White, Ted, 1926-

Broadcast news : writing, reporting, and producing / Ted White. - Fourth edition. - xxxiv, 507 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Includes index.

Broadcast news writing mechanics -- Broadcast news writing style -- More style rules -- Writing broadcast copy -- Color : the key to good writing -- Radio news -- Writing for the television newscast -- Delivering the news -- Finding the news -- Broadcast news reporting -- Reporting assignments -- Covering planned events -- Reporting live -- Putting the television story together -- The interview -- Collecting information from documents -- Computer-assisted reporting for broadcast -- Developing sources -- Specialty reporting -- Ethics -- More ethical issues -- Tabloid journalism -- Producing -- Using the hardware -- The job search in a changing industry. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

"Broadcast News Writing, Reporting, and Producing, Fourth Edition examines the skills, technologies, and challenges of writing, reporting, and producing for broadcast journalism. Along with complete coverage of the fundamentals, this book contains writing samples from some of the most famous broadcast journalists, including Edward R. Murrow, Charles Kuralt, Cokie Roberts, Eric Sevareid, Pauline Frederick, Charles Osgood, Paul Harvey, Betsy Aaron, Bob Dotson, Susan Stamberg, and Richard Threlkeld, who also discuss how they write and report."--Jacket.

024080659X 9780240806594

2004059735


Broadcast journalism
Reporters and reporting
Report writing

PN4784.B75 / W5 2005

070.19