Self- Assessment of Story

Broadcast Journalism Story Self-Assessment (Copy and paste this to your blog post)

Is the topic relevant and interesting? Does it relate to our audience? 4

Is the story angle clearly defined? Is it unique? 4

Is the stand-up informative and creative? Does it lead into the story? 3

Are the interviews important to the story? Experts? Restate question? 4

Are transitions smooth and informative? Sequence makes sense? 4

Does the story make sense? Does the A-Roll drive the story? 4

Do the camera shots add to the story? B-roll? Correct shots? 4

Is sound used to enhance story? Music? Natural sound? 3

Is the editing clean? Graphics? Sound? Transitions? 2

Is the story the proper time length? 4

Total _36___/40

Comments: (What was done well? What improvements should be made?)
I was having a hard time keeping it under the time limit so a lot of the information had to be cut. This caused some of the story to not make sense (i.e. my stand up). All in all for a first story, it seemed to go pretty well. As soon as I got the idea, the thoughts just kept rolling on how to shoot B-roll and what questions to ask. I had a lot of good information which I suppose is better than not very much bad information.