BROADCAST NEWS STYLE for journalist

Avoid colons,semicolons and quotation marks.
Use (...) three dots to indicate where the anchor should pause.
Only use abbreviations that are widely known to the audience.
Use actual interviews rather than direct quotes.
Instead of using a direct quote,consider paraphrasing it in concise and clear language.
Only use names in the lead sentence of a story when they are widely known by the audience.
Always give a context when using lesser-known names  or use appropriate titles for clergy.
Avoid using a person's age unless it's relevant.When using age,make it conversational.
Use pronouncers for words written in television and radio news stories that may be mispronounced.
Indicate which syllable of the pronouncer has the accent by capitalizing that syllable only and you can put an apostrophe after it.