Preface

Broadcast News Writing, Reporting, and Producing examines the skills, techniques, and challenges of working in broadcast news. Along with complete coverage of the fundamentals, the text presents up-to-date examples and issues through actual scripts and interviews with the people who bring us the news.

As you read the book, you may notice the extensive coverage of reporting. Eight of the book’s 25 chapters focus on everything from basic skills and specialty reporting to research techniques and ethics. As in previous editions, the text is accompanied by scripts written by working journalists, including some in Iraq who often discuss the stories they are covering and the techniques they use. This edition covers in great detail the embedded ...

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