SCRIPT FORMAT COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT: MEDIA JOURNALISM

Dr. Mirrer

Name: India Whitfield

Title: News cast Script

Date: 2/24/15

WKNJ Newscast

Good afternoon, it’s Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 11 o’clock and you’re listening to

90.3 WKNJ-FM, Union, New Jersey, and I’m _____________ with the news.

In Local News…

Missing girl, 3, taken by father in Delaware last seen in Mount Laurel, police say…

Monday, night on February 23, a 3 year old child from Delaware was taken from her

home by her father, and was last seen I Burlington County. Authorities said Michael

Trotta, 43, was last spotted in Mount Laurel traveling in a bright-colored SUV, possibly a

Ford Explorer, according to NBC10. Elinor Trotta was taken by her father after having a

domestic argument with the Childs mother, and an amber alert was sent out immediately

after she was taken. Elinor, who has shoulder-length brown hair and weighs about 60

pounds, was last seen wearing a purple puffy coat, pink pants and "Frozen" sneakers.

Trotta, who is described as white, 5 feet 8 inches tall, 160 pounds, with a scruffy

beard and balding, was last seen wearing all black clothing. Readers with information are

asked to call 9-1-1 immediately or contact the New Castle County Police Department

at (302) 573-2800 or visit www.nccpd.com.

http://www.nj.com/south/index.ssf/2015/02/

missing_girl_3_and_father_from_delaware_last_seen.html#incart_m-rpt-2

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Englewood doctor arrested by FBI, charged with health care fraud…

Monday, February 23, an New Jersey doctor was arrested for billing insurance companies

thousands of dollars for patients that was never checked. Albert Ades, 60 of Englewood is

charged for 36 counts of health care fraud and making false statements about health care

matters. Between 2005 and 2014, prosecutors say Ades, billed Medicare, Medicaid, and

private insures for visits with patients he never seen. Ades is facing up to 10 years in

prison on the health care fraud charges and five years for each count of making false

statements.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2015/02/

englewood_doctor_arrested_in_bogus_billing_scheme.html#incart_river

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In National News…

Breaking News…

30 Reported injured in Southern California Commuter Train Collision with

Truck…

At 5:44am, Tuesday February 24, in southern California, a crash was reported

when a truck brusted into flames. At least 30 people were injured after the

Metrolink commuter train collision with an truck in Ventura County in Los

Angeles. The story is still developing.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/02/24/southern-california-commuter-train-

crashes-into-truck-injuries-reported/

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In International News…

Suicide bomber kills 17 at Nigeria bus station…

Tuesday, febrary 24, in Kano, Nigeria an suicide bomb attack on an commuter bus killed

atlest 17 people and 27 seriously injued. A man pertending to be an passenger detonated

the explosives when he doered the bus, while people were peparing or departure.

According Resident Ahmad Maina, who was at the scene shortly after the blast, said the

bus was engulfed in flames as firefighters struggled to keep it from spreading to other

vehicles.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/24/world/nigeria-explosion/index.html

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In Sports…

Let's do this! Mayweather and Pacquiao fight is a go…

Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao in a welterweight show will be boxing in the

biggest fight ever on May 2. The long anticipated fight at the MGM grand in Las Vegas

will surely break every financial record making these boxers even richer. Mayweather

could earn at least 120 million, while Pacauaos could earn 80 million. The fight has been

in the making for 5 years, which will make it the biggest attraction on TV May 2.

http://www.foxsports.com/boxing/story/floyd-mayweather-manny-pacquiao-fight-to-

take-place-may-2-in-las-vegas-022015

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Your WKNJ hourly weather update …

Right now on the campus of Kean University, it is a sunny 12 degrees with highs going

up 3mph. Low 16.

Tune in later for meteorology reports on 90.3 FM.

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In Entertainment…

American Horror Story' Star Ben Woolf Dead at 34…

Ben Woolf, was a star in "American Horror Story: Freak Show," on fX, died today after

he was hit by a car on a Los Angeles street last week. Woolf, who is 4-foot-4, was taken

to at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles in critical condition after he was hit by

the side mirror of a passing vehicle. He died Monday afternoon with his family at his

side, his publicist Zack Teperman told The Associated Press. In a post on his Facebook

page, his family gave thanks for "the outpouring of love and support from all over the

world for our beloved Ben."

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/american-horror-story-star-ben-woolf-dead-34/

story?id=29173972

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That’s it for your news. You’re listening to 90.3 WKNJ-FM, Union, New Jersey. I’m

_____________________ and we’ll be right back after this.

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