Listening Journal - NPR Hourly News Summary

The NPR Hourly News Summary of 3 March, 2010 runs up to 4:46 minutes. The producers were not enlisted, and the newscast was aired from Washington.
The sound quality of this newscast is excellent; the newscaster has a very clear and warm voice. The newscaster and the reporters featuring in this newscast are all articulate and speak clearly, and also take their time in narrating. They are kind of slow, which I found is not something newscasters give attention to due to the time constraints. This is why I felt this newscast is too long, it might because the newscaster/reporters were taking their time in narrating their stories.
Only sound bites were used in the first report and no natural sound was used at all. In the second and third reports, the journalist didn’t use any nat. sound or sound bites.
The newscast discussed bills that add to the U.S. deficit such as the senate bill extending unemployment benefits and highway funding. In addition, the newscast discussed a lot of U.S. politics, such as layoffs in the education industry, and used a lot of financial terms.