Book description
This classic book is a must-have for anyone involved in radio production, covering everything from operational techniques and producing different programme formats, to conducting interviews and writing for radio.The fifth edition features new and updated information on:
* digital production, such as the computer editing process, digital recording and DAB
* the internet and internet-only radio stations
* automatic playout systems
* ethics
* storytelling, showing simple ways of creating different acoustics for drama
* station management
* scheduling
* remote reporting
This edition is further enhanced by a supporting CD-Rom, packed with examples, exercises and resources.
Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface to the fifth edition
-
1 Characteristics of the medium
- Radio makes pictures
- Radio speaks to millions
- Radio speaks to the individual
- The speed of radio
- Radio has no boundaries
- The transient nature of radio
- Radio on demand
- Radio as background
- Radio is selective
- Radio lacks space
- The personality of radio
- The simplicity of radio
- Radio is low cost
- Radio for the disadvantaged
- Radio teaches
- Radio has music
- Radio can surprise
- Radio can suffer from interference
- Radio for the individual
- Radio for society
- The public servant
- Types of radio station
- ‘Outside’ pressures
- Personal motivations
- 2 The radio studio
- 3 Ethics
- 4 Writing for the ear
-
5 News – policy and practice
- Codes of Practice
- Objectivity
- Legality
- News values
- Investigative reporting
- Campaigning journalism
- The news reporting function
- Accuracy
- Intelligibility in the writing
- Being fair
- Giving offence
- Causing distress
- Civil disturbance and war reporting
- A summary
- The newsroom operation
- Style book
- Radio car, mobile phone
- Equipment in the field
- The news conference and press release
-
6 Interviewing
- The basic approach
- Types of interview
- Securing the interviewee
- What the interviewee should know
- Preparation before the interview
- The pre-interview discussion
- Question technique
- Question ‘width’
- Devil’s advocate
- Multiple questions
- Leading questions
- Non-questions
- Non-answers
- Non-verbal communication
- During the interview
- Winding up
- After the interview
- Style
- Interviewing ‘cold’
- Interviewing through a translator
- Location interviews
- The triangle of trust
- 7 Vox pop
- 8 Cues and links
- 9 Newsreading and presentation
- 10 The discussion
-
11 Phone-ins
- Technical facilities
- Programme classification
- The open line
- Support staff
- Choosing the calls
- The role of the presenter
- Presenter style
- Reference material
- Studio operation
- Additional telephone facilities
- Use of ‘delay’
- The specific subject
- ‘Early lines’
- Consumer affairs
- The need to be fair
- Linking programmes together
- Personal counselling
- The presenter as listener
- Non-broadcasting effort
- Anonymity
- Phone-in checklist
- 12 Listener participation
- 13 Music programming
- 14 Sequences and magazines
- 15 Making commercials
- 16 Outside broadcasts (remotes)
- 17 Commentary
- 18 Music recording
- 19 Drama — principles
- 20 Documentary and feature programmes
- 21 The work of the producer
- 22 The executive producer
- 23 Programme evaluation
- 24 Training
- 25 Back-announcement
- CD-ROM
- Websites
- Glossary
- Further Reading – a selection
- Index
Product information
- Title: Radio Production, 5th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2012
- Publisher(s): Focal Press
- ISBN: 9781136118456
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