Catch Those Mistakes Before They Go On The Air

Posted January 29, 2019 by Bill Wheelhouse
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This tip comes from NPR, but its good for commercial radio & TV as well.

Click here for the full article.

The NPR Training Site has six tips for catching your writing mistakes & and protecting your credibility.

The article linked above goes in-depth on these six tips with links to a variety of helpful sites including news checklists. Spend a few extra minutes with it, if you can.

Quickly, the six tips are:

1. Reread it

2. Change The Format

3. Step Away

4. Spellcheck and grammar check are your friends

5. Use a checklist

6. Recheck the most important stuff