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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Getting and breaking stories; Angle; Contacts; Reactive/feature pieces; Ten things; Tom Hiddleston; The boffin; Lateral thinking; Anniversaries and birthdays; March 8 1996 Fargo â#x80;#x93; doco woman who died/treasure urban myth; March 15 1996 Ed â#x80;#x93; Matt Le Blanc/chimp; February 19 1986 Parting Glances â#x80;#x93; seminal LGBT film; February 28 1986 Pretty in Pink â#x80;#x93; Brat Pack hangers-on; March 31 2006 Basic Instinct 2 â#x80;#x93; David Morrissey quote; March 13 1992 My Cousin Vinny â#x80;#x93; Tomei accidental Oscar myth |
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March 20 1992 Basic Instinct â#x80;#x93; what happened to the erotic thriller?Stallone â#x80;#x93; Over The Top salary/weird sports; The diary; Conclusion; Ten top tips â#x80;#x93; getting the scoop and breaking storie; 2. Entertainment journalism â#x80;#x93; in context; The current landscape of entertainment journalism; Ten top tips â#x80;#x93; entertainment and arts journalism in context; 3. Interviewing; You; Finding a good interviewee; Preparation; Rapport; Phoners; Writing up/editing the interview; Ten top tips â#x80;#x93; interviewing; 4. Junkets and red carpets; What is a junket?; Junket etiquette |
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How to get the best out of a junketFive junket scenarios I encountered and what I learned from them; What is a red carpet event?; How to succeed on a red carpet; Working with a cameraperson; Five things to watch out for at a red carpet event; Ten top tips â#x80;#x93; red carpets (Courtesy of Colin Paterson); 5. Working with PRs; Initial contact; Building a list; How to please PRs; Protecting your integrity; Going directly to the famous people; Being an influencer; Ten top tips â#x80;#x93; working with PRs; 6. Using social media; Facebook versus everything else; A jobs market; Finding stuff |
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What makes a great entertainment social media story?Verification; And finally â#x80;Œ engaging the trolls; Ten top tips â#x80;#x93; utilising social media effectively; 7. Reviewing; How I write a review; Five other things you need to know if youâ#x80;#x99;re going to review stuff; Ten top tips â#x80;#x93; reviewing; 8. Working with different media; Video; Shooting yourself; TV; Audio; Podcasts; Editing; Equipment; Ten top tips â#x80;#x93; multimedia; 9. Law and ethics; Leveson; The regulators; Privacy; Defamation; Copyright; Ethics; Ten top tips â#x80;#x93; The law and ethics of entertainment journalism; 10. Selling as a freelance |
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IdeasTwelve golden rules of freelancing; Freelancing in the office; The editorâ#x80;#x99;s view; The boring nitty-gritty of being a freelancer; Ten top tips â#x80;#x93; selling as a freelance journalist; 11. Breaking into the industry; Donâ#x80;#x99;t be afraid to start small; Curate your social; Be the one who goes the extra mile; â#x80;#x9C;Do you take sugar with that?â#x80;#x9D;; Know what youâ#x80;#x99;re talking about; Lights, camera, action; Dont forgett â#x80;#x93; gramar and spelling realy matter, oâ#x80;#x99;kay?; Added value you; Who played Jar Jar Binks?; Tony Robbinsâ#x80;#x99; human needs; Entrepreneurialism |
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This yearâ#x80;#x99;s birthday present â#x80;#x93; a media subscription |
| Summary |
"Entertainment Journalism is a practical guide to one of the most highly visible areas of media practice. Drawing on 20 years' experience as an entertainment journalist, Ben Falk gives a comprehensive overview of journalistic reporting on the arts industries, with particular focus on film, music, TV and celebrity gossip. This is coupled with an extensive range of tips and tools to help students and young professionals hone the key skills required for a career in entertainment journalism. Interviews with industry professionals appear throughout, from current editors of the biggest entertainment brands, Hollywood bureau chiefs and critics to consumer publicists, multimedia content producers, live radio correspondents, video makers, TV presenters and social media specialists. Topics include:breaking a story interviewing techniquesworking at press junkets and red carpet eventsworking with PRsselling as a freelanceusing social media for reporting and networkingbreaking into the industry. With up-to-the-minute expert advice, accessibly written guidance on writing and reporting and invaluable perspectives from those within the entertainment world, this would be an instructive and insightful book for any aspiring showbiz journalist."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 23, 2018) |
| Subject |
Journalism -- Vocational guidance.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
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Journalism -- Vocational guidance.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317233244 |
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1317233247 |
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9781317233251 |
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1317233255 |
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9781317233237 |
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1317233239 |
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9781315625850 |
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1315625857 |
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