The Broadcasting Model of Reporting
STEP | BROADCASTING EXAMPLE |
Set the context | The latest outbreak of civil unrest |
in Ruritania continues unabated. | |
Assess the situation | Continued disruptions will |
now start to have an impact on | |
power supplies and there is an | |
imminent threat of blackouts. | |
Set the challenge | Unless the authorities can |
resolve the underlying disquiet | |
of the public sector workers, | |
the economy will start to | |
suffer from disruptions to | |
production and exports. | |
Evaluate the prospects | It does not look good for the |
country at this point with hard- | |
line protesters holding out for | |
pension concessions that the | |
state feels it is in no position to | |
concede without an unacceptable | |
increase in the public sector | |
borrowing requirement. |