1st Place, News Brief
2021-22, Division 1, News Writing
By Camille Berko
The Bucs’ Blade
Grand Haven HS
Due to new spectator limits put on sporting events, GHTV has been working hard throughout the school year to make games more widely accessible through live streaming.
In the fall they focused mostly on football and boys soccer. In the winter, basketball and swimming. In the spring, they plan to cover lacrosse and girls soccer.
The setup, consisting of four different camera angles and lots of equipment, used to take the crew close to two hours to complete. Now, however, they’ve got it down to about 30 minutes.
Senior Zachary Whitaker, a four-year veteran, has enjoyed the new challenges presented.
“I’ve really liked getting to go out and do a variety of events and learn the process and be able to get down the process and see all of it come together,” Whitaker said. “It’s definitely been a really, really fun experience. It’s really opened my eyes to all different careers out there and different opportunities outside of school.”
NW-04. News Brief
News briefs should be 150-200 word stories that report on events and issues that have news value and timeliness to the publication’s readers. Coverage should include quotes or other attributed information from at least one human source. Submit a PDF of the print page(s) on which the news brief was published or the URL to the story on an online news site.
JUDGING CRITERIA
- Meets word count limit
- Does not sacrifice accuracy for the sake of timeliness
- Sharp, attention-getting lead that underscores news story importance
- Uses inverted pyramid
- Sentences are carefully constructed to be as concise as possible
- Emphasizes news elements, i.e. timeliness, nearness, impact, and prominence
- Uses direct quotes or attributed information from at least one source