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Valparaiso High School Speech Tournament

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Broadcasting Information

Here is the specific information for Broadcasting at the Valparaiso Speech Tournament on December 9, 2017:

        Broadcasting will offer the following:

                Round 1: Pre-written 5-minute newscast including, commercial, music lead-in & lead-out

                                 Come prepared with your own 5-minute newscast which should include the following:

                                         1. Music lead-in and lead-out of your own choosing

                                         2. A National Sponsor of your own choosing including a commercial within the newscast.

                                         3. International, National & State News Stories no more than 48 hours old

                                         4. Sports

                                         5. Weather Forecast

                Round 2: On-the-Spot: 2-min. prep. with 2 min. performance (VHS will provide a picture according to the IHSFA Rules)

                Round 3: Editorial: 30-min. prep. with 2 min. performance (VHS will provide information for contestants to write a 2-minute editorial on site.)

                Round 4: Radio Program: You will have a preparation time of thirty minutes. You will be given News Copy you have not previously seen.

                                You may add nothing to the news copy. You may cut portions of articles, or even entire stories, but you may not update news.

                                 It is to be presented as if it is current Internet or wire service copy. In addition to the news copy, you are expected to RE-USE all of the following elements from today’s competition:

                                 1.  Your commercial from Round1,

                                 2.  Your music lead-in/lead-out from Round 1, and

                                 3.  Your Editorial from Round 3.

                                You may order the content as you choose. Appropriate sign-on and sign-off content, station identification, and transitions may be added. The judges will be timing and the time limit is 7 minutes.

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