ABSTRACT

A straightforward account of the editorial and production processes used by journalists to bring television news to the viewer. It is an invaluable text for students on journalism courses, print and radio journalists moving into television and TV journalists wishing to update their knowledge. Takes into account the latest practices and issues in the television industry.

This fourth edition has been thoroughly updated to take account of the latest practices and issues in the television industry. It includes new illustrations of developments from both a technological and an editorial perspective.

In a changing broadcasting environment, newcomers to television journalism are finding themselves entering a world in which an empathy with technology is as important as a way with words. The newsroom itself is now completely computerized and consequently new skills and working methods need to be mastered to take account of the revolutionary advances.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

chapter |9 pages

Getting into television

chapter |8 pages

The electronic jigsaw puzzle

chapter |17 pages

Who does what in television news

chapter |28 pages

Writing for television news

chapter |14 pages

Words and images

chapter |11 pages

Writing to pictures

chapter |10 pages

Television news reporting

chapter |26 pages

Reporting techniques

chapter |10 pages

Packaging the news

chapter |15 pages

The camera at work

chapter |26 pages

Constructing a news programme

chapter |21 pages

Production and presentation

chapter |7 pages

Presenting the news

chapter |6 pages

Media convergence and the future

chapter |4 pages

Conclusion