Chapter Eight

News Announcing

8.1 Introduction

Broadcast journalism can be an exciting and challenging aspect of a performance career. It’s an area of broadcasting that has changed a great deal in the last decade. On the radio dial, National Public Radio (NPR) continues to provide a flow of in-depth, often award-winning newscasts. However, there is some concern over the limited amount of radio news that is generally available. Although many of us turn to radio as a source of news sometime during the day, television tends to be the primary news source for most people. News magazine programs from the television networks that once aired weekly are now on the air two or three times a week. The six and eleven o’clock newscasts continue to be the ...

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