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An introductory text in writing, reporting, and producing news for broadcast, covering television and radio news writing styles, delivering the news, live reporting, interviews, developing sources, and producing the news. Includes writing samples from well-known broadcast journalists and numerous script examples, as well as material on legal and ethical issues, the job market, and using equipment. This second edition discusses issues surrounding recent developments including the Oklahoma City bombing. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Broadcast News Writing, Reporting and Production examines the skills, techniques, and challenges of writing and reporting for broadcast. Along with complete coverage of the fundamentals, the text presents up-to-date examples and issues through actual scripts and interviews with the people who bring us the news. This edition includes such timely topics as the OJ Simpson trial and the Oklahoma City Bombing.Broadcast News Writing, Reporting and Production contains the most complete treatment of reporting techniques and scripts by outstanding correspondents available in a broadcast news text. Famous journalists such as Betsy Aaron, Bob Dotson, Charles Osgood, Susan Stamberg, and Richard Threlkeld not only provided scripts for the book; they also discuss how they write and report. In addition there is an emphasis throughout on real-life situations. The problems that reporters, writers, assignment editors and producers face every day are discussed in detail.
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