The Broadcast Journalism Handbook: A Television News Survival Guide
The Broadcast Journalism Handbook has everything you ever wanted to know about working in the television news business but were afraid to ask! College courses teach the theory of how a television newsroom works; here, working journalists show the reality of the business. Learn the ropes-and how to head off amateur errors-from the authors' vast experiences and dozens of interviews with news professionals. The economic recession and new advances in technology are making this exciting career more competitive than ever, and this book will give budding journalists a head start with an insider's view of the job-necessary in today's environment. Complete with a news glossary, job-searching tips, helpful web sites, and real-life scenarios that put the student in the shoes of today's journalists, The Broadcast Journalism Handbook covers many newsroom positions, from assignment editors to producers, reporters, and anchors. It gives you newsroom experience before you get the job.
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The Broadcast Journalism Handbook: A Television News Survival Guide
The Broadcast Journalism Handbook has everything you ever wanted to know about working in the television news business but were afraid to ask! College courses teach the theory of how a television newsroom works; here, working journalists show the reality of the business. Learn the ropes-and how to head off amateur errors-from the authors' vast experiences and dozens of interviews with news professionals. The economic recession and new advances in technology are making this exciting career more competitive than ever, and this book will give budding journalists a head start with an insider's view of the job-necessary in today's environment. Complete with a news glossary, job-searching tips, helpful web sites, and real-life scenarios that put the student in the shoes of today's journalists, The Broadcast Journalism Handbook covers many newsroom positions, from assignment editors to producers, reporters, and anchors. It gives you newsroom experience before you get the job.
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The Broadcast Journalism Handbook: A Television News Survival Guide

The Broadcast Journalism Handbook: A Television News Survival Guide

by Robert Thompson, Cindy Malone
The Broadcast Journalism Handbook: A Television News Survival Guide

The Broadcast Journalism Handbook: A Television News Survival Guide

by Robert Thompson, Cindy Malone

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Overview

The Broadcast Journalism Handbook has everything you ever wanted to know about working in the television news business but were afraid to ask! College courses teach the theory of how a television newsroom works; here, working journalists show the reality of the business. Learn the ropes-and how to head off amateur errors-from the authors' vast experiences and dozens of interviews with news professionals. The economic recession and new advances in technology are making this exciting career more competitive than ever, and this book will give budding journalists a head start with an insider's view of the job-necessary in today's environment. Complete with a news glossary, job-searching tips, helpful web sites, and real-life scenarios that put the student in the shoes of today's journalists, The Broadcast Journalism Handbook covers many newsroom positions, from assignment editors to producers, reporters, and anchors. It gives you newsroom experience before you get the job.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780742525061
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 09/03/2003
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 5.80(w) x 8.85(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Robert Thompson is an award-winning reporter/anchor with fifteen years of on-air experience. Cindy Malone is an Emmy awardDwinning news producer, co-owner of the production company Malone Media Group, and a former television news reporter and anchor.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 1 TV News: The Myth and the Reality
Chapter 3 2 You've Got the Job, What Do You Do Now?
Chapter 4 3 Your First Day
Chapter 5 4 Putting It All Together: Cast and Crew
Chapter 6 5 Newsroom Survival Guide
Chapter 7 6 The Business of News
Chapter 8 7 Crossing the Line
Chapter 9 8 One-Man Bands
Chapter 10 9 The Story
Chapter 11 10 Where to Go, What to Do, Who to Call?
Chapter 12 11 Making Deadlines
Chapter 13 12 Writing Tips
Chapter 14 13 Into Practice
Chapter 15 14 News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of History, Recent Events, and People
Chapter 16 15 Worst-Case Scenarios
Chapter 17 16 Amateur Errors
Chapter 18 17 Getting the Job
Chapter 19 18 Wrap-Up
Chapter 20 Appendix: Going Online
Chapter 21 News Glossary

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