Hewitt, John, 1943-

Air words : writing broadcast news in the Internet age / John Hewitt. - Fourth edition. - xii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Includes index.

Understand what your audience needs -- Making major changes -- Grammar and word choice -- Writing the lead sentence -- Completing the story essentials -- Gathering useful soundbites -- Using soundbites -- Building packages with soundbites and tracks -- Writing to still visuals -- The video sequence -- Writing text for the vo -- Writing the VO/sound story -- Breaking news packages and features -- Live shots and remotes -- Producing effective newscasts -- On-air news and website coordination -- Ethics and legal accountability.

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2011006683


Television broadcasting of news.

PN4784.T4 / H48 2011

808.06607