Broadcast writing exercise

We'll do this exercise at the end of class on Monday.

Write a 30-second “reader” using the following information:

(Assume you are writing this story for today's 5:30 p.m. News 7 broadcast.)

- Lyndonville was placed on a “water alert” by the state health department last week because of “parasitic contamination.
- The department lifted the alert today.
- Jones Lamson, state health department director, says testing shows the danger has passed.
- Residents had been boiling their water since the alert began.