Which part of the text does each statement refer to?

#1. “News is the unusual”. (...)

#2. The editor is interested in the one that burnt. (...)

#3. Human interest reports that fall into the good news category. (...)

#4. To put something good on the news. (...)

#5. Good news failed in the ratings. (...)

1. News is something out-of-the-ordinary that will happen, that is happening, or that did happen just a minute ago and will interest people beyond those immediately involved.

2. As the editor of a West Coast daily said: “News is the unusual”.

3. Too often, perhaps, news is crime, sensationalism, the exposure of corruption.

4. The editor is not interested in the 50 houses in the neighbourhood that didn’t burn down yesterday.

5. He (the editor) is interested in the one that did (burnt).

6. The editor is interested in the one that burnt because you - the reader, listener, and viewer - are interested.

7. All of us have probably said, at one time or another, “Why don’t they ever put anything good on the news?”

8. Of course, there are feature stories and human interest reports that fall into the good news category.

9. But ask yourself, “Would I watch the ten o’clock news if that was all they reported?”

10. Ask Ted Turner how interested people really are in good news. His cable superstition, TBS, offered a “Good News” program every evening in 1983. It failed in the ratings.

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Which part of the text does each statement refer to?

#1. The producer decides what to do. (...)

#2. Look may distract TV viewers. (...)

#3. Ways TV reporting differs from other media. (...)

#4. Many skills are required from TV reporter. (...)

#5. Local reporters often do live stand-ups. (...)

1. A successful television reporter needs to move swiftly from story to story, becoming an instant expert who’ll condense a confusing jumble of facts into 60 seconds of journalistic clarity. But that’s not all. In two critical ways, TV

2. Reporting differs from all other’s news media.

3. You’ll talk into camera live without notes. Yes, anchors read from the script as they deliver news from the studio but the trend in local TV is for reporters to do live stand-ups from the news scenes as often a possible.

4. That requires grace under pressure, a rock-solid memory and fluid improvisational skills. Think it’s easy getting pounded by a hurricane as you describe the city’s evacuation plan.

5. Words are crucial, but images rule. TV viewers want to view TV. They want color, action, drama – not talking heads reciting lifeless facts. TV news isn’t just a newspaper with bonus video. To produce a successful newscast you need an entirely different mind-set, from news judgment to a storytelling techniques.

6. Print and radio reporters go solo to news events, but TV news relies on teamwork between you and your photographer. The stronger your visuals the better play your story will get.

7. Look professional. That usually means a jacket and a tie for men, a dress or suit for women. Wear solid colors; avoid stripes. If bright colors make your skin shine, add makeup. And don’t forget your hairspray.

8. If you have got bad hair, an ugly tie or a huge pimple on your nose, viewers will latch onto it and become distracted. That’s why you should try to eliminate all distracting flaws.

9. It’s the newscast producer’s job to decide how much air time each story deserves – and what format it should use.

10. For short, simple stories, an anchor simply reads the script; for longer, more complex topics, a reporter works with a producer, editor and photographer to produce a package.

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