ABSTRACT
Broadcast journalism can be an exciting and challenging aspect of a performance career. It’s an area of performance that has changed a great deal in the last decade. On the radio dial, National Public Radio (NPR) continues to provide a fl ow of indepth, often award-winning, newscasts. However, there is some concern over the limited amount of radio news that is generally available. Although some of us turn to radio as a source of news at some point during the day, television still tends to be the primary news source for most people. News magazine programs from the television networks that once aired weekly are now on the air two or three times a week. The six and eleven o’clock newscasts continue to be the most important time slot for local TV stations.
