Overview

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!

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Author:   Peter Stewart (South East Today, BBC Regional Broadcasting Centre, Surrey, UK) ,  Ray Alexander (Manager & Lead Trainer for Television Journalism, BBC Training; Consultant Audio Engineer; Former Executive Editor of Audio Media magazine) ,  Ray Alexander
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Focal Press
Edition:   6th New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.885kg
ISBN:  

9780240810249

ISBN 10:   0240810244
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   29 February 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9781138886032
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

Preface SECTION ONE: THE PRINCIPLES OF BROADCAST JOURNALISM A CAREER IN BROADCAST JOURNALISM Why bother? Writing Skills Qualities in the broadcast journalist Getting A Foot Into The Door The interview Multi-tasking Surviving Editorial Meetings Formal and practical training for broadcast journalism WHAT MAKES NEWS? Audience: What Matters To Me? News You Can Use Where did it happen? Relevance Immediacy Interest Drama and Impact Entertainment and Celebs New, true and interesting Different Types of News Emergencies Crime Government Planning and developments Conflict and controversy Pressure and lobby groups Industry and business Health and Medicine Human interest Sport Seasonal news Special local interest Weather Traffic Animals The Final Checklist SECTION TWO: NEWSGATHERING ETHICS AND RESPONSIBILITY Regulation The Law Being Web Wise The Myth Of Objectivity Children Ethics In Citizen Journalism Reporting civil disorder Camera bias Sensationalism Privacy and voyeurism NEWS SOURCES Reporters Stories from Consumers Hoaxes Contacts and Sources Newsroom Diary Files Check Calls Emergency Services Radio Politicians Pressure Groups Staged Events News Releases Syndicated recordings Freelances Wire Services and News Agencies The Network Other News Media Cross-Platform Material GETTING THE STORY Newsroom Conference Copytasting Balance of News Visuals and Actuality The Brief The Angle Chasing the Contact Staged News Conferences Beating the Clock Work to Sequence Don't Panic SECTION THREE: WRITING FOR BROADCAST CONVERSATIONAL WRITING Telling the Story Writing for a Mass Audience No Second Chance Confusing Clauses Inverted Sentences Plain English Familiar Words Easy Listening Accurate English Keep It Concrete Make It Interesting Contractions NEWSWRITING The News Angle Multi-Angled Stories Hard News Formula The Intro Placing Key Words Features Openers Developing the Story The WHAT formula Signposting Last Line Last Words Accuracy BROADCAST STYLE BOOK Cliches Journalese Hyperbole Adjectives Quotations Attribution Contentious Statements Immediacy Active Positive Redundancies Repetition Homonyms Singular or Plural? Pronouns Punctuation Spelling Abbreviations Figures Proof Reading Ambiguity SECTION FOUR: INTERVIEWING THE INTERVIEW The Interviewer's Skill Different Types of Interview? A Disaster Story? Hard News Informational Investigative Adversarial Interpretative Personal Emotional Entertainment Actuality Only The Disaster Story Continues SETTING UP THE INTERVIEW Background A Plan of Campaign - The Questions Get Your Facts Right Fit the Brief Check Arrangements Approach The Questions Winding Up the Interview Being Interviewed Yourself: The Q & A FROM 2-MINUTE HEADLINES TO 24-HOUR NEWS The Bulletin News Programmes Documentary Verite 24-Hour News Who Does What? SECTION FIVE: THE NEWS PROGRAMME ITEM SELECTION AND ORDER 'A Fair Picture . . .' Second Thoughts Item Order Local Considerations Foreign Coverage Producing a Running Order PUTTING THE SHOW TOGETHER Winning an Audience - The Openers Keeping and Audience - Headlines and Promotions Actuality Pictures Graphics Programme Balance - Being All Things to All People And Now the Good News? MAKING THE PROGRAMME FIT Cutting Filling Backtiming SECTION SIX: PRESENTING THE NEWS NEWS ANCHORS AND PRESENTERS The Talent Qualities of a Newscaster More Than Just a Newsreader . . . Professionalism Voice 'ON AIR!' Performance Prescence Getting Through to the Audience - Rapport Know Your Material Ad-Libs The Gate Making a Swift Recovery Corpsing Relaxation NEWSREADING MECHANICS Speed Breathing Projection Emphasis Pitch Microphone Technique Using the Prompter Noise, Noise, Noise Bringing the Story to Life SECTION SEVEN: RADIO NEWS COVERAGE STORY TREATMENT Breaking News (Bulletin US) Headline Copy Story Voicer or Voice Report Teaser or Taster Voice Report from the Scene Interview Newsclip Package Mini-Wrap or Bulletin Wrap SECTION EIGHT THE EQUIPMENT RECORDING Principles of Recording Using Portable Sound Recorders Digital Recorders Before the Interview EDITING 'You Can't See the Join' Unethical Editing Basic Production Multi-Tracking Studio Mixing Types of Fade THE STUDIO On-Air Studio Talks Studio The Contributions Studio Remote Studios Radio Car Outside Broadcast Vehicle Mobile Phones Obscenity Button SECTION NINE: TELEVISION THE NEVER ENDING STORY - THE SHARING TELEVISION NEWSROOM Television Newsrooms And The News Story Advantages and Disadvantages In and Out A newsroom core server Order from chaos - the journalist's most basic need-to-know TV Script Types Live Breaking News - 24/7 Newsroom The role of UGC (User Generated Content) and the 24-hour newsroom Types of citizen journalism SCRIPTING TELEVISION JOURNALISM The Intro (Cue or Link) Complement The Pictures With The Narrative Writing To Sound Keep Detail To A Minimum The Television News Package Balancing Words With Pictures Using Archive Pictures The Bottom Line GATHERING TELEVISION NEWS Filming for TV Journalism Cameraman/Camerawoman/Cameraperson! Sound Recordist Lighting technician The Video Journalist checklist The Journalist as advance guard - a Recce CAMERA SHOTS Hold the shots Grab action shots first Shoot for impact Shoot in sequences Context Sound Sound-bites and interviewee clips Cutaways and bridge shots Reverses The Line Continuity Piece to Camera (PTC) also known as Stand Uppers Special film equipment EDITING THE SOUND AND PICTURES Sequence of shots Shot Length Telescoping the action Desktop Editing The craft editor The timer (time code) The edit controller Video mixing Recording the commentary Audio mixing Editing shots for interviews Using music GOING LIVE - LIVE TV REPORTING IN VISION What works well? What works less well? Top Tips GRAPHICS AND DIGITAL DISPLAY VISUALS Stills and frame grabs Writing to still pictures and screen insets Overlays and Chromakey (CSO) Big Screen Video Wall Acronyms in Visuals PRESENTING TELEVISION NEWS Qualities of the television news presenter What To Wear Men And Their Ties Colours and fabrics Autoscript T Fill For Ten Seconds! Nerves Make Up and Perception Coming up. THE TELEVISION NEWS STUDIO Standby for transmission The Set Lighting Cameras Sound The floor manager Control Room The Director Running order and the studio GLOSSARY

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Peter Stewart is a highly experienced radio journalist and was Head of News at Essex Radio Group's nine stations for many years. More recently he was morning news editor at TalkSport and currently works in the BBC's newsroom for Radio Kent and South East Today. He's presented speech and music programmes on both commercial and BBC radio and has won a New York Radio award for news presentation. He trains radio news staff throughout the UK and abroad. Peter writes a weekly column in the trade publication The Radio Magazine. Manager & Lead Trainer for Television Journalism, BBC Training

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