Overview

Australian Broadcast Journalism combines theory and practice to provide students with the knowledge required to work in a changing media landscape. The third edition has been extensively updated to provide a current overview of the industry with a focus on social media and citizen journalism, and includes up-to-date coverage of media regulation and legal issues. From this firm theoretical grounding, students are given a comprehensive introduction to critical production skills in both video and audio for broadcast and online.Written in close collaboration with industry practitioners and educators, Australian Broadcast Journalism takes students inside broadcast studios, newsrooms and new production spaces to give them valuable insight into current Australian media practice.New to this edition: New chapter 12: Television News and Current Affairs has been rewritten to cover the latest developments in the field Comprehensively updated, with a focus on social media and citizen journalism and the latest information about ethics and regulation Online broadcasting is integrated throughout the text.

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Author:   Gail Phillips (, Associate Professor, Murdoch University) ,  Mia Lindgren (, Senior Lecturer, Monash University) ,  Russell Bishop
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Australia
Imprint:   OUP Australia and New Zealand
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 19.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 25.50cm
Weight:   0.786kg
ISBN:  

9780195578171

ISBN 10:   0195578171
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   23 April 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I: Radio and television in Australia 1. Radio in Australia A short historyRegulating radioGoing digital2. Television in Australia Commercial televisionPublic broadcastingCommunity televisionRegulating television in the digital ageChallenges for televisionPart II: Radio craft skills 3. Using the voice The mechanics of the voiceUsing the voice for meaningTalking into the microphone Keeping your voice in trim Voice tips4. Writing for radio The characteristics of a radio scriptTypes of radio scriptsWriting the radio scriptWriting tips 5. Interviewing What is the interview?The technique of the interviewQuestionsThe ethics of interviewingInterviewing tips6. Audio production What is sound?Working with soundLocation recordingEditingThe live broadcast studioPart III: Radio production formats 7. The radio story Story planningCollecting story materialAssembling the storyJournalistic challenges in radio story production8. Radio ads and promos The promo: short-form productionSelecting the story and angle Selecting the sound Writing the copy Preparing your plan Recording your sound Assembling your material9. Live radio The live radio programProgramming tacticsDoing talkbackThe production teamJournalistic challenges in live radioPart IV: Radio and television news 10. Broadcast newsSetting the news agendaWhat is ‘news’?Finding newsThe broadcast newsroomThe broadcast news reporter11. Radio News and Current Affairs Planning a radio news storyRadio news story structureRadio news scriptingRadio current affairsTechnical skills for radio reporters12. TV News and Current Affairs The TV news reporterThe TV newsroomThe TV news storyTelevision current affairs VideojournalismWorking with picturesMaking a TV news story13. Broadcast News Bulletins News bulletin formatsRadio news bulletinsTelevision news bulletins14. The mobile reporter Smartphones in the fieldProducing video for onlineProducing audio for onlineHyperlocal journalismCommunity storytelling with ABC OpenPart V: A Broadcast Journalist’s Guide to Law and Ethics 15. Broadcast journalists and the law DefamationContemptCopyrightOther laws impacting on journalistsDefensive journalism and the importance of note-taking16. Broadcast journalists and ethics Do ethics matter?Broadcasting codes of ethicsEthics onlineAvoiding discrimination—protocols for journalistsReporting suicide and mental illnessAppendix: Regulations and codes of practice

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Gail Phillips is Emeritus Associate Professor of Journalism at the School of Media Communication & Culture in Murdoch University. Dr Mia Lindgren is Senior Lecturer at the Journalism, School of Journalism, Australian and Indigenous Studies, Monash University.

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