Book description
A straightforward account of the editorial and production processes used by journalists to bring television news to the viewer. It is an invaluable text for students on journalism courses, print and radio journalists moving into television and TV journalists wishing to update their knowledge. Takes into account the latest practices and issues in the television industry.This fourth edition has been thoroughly updated to take account of the latest practices and issues in the television industry. It includes new illustrations of developments from both a technological and an editorial perspective.
In a changing broadcasting environment, newcomers to television journalism are finding themselves entering a world in which an empathy with technology is as important as a way with words. The newsroom itself is now completely computerized and consequently new skills and working methods need to be mastered to take account of the revolutionary advances.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- About the author
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Getting into television
- 3 The electronic jigsaw puzzle
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4 Who does what in television news
- Multimedia working and multi-skilling
- The organization of television news
- The news-gathering machine
- Reporters and camera crews
- Domestic assignments
- Covering the world
- The three faces of output
- Writers
- Production output
- Technical output
- Integrated newsroom systems
- Newsroom layout
- Computerized newsrooms
- And the history of the future …
- 5 Writing for television news
- 6 Words and images
- 7 Writing to pictures
- 8 Television news reporting
- 9 Reporting techniques
- 10 Packaging the news
- 11 The camera at work
- 12 Constructing a news programme
- 13 Production and presentation
- 14 Presenting the news
- 15 Media convergence and the future
- 16 Conclusion
- Further reading
- Glossary
- Index
Product information
- Title: Television News, 4th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2013
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781136026171
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