ABSTRACT
Better Broadcast Writing, Better Broadcast News teaches students how to write with the conversational simplicity required for radio and TV. This text draws on the Emmy Award-winning author's decades of professional experience in broadcast journalism. In addition to writing, the text also discusses the other elements that make up a good story--producing, reporting, shooting, editing, and ethics. The author's real-world perspective conveys the excitement of a career in journalism.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |86 pages
How to Write the Right Words and Sentences
chapter |16 pages
The Right Words, The Right Stuff
chapter |17 pages
The Wrong Way to Write It
chapter |5 pages
Being Perfectly Clear
chapter |17 pages
The Right Way to Write It
chapter |14 pages
Saying It Twice
chapter |15 pages
The Story of the Story
part |34 pages
But Before You Write…
chapter |12 pages
Organizing Your Facts, Organizing Your Story
chapter |12 pages
Choosing Your Lead
chapter |8 pages
Choosing Your Close
part |22 pages
And After You Write
chapter |10 pages
Proof Positive of Proofreading
chapter |10 pages
The Correct Corrections
part |51 pages
Finding Out What to Write
chapter |16 pages
News Hunters and News Gatherers
chapter |7 pages
Running in Place
chapter |14 pages
Letting It All Hang Out
chapter |12 pages
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
part |36 pages
It's All Part of the Show
chapter |12 pages
If the Shoe Fits, Write it
chapter |12 pages
Fitting It All In
chapter |10 pages
Even More Ways for Radio
part |24 pages
Being the Right Kind of Journalist