The Rundown

TV Anchor Hard News Script, A Block

Free
This prompt is a production tool that converts bullet points and wire copy into polished, camera-ready text that anchors can read directly. It's designed for hard news at the top of the broadcast.
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Use Cases

This handles the mechanical rigor of broadcast writing, the formatting, pacing, structure, freeing humans to focus on news judgment, source verification, and editorial decisions that actually require human discernment.

Local TV News Producers in Emerging Markets Managing 5-7 stories per newscast under deadline pressure, they need consistent quality across multiple writers and shifts.

Digital-First News Operations Small teams producing video content without traditional newsroom infrastructure use this to maintain broadcast standards.

Freelance Broadcast Writers Working across multiple stations or networks, they use it to quickly adapt to different style guides and maintain quality consistency.

News Directors Training Junior Staff It serves as a teaching tool, demonstrating proper structure and tone while the AI handles formatting, allowing trainees to focus on editorial judgment.

Description

The prompt serves three core functions:

Quality Control Engine

It enforces rigorous journalistic standards, factual accuracy, balanced reporting, proper attribution, and bias detection. It won't generate scripts from insufficient information, forcing users to gather complete facts first.

Format Translator

It converts everyday language into teleprompter-specific formatting: ALL CAPS for readability, proper pacing at 85 words for 30 seconds, phonetic guides for difficult pronunciations, and contextualized numbers that make sense when spoken aloud.

Editorial Framework

It structures stories using proven broadcast conventions, lead with the most critical fact, establish why it matters now, include relevant quotes and opposing views, close with forward momentum.

Sector

Tags

NewsroomJournalism