The
following summaries are documented from online viewing of ABC's World
News hosted by Diane Sawyer. All reports are read by Sawyer unless
otherwise credited. Commercials from Verizon, Samsung Galaxy, and
Chase Bank repeated in various versions for 30-90 seconds at each break
time on the ABC website.
August
28, 2013:
| Minutes | Actions |
00:00-00:50
00:51-03:11
03:12-05:49
05:50-06:13
06:14-07:09
07:10-08:09
08:10-08:31
08:32-08:55
08:56-10:26
10:27-11:59 12:00-12:29 12:30-14:32 14:33-15:41 15:42-16:14 16:15-19:44 19:45-20:15 |
Top
stories announcement
"Breaking News" from Martha Roddit reporting on Obama's statement about chemical weapons in Syria. Roddit shares observations and theorizes his future actions. Coverage from Byron Pitts in D.C. of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 50 year anniversary since “March on Washington” Includes clip of MLK and commentary from 3 presidents Byron Pitts live update Interview with event attendee, “Pierre Thomas” Screen shot of stats on then/now circumstance statistics of black Americans with voice-over commentary Update on wildfires around Yosemite Verdict report of Jidal Hassan sentences to death for 13 murders Chris Koster and Rebecca Jarvis report on inaccurate pricing and overcharging of consumers at Walgreens Update on Zimmerman's wife's guilty plea of perjury charge with interview clip and recap of George Zimmerman's case Up Next announcement → commercial break “Welcome back” and story with video on ways a car dealership rips off its buyers post-contract Up next → Commercial break → and feature clips and updates of Christen Chenowith singing with randomly selected audience member with lots of talent “Gnome homes” in Kansas trees are adorable Up next → Commercial break → MLK story, comments about identity as a man, speech clip, commentary on the words “I have a dream” not written into original speech, 3 interview clips with Walker, Gunder, and Height Sign-off followed by clips of a song and slide show of MLK |
Thursday, August 29, 2013:
| Minutes | Actions |
| 00:00-00:54 00:55-01:30 01:31-03:01 03:02-04:13 04:14-05:47 05:48-07:57 07:58-10:04 10:05-11:51 11:52-12:19 12:20-13:45 13:46-16:08 16:09-16:50 16:51-17:18 17:19-19:54 19:55-20:07 |
Top stories announcement Report on settlement for NFL and its former players with $765 million paid out in over 4,500 lawsuits Don Harris reports effects of hard hits and head injuries with interviews of Kevin Turner and Jim McMahom on risk of brain disease for concussion sufferers Christine Brennan offers commentary and Harris interviews NFL plaintiff to sum up lawsuit Interview footage of Chris Mortenson, ESPN football analyst who labels settlement as “hush money” Update on possible military strike on Syria Jim Avalia report from white house: No British support if US attacks, declaration that chemicals weapons are a threat, comment from white house intelligent committee rep. Mike Rogers that further investigation is necessary Terry Morran reports of president of Syria, who one told Sawyer he “believed in peace,” recap his kind beginnings, report transformation into “ruthless dictator” from corruption by power Rebecca Jarvis reports on fast food protests for increase in minimum wage to double, employee interviews, official comments from McDonald's Report that legalization of recreational marijuana is not protested by the federal government Lindsey Davis reports on usage and effects of sleeping habits with interview of a doctor Up next → commercial → Zimmerman's wife comments on absence from home when George shot the boy and states that George has changed from the man she originally loved. Up next → commercial → Update on prematurely born in “Faith” from March report, still alive and now healthy Statistics on “People we love to hate” report Congress as number one with phone and cable companies close behind Report celebration in Spanish town where residents throw tomatoes at one another to celebrate the harvest → “Up next” → commercial → show NBC's clip of Carabello, man who built ball field for homeless to play ball, story headline “Real life field of dreams” and interview players Sign-off |
Friday, August 30, 2013
| Minutes | Actions |
| 00:00-00:49 00:50-07:24 07:25-08:56 08:57-11:04 11:05-13:00 13:03-13:29 13:30-15:29 15:30-15:44 15:45-17:24 17:25-17:39 17:40-20:01 20:02-20:32 |
Top stories announcement Update on president's consideration of strike on Syria and insistence that it not be open-ended Martha R. reports on white house meetings and case Clip of John Kerry's comment that we must consider the risk of inaction Report 1429 killed by chemical weapons, 426 of which were children Terry Moran reports on Syrian's side Update on Yosemite wildfires Clayton Sandall reports from destroyed zone NFL lawsuit recap, ex-pros claim not to allow own kids to play Interview kids with concussions Report of how coaches teach skills to avoid head injury Clip of Terry Bradshaw on Leno stating he wouldn't let his son play “Washington watchdog” report on over 77,000 unused government buildings worth billions in value and cost $1.67 billion of tax-paying dollars to maintain Up next → commercial Alex Perez reports on accidentally discarded kidney donation at University of Toledo Medical Center with patient interviews Up next → commercial “Instant index” reviews a poem about Columbine, robot at Vanderbilt University helps autistic kids more than some people can, and a military man surprises wife and kids at game dressed as hot dog Up next → commercial “Person of the week” story of 96 year old Fred Stabaugh's love song, “Sweet Lorraine” Sign off |
Monday, September 2, 2013
| Minutes | Actions |
| 00:00-01:14 01:15-04:19 04:20-06:57 06:58-07:14 07:15-09:14 09:15-11:29 11:30-13:59 14:00-15:53 15:54-16:29 16:30-17:49 17:50-18:09 18:10-19:11 19:12-20:04 20:05-20:26 |
David Muir filling in for Diane Sawyer announces
top stories Gio Binitez reports on 64 year old Diana Nyad's swim from Havanna to Key West with interview Report of heavy rain interference with Labor Day commutes throughout the North East with interview of man who lost power and forecast Tornado in Japan injured 63 people Terry Moran reports on crisis in Syria with clip of president Assad's comment of “no proof” of gas attacks and warning of epic war if attacked, pictures displayed of Syrians on both sides of war Jonathan Karl reports from white house that Obama requests a vote for action and asks McCain for help, meanwhile Marines recruiting website is hacked by Syrians Interviews with Syrian Americans, some don't believe Assad has total control of circumstances, some destructive power struggle Up next → commercial → Report on Lenovo computer company now manufactured in America and company CEO gives away $3.25 million in bonuses Up next → commercial Report of 2 deaths and 4 ER visits due to use of “mollies” at concerts Up next → commercial Report on boating accident, announcement of actors for 50 Shades of Gray film, large alligators of 150 lbs. and 727 lbs. caught in Mississippi Nik Wok reports that elephants topple a safari jeep in South Africa Sign off |
Breakdown of Observations:
- Of the 20-21 minutes of on-air news reporting, the anchor uses approximately 3 of those minutes announcing the stories to be reported, half of that time allotted to the initial declaration of the night's top stories and final wrap-up review that correlates to her sign-off. The rest of that time announces stories to come after a commercial break. Aside from the anchor, there are 4-6 news correspondents features in each broadcast.
- The top stories, such as the MLK festivities and reports on Syrian crisis, are allotted 4-6 minutes of the remaining time.
- The small stories are each allotted 1-2 minutes of time.
- Although not recorded in the above notes, the on-screen action changes every 5-15 seconds from statistics, quotes, charts, interview clips, location footage, correspondent reports, etc. The only exception in the comparatively long 30-60 seconds of the anchor's face time for the top stories announcement and segment wrap-up.
- The order consistently follows the following format, excepting “breaking news” interruptions:
- Initial 45-60 second announcement of top stories
- Immediate segue into 4-6 minute lead story
- About 10 minutes of stories that report on “hard” topics such as disasters, crises, court cases, protests, deaths and injuries, and similar topics
- About 3-4 minutes of stories that report on “soft” topics, such as acts of kindness, positive updates on previous stories, sentimental poems and songs, animals, celebrities, etc.
- About 30 seconds of wrap-up and sign-off time
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