The News Lab's Scriptwriting Badge

Issued by Pennsylvania State University-Bellisario College of Communications

The News Lab hosted three scriptwriting workshops led by WNYC's Samantha Max in March 2024. This was a foundational series that aimed to introduce the basics of radio scripts. It covered short newscasts (host copy, cut copy, spot, wrap, and super spot), features (axe, ambient, scenes, and tight/medium/wide shots), and two-ways (host intro, questions, loose points, related tape).

Type Learning
Level Foundational
Time Days

Skills

radio scriptwriting
short newscast scripts
two-ways

Earning Criteria

To earn this badge, students attended 6-hours of scriptwriting workshops and engaged in script drafting exercises, converting recently publishing print stories for audio. They successfully illustrated a basic understanding and ability to independently write scripts for short newscasts, features and two-ways.