ABSTRACT

Radio journalists have witnessed much of the history of the twentieth century. From early documentary recordings , to the ground-breaking war reporting of Ed Murrow and Richard Dimbleby, to the sophisticated commentaries of Alistair Cooke and reporters such as Fergal Keane, International Radio Journalism explores the way radio has covered the most important stories this century and the way in which it continues to document events in Britan, America, Europe and many other countries around the world.
International Radio Journalism is both a theoretical textbook and a practical guide for students of radio journalism, reporters, editors and producers. The book details training and professional standards in writing, presentation, technology, editorial ethics and media law in America, Britain, Australia and other English speaking countries and examines the major public sector broadcast networks such as the BBC, CBC, NPR and ABC as well as the work of commercial and small public radio stations.
Timothy Crook investigates the way in which news reporting has been influenced by governments and media conglomerates and identifies an undercurrent of racial and sexual discrimination throughout the history of radio news. There are chapters on media law for broadcast journalists, the implications of multi-media and new technologies, digital applications in radio news, and glossaries which cover the skills of voice presentaion, writing radio news and broadcast vocabulary.

part I|54 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 1|11 pages

From box room to digital control room

chapter Chapter 2|5 pages

Basic skills, listening and contacts

chapter Chapter 4|15 pages

Attitudes and news

chapter Chapter 5|14 pages

Objectivity and theory

part II|54 pages

Radio journalism history

chapter Chapter 6|6 pages

The origins

chapter Chapter 8|8 pages

Early radio journalism

chapter Chapter 10|4 pages

Sport A springboard for spontaneity

chapter Chapter 11|4 pages

Radio drama

A source of innovation and sensational treatment

chapter Chapter 12|18 pages

Appeasement and fascism

Radio's response through journalism

part III|68 pages

Practice skills and contemporary practice

chapter Chapter 13|8 pages

The voice and the A to Z of presentation

chapter Chapter 14|4 pages

Using portable equipment

chapter Chapter 15|55 pages

Writing radio news

Glossary of Radio News and A to Z of Vocabulary and Principles

part IV|42 pages

The Second World War

chapter Chapter 16|13 pages

The phoney war and the fall of France

chapter Chapter 17|17 pages

The Holocaust and other horrors

part V|40 pages

International media law for radio journalists

chapter Chapter 19|10 pages

Defamation

chapter Chapter 21|13 pages

Sources, election law and other matters

part VI|28 pages

Modern styles of radio reporting and journalism