Broadcast journalism: techniques of radio and television news

This newest edition of Broadcast Journalism continues its long tradition of covering the basics of broadcasting from gathering news sources, interviewing, putting together a programme, news writing, reporting, editing, working in the studio, conducting live reports, and more. Two new authors have joined forces in this new edition to present behind the scenes perspectives on multimedia broadcast news, where it is heading, and how you get there. Technology is meshing global and local news. Constant interactivity between on-the-scene reporting and nearly instantaneous broadcasting to the world has changed the very nature of how broadcast journalists must think, act, write and report on a 24/7 basis. This new edition takes up this digital workflow and convergence. Students of broadcast journalism and professors alike will find that the sixth edition of Broadcast Journalism is completely up-to-date.Includes new photos, quotations, and coverage of convergent journalism, podcasting, multimedia journalism, citizen journalism, and more!* Covers the trends that have reshaped the world of journalism: convergence, multiskilling, citizen journalism, podcasting, online journalism, and more* An indispensible and comprehensive introduction to the field of broadcast journalism* The leading text in the broadcast journalism field* Fundamentals of Broadcast Journalism, such as news gathering, news writing, news reading, interviewing, making programmes* Up-to-date practical manual for beginning reporters hoping to enter the arenas of radio and television news

PrefaceSECTION ONE: THE PRINCIPLES OF BROADCAST JOURNALISM, A CAREER IN BROADCAST JOURNALISM, WHAT MAKES NEWS?, SECTION TWO: NEWSGATHERING, ETHICS AND RESPONSIBILITY, NEWS SOURCES, GETTING THE STORY, SECTION THREE: WRITING FOR BROADCAST, CONVERSATIONAL WRITING, NEWSWRITING, BROADCAST STYLE BOOK, SECTION FOUR:INTERVIEWING, THE INTERVIEW, SETTING UP THE INTERVIEW, FROM 2-MINUTE HEADLINES TO 24-HOUR NEWS, SECTION FIVE:THE NEWS PROGRAMME, ITEM SELECTION AND ORDER, PUTTING THE SHOW TOGETHER, MAKING THE PROGRAMME FIT, SECTION SIX:PRESENTING THE NEWS, NEWS ANCHORS AND PRESENTERS,SECTION SEVEN: RADIO NEWS COVERAGE, STORY TREATMENT, SECTION EIGHT: THE EQUIPMENT, RECORDING, EDITING, THE STUDIO, SECTION NINE: TELEVISION, THE NEVER ENDING STORY – THE SHARING TELEVISION NEWSROOM, SCRIPTING TELEVISION JOURNALISM, GATHERING TELEVISION NEWS, EDITING THE SOUND AND PICTURES, GOING LIVE – LIVE TV REPORTING IN VISION, GRAPHICS AND DIGITAL DISPLAY VISUALS, PRESENTING TELEVISION NEWS, THE TELEVISION NEWS, GLOSSARY

Aspiring radio and TV reporters and journalists, students on journalism and broadcasting courses.