writing for a visual medium

When writing for a visual medium it is important that the reporter keeps in mind that his or her words are not the only thing telling the story. Television news has the advantage of being able to tell the story through pictures and video, which makes it much easier. There are a few different ways to do this. The most simple and effective way is to edit a sequence of shots that that illustrates exactly what your writing is explaining. This makes the story easy to follow, but it is slightly redundant. In my opinion, a good way to write for a visual medium would be to write something that compliments the video, or use video that compliments the writing, but is not simply reiterating what is being said. Writing for a visual medium is much different than writing for print, mainly because it is assumed that the audience cannot go back and watch the story again in order to get the facts. This means that the reporter should not use a lot of numbers or long, drawn out sentences. Instead, he or she should use short and concise sentences.