I listened to National Public Radio on npr.com. They have an hourly update of the latest news. Each clip is about five minutes long. In the clip there was a story about the new contract between the Washington, D.C. school board and the teachers’ union. NPR used the wrap element. The reporter gave the over-view of the story and then you heard sound bites from a member of the school board and a teacher. The reporter came back in to finish up the story. I like this element because it lets the listener hear the voices of the people involved, which adds a personal touch to the story.
One way in which news radio is different from print reporting is people can get the information quicker. They can do other things while still getting their news. When someone has to read the news, they can do little else, unless they read it on the morning commute. Listening to the news, especially online, allows the listener to multitask. If the option is available, the listener can pause the news, do something else and come back to it at a later time.
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