interpretation present in
different story types are as
follows:
SPEECH
STORY
Factual
reporting
Who---name(s)
of the speaker(s)
Where----venue
(place where the speech is
delivered)
What------
the most significant point in the
speech
When-------time
of the activity.
Interpretative
Reporting
Speaker
present position
Background
of speaker, or / and the
function
Main
points of the speech
Background
of any point if it relates to
something already existing
Purpose
of the speech (background)
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Number
of audience
Reaction
of different people and audience to the
speech
Important
persons present
PUBLICATIONS
Factual
background
What?
The
name of the book
Genre
novel, biography,
research
The
topic of the book
Who?
Writer's
name, the publisher
Interpretative
reporting
The
author's introduction
Author's
previous works
Present
book's topic in detail
MEETINGS
Factual
reporting
Who---the
active participants of the meeting
When-----time
and date when the meeting
took place or is to be taken
place
Where------the
venue
What------the
topic of the meeting, the result of the
meeting
Why------the
purpose of the meeting
Interpretative
reporting
The
background of the issue
Previous
meetings in the same
context
Previous
meetings' results
EVENTS
=>FAIRS, EXHIBITIONS,
FESTIVALS
Factual
Reporting
What---the
name of the event, the nature of the
event
Where---the
venue
When---
date and timing
Interpretative
Reporting
The
historical background
The
details of festival
The
details of exhibition
Introduction
of exhibitionist
ILLNESS
STORIES
Factual
Reporting
Who
the name & identification of person
who is ill
What--the
nature of the illness
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Where--home,
hospital
Interpretative
Reporting
Cause
of illness
Condition--serious
or critical
Doctor's
comments
Duration
of illness
Family
members at bed side
Visitors
Effect
of illness on person's public
position
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