| Description |
1 online resource (566 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Part 1 The Principles of Broadcast Journalism; Chapter 1 Do You Want the Job?; An Interest in Words; First Push; Multitasking; Interviews; Formal and Practical Training for Broadcast Journalism; Chapter 2 Ethics, Responsibilities and Law; Regulation and Audience Attitudes; Some Legal Headlines. Broadcasting Issues -- Talking on Air is Publishing; Chapter 3 What Makes Broadcast News?; Where?; Relevance; Immediacy; Interest; Drama and Impact; New, True and Interesting; Different Types of News |
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Chapter 4 News Channels, Programmes and Streams24-Hour News; The Bulletin; News Programmes; Documentary; Who Does What?; The Future; Chapter 5 Where the News Comes From; The Reporters; Your Network; Other News Media; Hoaxes; Planned Events; Staged Events; New News; Chapter 6 Choosing and Chasing the Story; Copytasting; Newsroom Conference; 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; Chapter 7 Setting up the Interview; Setting up the Interview; Preparing for the Interview |
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Chapter 8 The InterviewThe Interviewer's Skill; During the Interview; Different Types of Interview; The Questions; Winding up the Interview; Tough Talking; Being Interviewed Yourself: The Q & A; Chapter 9 Writing Basics; 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; Rhythm; Chapter 10 Writing for News; The News Angle; Multi-Angled Stories; Hard News Formula; The Intro; Placing Key Words; Features Openers |
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Developing the StorySignposting; Last Line; Last Words; Accuracy; Chapter 11 Broadcast News Style Book; Clichés; Journalese; Hyperbole; Adjectives; Quotations; Attribution; Contentious Statements; Immediacy; Active; Positive; Redundancies; Repetition; Homonyms; Singular or Plural?; Pronouns; Punctuation; Spelling; Abbreviations; Numbers; Proof Reading; Ambiguity; Chapter 12 Putting the Show Together; Item Selection and Order; 'A Fair Picture ... '; Item Order; Local Considerations; Foreign Coverage; Producing a Running Order; The Openers; Keeping an Audience -- Headlines and Promotions; Actuality |
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PicturesGraphics; Programme Balance -- Being All Things to All People; And Now the Good News?; Making the Programme Fit; Cutting; Filling; Backtiming; Second Thoughts; Chapter 13 News Anchors and Presenters; The Talent; Qualities of a Newscaster; More Than Just a Newsreader; Professionalism; Voice; Looks, Age, Gender, Race and Disability; Chapter 14 'On Air!'; Performance; Presence; Getting Through to the Audience -- Rapport; Know Your Material; Ad-Libs; The Gate; Making a Swift Recovery; Corpsing; Relaxation; Chapter 15 News Reading Mechanics; Speed; Breathing; Projection; Emphasis; Pitch |
| Notes |
Microphone Technique |
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Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Alexander, Ray
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| ISBN |
9781317503064 |
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1317503066 |
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