This is a short look live standup of the synopsis of your story.
We take each one and edit them together into one big whip of "big stories" for the 4:00am show.
Here's an example of an edited WHIP:
THERE'S A BIG PUSH TO FREE A MAN JACKSON COUNTY PROSECUTORS SAY IS INNOCENT.
KEVIN STRICKLAND HAS BEEN IN A STATE PRISON FOR CAPITAL MURDER 43 YEARS.
PROSECUTORS SAY THE KEY WITNESS THAT PAVED THE WAY FOR STRICKLAND'S CONVICTION RECANTED HER TESTIMONY.
FOR STRICKLAND TO BE RELEASED THE MISSOURI SUPREME COURT HAS TO RULE IN HIS FAVOR OR THE GOVERNOR COULD PARDON HIM.
KACI JONES FOX4 WORKING FOR YOU.
Story Slug:
NAME OF THE STORY
Story Description:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE STORY - THINK SHORT SOCIAL POST.
Reporter:
NAME OF REPORTER
Photographer:
NAME OF PHOTOG
Digital: WHAT UNIQUE CONTENT DID YOU CREATE FOR FOX4KC.COM. FACEBOOK, TWITTER, OR INSTAGRAM?
Interviews: Name, title, contact info
LIST YOUR INTERVIEWS AND CONTACT INFO
What's Next? Questions unanswered, events coming up related to the story, inquiries made – people who might respond back in the future, angles you weren’t able to pursue, but could be our next story on this topic.
NNN
"NNN"=New, Now, Next. Write a VOSOT for the morning show - concentrating on what will be NEW, NOW, NEXT.
It should look forward to what’s next with the story, or a new topic that wasn’t in the story previously.
EXAMPLE:
ONCAM
We’re working to find out more details about a threat that forced Blue Valley School Board to meet virtually last night.
VO
The threat the School Board said it either viewed or received, came ahead of a meeting where dozens of parents who are tired of mask mandates in school signed up to speak.
SOT Rebecca Campbell/Parent
7:30 "Yes we're angry, but we aren't threatening anybody. We just want to be heard."
VO
Parents ended up voicing their concerns to the school board from the same computer on the front lawn of district headquarters. The School Board says masks will be required for the rest of the school year, and they are still working out plans for next year.