Book description
Basic Radio Journalism is a working manual and practical guide to the tools and techniques necessary to succeed in radio journalism. It will be useful both to students starting a broadcasting career as well as experienced journalists wishing to develop and expand their skills.Based on the popular Local Radio Journalism, this book covers the core skills of news gathering, writing, interviewing, reporting and reading with extensive hints and tips. It outlines working practices in both BBC and commercial radio. There are revamped legal and technical sections as well as a new chapter on the journalist as programme producer. For the student, there is extensive advice about getting a job, marketing yourself and dealing with job interviews.
The Foreword is by Lord Ryder of Wensum, vice chairman of the BBC.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 The structure of UK radio
- Chapter 2 Working in radio
- Chapter 3 News gathering
- Chapter 4 News writing
- Chapter 5 News bulletins
- Chapter 6 News presentation
- Chapter 7 Technicalities
- Chapter 8 Interviewing
- Chapter 9 News reporting
- Chapter 10 Newsdesk management
- Chapter 11 Legalities
- Chapter 12 Newsroom management
- Chapter 13 Small newsrooms
- Chapter 14 Programme production
- Chapter 15 Specialized programming
- Glosssary
- Index
Product information
- Title: Basic Radio Journalism
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2013
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781136024337
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