ABSTRACT

This newest edition of Broadcast Journalism continues its long tradition of covering the basics of broadcasting from gathering news sources, interviewing, putting together a programme, news writing, reporting, editing, working in the studio, conducting live reports, and more. Two new authors have joined forces in this new edition to present behind the scenes perspectives on multimedia broadcast news, where it is heading, and how you get there.

Technology is meshing global and local news. Constant interactivity between on-the-scene reporting and nearly instantaneous broadcasting to the world has changed the very nature of how broadcast journalists must think, act, write and report on a 24/7 basis. This new edition takes up this digital workflow and convergence. Students of broadcast journalism and professors alike will find that the sixth edition of Broadcast Journalism is completely up-to-date.

Includes new photos, quotations, and coverage of convergent journalism, podcasting, multimedia journalism, citizen journalism, and more!

part |2 pages

Part One: Principles of Broadcast Journalism

chapter 1|10 pages

A career in broadcast journalism

chapter 2|14 pages

What makes news?

chapter 3|12 pages

Ethics and responsibility

chapter 4|20 pages

News sources

chapter 5|10 pages

Getting the story

chapter 6|12 pages

Conversational writing

chapter 7|12 pages

Newswriting

chapter 8|14 pages

Broadcast style book

chapter 9|16 pages

The interview

chapter 10|14 pages

Setting up the interview

chapter 11|10 pages

From 2-minute headlines to 24-hour news

chapter 12|8 pages

Item selection and order

chapter 13|10 pages

Putting the show together

chapter 14|6 pages

Making the programme fit 165 167

chapter 15|6 pages

News anchors and presenters

chapter 16|10 pages

‘On air!’

chapter 17|8 pages

Newsreading mechanics 187

part |2 pages

Part Two: Radio

chapter 18|22 pages

Story treatment

chapter 19|10 pages

Recording

chapter 20|10 pages

Editing

chapter 21|6 pages

The studio

part |2 pages

Part Three: Television

chapter 23|12 pages

Scripting journalism

chapter 24|14 pages

Gathering news

chapter 25|20 pages

Camera shots

chapter 26|12 pages

Editing the sound and pictures

chapter 27|6 pages

Going live – live TV reporting in vision

chapter 28|10 pages

Graphics and digital display visuals

chapter 29|10 pages

Television news presenters

chapter 30|8 pages

The news studio