Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook

6. New Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-68260-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 318 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

Papper’s Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook is the go-to handbook in broadcast news, and with the updates in the6th edition, it is sure to continue this legacy. Through clear and concise chapters, this text provides the fundamental rules of broadcast news writing. It covers various fields across the board, including crime and government, weather, education, health, and sports. Within each field, readers learn the nuances of reporting, grammar, style, and usage.

Written by a professional who has overseen major industry research for the past 23 years, this edition presents the data on news writing in a relevant and digestible manner. With the business of broadcast news changing rapidly, this text reflects the current news environment and explores where it will head in the future. With an expanded social media chapter and additional insight into the news rooms of today, Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook incorporates all the skills and knowledge reporters and journalist need to prepare for their careers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Papper, Robert A. (Hofstra University, USA)

Papper, Robert A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Ethics, Legality and the RTDNA Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct

News

Collecting Information

Stories

Working with Bites, Actualities and Natural Sound

Readability

Words

Phrases and Phrasing

Sentences

Leads and Endings

TV: Story Forms

TV: Working with Pictures

Producing News on TV

Radio/Audio: Story Forms and Working with Sounds

Online News

Social Media and News

News, Weather & Sports

Reporting: Seasonal Coverage & the Calendar

Reporting: Specialized Coverage

The Business of News

TV Script Form and Supers…Glossary

Über Autor(innen)

Robert A. Papper is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Journalism at Hofstra University. A graduate of Columbia College and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, he has worked as a producer, writer, and manager at television stations in Minneapolis, Washington, DC, San Francisco, and Columbus, Ohio and radio stations in Maine and Indiana. He has won both the top award in broadcast journalism (DuPont-Columbia) and the top award in education (Ed Bliss Award).