Radio news style & Do's and dont's

Radio News Style:

Getting the tone right:
Good English serves the listeners better than bad English
Clarity:
Clarity is the fundamental in radio news. You have to talk in in a simple and direct way as possible without compromising its essentials. The structure of the sentence should be plain, the words used familiar and colloquial.
You have to know what you will say and to do that you need to know what the story is about and have identified the important elements you need to put.
Number of stories:
If a summary is to have pace and urgency it is important for the story count to be high.
Opening words:
Do not depart from the basic subject whatever you have to say get on with it and also you need to be careful with your words as words can be missed by less attentive listeners.

Do's and Dont's:

Time reference:
Be careful with time for example 'today' make it more specific with your news 'the government today' instead of 'today the government'.
Objectivity:
Don't promote your own judgement on things always research and find the best and most common result everyone has been talking about as one persons judgement cannot be the same as everyone else's or the real thing.
Cliches:Try not to use cliches ( a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.
Don't use Jargon's: (special words used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/radio_newsroom/1099302.stm