Overview

Written by two award-winning broadcast journalists, this book offers a practical, hands-on guide to the modern digital TV newsroom. Pulling from extensive industry experience, the authors provide a comprehensive look at the key journalistic skills needed to excel in broadcast news today, including storytelling, writing, story pitching, video production, interviewing and managing social media. The textbook is organized into five sections: building a foundation, storytelling and writing, producing, live performance, and ethics and career progression. The authors also provide step-by-step instructions on how to efficiently multitask while staying true to journalist ethics. Each chapter includes clear learning objectives, review questions and practical assignments, making it ideal for classroom use. QR codes integrated in the text allow students to easily see and hear examples of the stories they are learning to write. Broadcast News in the Digital Age is an engaging, student-friendly guide for those seeking to become successful writers, producers, anchors and journalists in today’s newsrooms, both on-air and online.

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Author:   Faith Sidlow ,  Kim Stephens
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.503kg
ISBN:  

9780367683429

ISBN 10:   0367683423
Pages:   358
Publication Date:   27 January 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1 – Building Your Foundation Chapter One: Meet the Newsroom Team Chapter Two: Finding and Pitching Good Stories Chapter Three: Broadcast News Writing Fundamentals Chapter Four: Tips and Tricks to Good Writing Chapter Five: Real World Lessons Chapter Six: Interviewing Part 2 – Telling the Story Chapter Seven: The VO Chapter Eight: The VOSOT Chapter Nine: The Package (PKG) Chapter Ten: Shooting and Editing Video Part 3 – Producing for Broadcast and Digital Chapter Eleven: Producing the Broadcast Newscast Chapter Twelve: Producing for Digital and Social Media Part 4 – The Art of Live and Recorded Performance Chapter Thirteen: Storytelling—Taking it to the Next Level Chapter Fourteen: Live Reporting Chapter Fifteen: Newscast, Sports and Weather Anchors Part 5 - Local Journalists and Journalistic Practices Chapter Sixteen: Ethics, Law, and Deciphering Fake from Fact Chapter Seventeen: Getting That Job Key Terms NO NO NO WORDS Works Cited

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Faith Sidlow is an award-winning broadcast journalist with three decades of experience in television and radio news. She is an associate professor of broadcast journalism at California State University, Fresno, where she teaches broadcast and multimedia journalism. Faith worked as a reporter, anchor and producer for the Fresno NBC affiliate for 28 years. Her early broadcast career included radio reporter and board operator at KPBS-FM; San Diego reporter for KNX News Radio, Los Angeles; and research intern for CBS News in London. Kim Stephens is an Edward R. Murrow and Emmy® award-winning journalist and college professor. She’s worked as a news anchor, producer, reporter, weather anchor, telethon host, and community event emcee at KERO, WBIR, HGTV, WVLT, KNTV, KMPH. Kim is also an adjunct professor teaching broadcast news writing, on-air performance and broadcast reporting and production at California State University, Fresno.

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