How to write a good radio script: R14

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From this research task on how to write a good script for radio news, I learnt that it is important to consider the audience of the news report while writing a news script, to consider the length of the entire newscast and how long each report will be. A typical news bulletin is around 2 to 3 minutes long and each report is around 30 seconds. Secondly, if certain words are hard to say, then it would be helpful to write the word out phonetically, and there is certain rule that radio news presenters typically stick to when writing a script. This is the 3 words a seconds rule. thus if a script for a 30 second report is written, then the script of that report should contain around 90 words. When writing my script I will consider these rules and tips, to ensure a sufficient script is written for our radio newscast.