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The Basics

topics in this section: Avoiding "Cop Talk", Broadcast Sentence-Structure, Charges & Allegations, Leads & Teases, Rewriting Copy, Using Numbers

These pages provide an introduction to radio newswriting. The topics cover sentence structure, how to begin stories, the proper use of numbers in scripts, how to rewrite newspaper stories and press releases, and how to prepare broadcast scripts based on information from law enforcement officials.