Broadcast Journalism: A Critical Introduction [Paperback]

Broadcast Journalism offers a critical analysis of the key skills required to work in the modern studio, on location, or online, with chapters written by industry professionals from the BBC, ITV, CNN and independent production companies in the UK and USA. Areas highlighted include:

• interviewing
• researching
• editing
• writing
• reporting.

The practical tips are balanced with chapters on representation, ethics, law, economics and history, as well as specialist areas such as documentary and the reporting of politics, business, sport and celebrity. Broadcast Journalism concludes with a vital chapter on career planning to act as a springboard for your future work in the broadcast industry.

Contributors: Jim Beaman; Jane Chapman; Fiona Chesterton; Tim Crook; Anne Dawson; Tony Harcup; Jackie Harrison; Ansgard Heinrich; Emma Hemmingway; Patricia Holland; David Holmes; Gary Hudson; Nicholas Jones; Marie Kinsey; Roger Laughton; Leslie Mitchell; Jeremy Orlebar; Claire Simmons; Katie Stewart; Ingrid Volkmer; Mike Ward; Deborah Wilson.

Notes on contributors Part 1 The Shape of Broadcast News Introduction JANE CHAPMAN 1 Broadcast Journalism: Yesterday, Today and The Future JANE CHAPMAN 2 Paying the Piper: Funding Broadcast News DEBORAH WILSON 3 Eyes, Ears and Clicks: The Battle for an Audience MARIE KINSEY 4 And now the news from where you are: Going Local ROGER LAUGHTON 5 CNN and Beyond: Journalism in a Networked Global Sphere INGRID VOLKMER AND ANSGARD HEINRICH 6 Exploring News Values: The Ideal and the Real JACKIE HARRISON Part 2 The Practices of Broadcast News Introduction JANE CHAPMAN AND MARIE KINSEY 7 Inside the Newsroom: Whos Who and Whats What EMMA HEMMINGWAY 8 On the Road: Gathering Raw Material DAVID HOLMES, KATIE lSv