I talked briefly in my last post about how I started practicing writing scripts on stories I went out with reporters on. The format here at WKBN is slightly different from what I'm used to back at college, but ultimately the skills I have learned over the past 3 years have helped me out a lot here in the newsroom. I have been writing scripts for over 2 weeks now here at WKBN and have had anyone I can read over them and make corrections so I can get better at writing.
Last week when I came in on Wednesday, I was in for quite the surprise! Things were a little tight in the newsroom and some scripts needed to be written for the noon news. Noon Anchor, Jeff Levkulich had me write a VoSot on tips of saving fuel. It was really nice to have the experience of writing a professional script to be used on air and have an experienced anchor look over my script and give me suggestions for improvement. After a little tweaking, the script was ready to go and loaded into the rundown! Next, Jeff had me write two sports teases for the noon news as well. This was my first experience writing a sports tease, but it was pretty easy to follow the format and get it in there quickly. I went up to the studio and sat in the studio as the noon news was broadcast. It was pretty exciting to have my script read on air live during the news and I felt pretty accomplished, but I know I still have a lot of work to do and improvements can always be made. I look forward to writing more in the future for the news, and I plan on writing at least one script a day for my own benefit even if it is not used on air. Writing has definitely grown on me a lot since I have been here in the newsroom and it's something I believe will give me an advantage in the future.
