News and current affairs
News programmes have the difficulty of very tight deadlines and stories that continue to change up to and during transmission. The main reference for most technical operators during a programme is a running order, although the director should always receive a full set of scripts.
Running order changes
If stories are not ready or live links not working there may be a change in the running order. When working off paper this means drawing arrows to show where stories have moved.
The director must clearly state any changes in running order. It is very easy for one person not to be aware of a change and you end up with the wrong graphic sitting behind the newsreader.
Once two or three stories have moved everyone’s running ...
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