CHAPTER 12
Reporting Live
CONTENTS
The Challenges of Electronic News Gathering
Memorizing and Delivering Live Reports
KEY WORDS
Ad-Libbing
Communication Chain
Dining Table Solution
Immediacy
Interrupted Feedback
Reporter's Notebook
Voiceover
INTRODUCTION
The immediacy of broadcast journalism is the greatest advantage it possesses over print media. This chapter discusses how radio and television news-rooms may exploit that advantage by using reporters in the field to deliver live reports. Further, this chapter offers some suggestions for handling the special pressures and responsibilities that live reporting places on broadcast journalists. ...
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