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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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 3|7 pages
Experience, print media, languages and multimedia
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 7|6 pages
The political and journalistic use of early recording technology
chapter Chapter 8|8 pages
Early radio journalism
chapter Chapter 9|6 pages
The political dimension of sound journalism
chapter Chapter 10|4 pages
Sport A springboard for spontaneity
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
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
chapter Chapter 18|10 pages
Dieppe, Pearl Harbor, D-Day and other campaigns
part V|40 pages
International media law for radio journalists
chapter Chapter 19|10 pages
Defamation
chapter Chapter 20|15 pages
Contempt of court, access to court proceedings and other restrictions
chapter Chapter 21|13 pages
Sources, election law and other matters
part VI|28 pages
Modern styles of radio reporting and journalism