Broadcast News Writing, Reporting, and Producing / Edition 7

by Frank Barnas

Overview

* Discusses many examples of major recent news stories and the reporting techniques used

* New chapter on computer-assisted reporting and the impact of the Internet on newsgathering

* Expanded chapters on producing and ethics in reporting

Broadcast News Writing, Reporting and Producing examines the skills, techniques, and challenges of writing and reporting for broadcast. Along with complete coverage of the fundamentals, the book presents up-to-date examples and issues through actual scripts and interviews with the people who bring us the news. Ten out of twenty five chapters focus on reporting topics, ranging from basic skills to specialty reporting to ethics. This new edition features such timely topics as the Jonesboro and Littleton shootings, the Clinton sex scandal, the CNN Tailwind story, the Elian Gonzales story, and other contemporary examples.

Broadcast News Writing Reporting and Producing emphasizes real-life situations; the problems that reporters, writers, assignment editors, and producers face every day are discussed in detail, as well as such topics as ethics, investigative reporting, the job market, legal issues, and interviewing techniques. Each chapter contains exercises for writing, review, and discussion so that students can learn and apply what they've read. This edition also includes new insights in civic journalism and computer-assisted reporting, and the impact of the Internet on news gathering. Broadcast The text also contains writing samples from famous broadcast journalists like the late Edward R. Murrow, Charles Kuralt, Eric Sevareid, Paul Harvey, Charles Osgood, Susan Stamberg and Richard Threlkeld and others, all of whom not only offer examples of quality news writing, but also discuss how they write and report.

Author Biography: Ted White is Chair of the Communications Department at Southern University, Baton Rouge.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138207486
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/06/2017
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	348
Product dimensions:	7.56(w) x 9.31(h) x (d)

About the Author

Frank Barnas has presented seminars and taught in journalism programs around the world. His background includes television reporting, radio commentary, and documentary productions ranging from Antarctica to Russia. He has been recognized by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Broadcast Education Association, and the Fulbright Commission.

Marie Barnas holds MFA degrees in film production and creative writing. She has served as a Fellow for the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the International Radio and Television Society, and the National Association of Television Producers and Executives. Her production awards include Telly, Cindy, and Communicator Awards.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Broadcast News Writing Mechanics
Broadcast News Writing Style
More Style Rules
Writing Broadcast Copy
Color: The Key to Good Writing
Writing for the Radio Newscast
Writing for the Television Newscast
Delivering the News
Finding the News
Broadcast News Reporting
Reporting Assignments
Reporting Live
Putting the Television Story Together
The Interview
Computer-Assisted Reporting
Developing Sources
Specialty Reporting
Ethics and the Law
More Ethical Issues
Tabloid Journalism
Producing
Using the Hardware
The Job Search in a Changing Industry
Glossary
Index

Editorial Reviews

Praise for 7th edition:

"Broadcast News Writing, Reporting and Producing complements our practical hands-on approach for new and aspiring Broadcast Journalists. This engaging book seamlessly integrates core journalistic principles - whether in the Newsroom or working in the field – with the processes required to create, present and manage on air content."- Ray Williams, The College of Sports Media, Toronto, ON

"This text has all the major components for a solid background of writing, reporting, and producing news.. It is highly understandable for college students and also adds enough challenges to enable students of all levels to improve their techniques.The examples used in the text will enable students to test their abilities."-Anthony Loudis, Missouri State University, USA

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