Dubin Broadcast Analysis

NPR, which is intended for radio broadcast, uses a writing style different from print journalism. "Protests In Italy Shut Down Funeral For Nazi War Criminal," is a piece that features NPR Host Renee Montagne and Senior European Correspondent Sylvia Poggioli. The broadcast's transcript is written in a script format, which makes it easy to follow and understand. The prepared format allows Poggioli and Montagne to engage in an interview that is professional and clean. 

Poggioli and Montagne’s language adds to the broadcast's clarity. Poggioli engages the listener/reader by speaking in second person and saying phrases such as, "you may remember… ." The transcript’s language is conversational, and it allows the dialogue to flow naturally. Some AP style rules are broken to keep the language conversational- e.g. the writer wrote 70^th.

The broadcast’s audience must easily understand its content. Moreover, the NPR story repeated crucial information regarding the anniversary of the Nazi roundup of Roman Jews. It may be necessary in broadcast writing to repeat information, whereas it is discouraged to do so in print. Listeners or viewers may forget information that was said, and repetition will help the audience to remember crucial parts of the story.  Broadcast writing is not intended for the audience’s eyes. Instead, a host or reporter must be able to clearly read the report in order to successfully convey the story to its audience.