Wednesday, January 9, 2008

LESS DRAMA, SHABAKA

Shabaka Kambon of TV6 you finally sounded more like a reporter and less like a drama queen in Tuesday's Latin America Today segment.
Your tone was even almost throughout the story, but we guess you couldn't help but slip up a bit with the word "rightist".

But how many of your viewers do you think understand what the word "prolongation" means?
It sounds like "prolong" so we would all take a guess that's what you mean (prolongation: the act of prolonging something; e.g. "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks").
But you should strive to break down your language so as not to confuse the viewer. They will lose the rest of your piece if they have to stop and think about what you just said.