Writing for Broadcast Journalists (Media Skills)

Writing for Broadcast Journalists is the essential guide to writing news for television and radio, guiding readers through the significant differences between writing text to be read, and writing spoken English that will be heard. This book helps broadcast journalists at every stage of their careers to avoid newspaper-style ‘journalese’, clichés, jargon, and inaccurate grammar or pronunciation, while capturing the immediacy of the spoken word in creative broadcast news scripts. It also gives advice on providing concise online material for broadcasters’ websites.  Sections include: • Practical advice on how to write accurately but conversationally• How to cope with a dynamic English language, with new expressions and words changing their meanings• Writing scripts that match the TV pictures, and use real sound on radio• Detailed guidance on correct terminology and the need for sensitive language • An appendix of ‘dangerous’ words and phrases to be avoided in scripts. Written in a lively and accessible style by a former BBC news editor, Writing for Broadcast Journalists is an invaluable guide to the techniques of writing news for television, radio and online audiences.

Politics & Social Sciences

Thompson, Rick

Social Sciences

Routledge

'This is a superb book which combines the rare mixture of high quality information with humour. The style of writing engages the reader from the introduction and the experience and insight of the author occasionally makes it difficult to put down, a rare feature of a textbook. I would unreservedly recommend this book not only to those studying journalism but to students of language and all who use the spoken and written word as the ‘materials’ of their work.' Barry Turner, Nottingham Trent University 'Rick Thompson's guidance manual is packed with advice to would-be writers for this medium. He's someone with years of experience at the top level of the national and international profession, and he's smack up to date with his references. The book is aimed at journalists, but anyone with a serious interest in developing their literacy will learn a lot about professional writing skills from what he has to say.' Roy Johnson, www.mantex.co.uk Writing for Broadcast Journalists guides readers through the significant differences between the written and the spoken versions of journalistic English. It will help broadcast journalists at every stage of their careers to avoid such pitfalls as the use of newspaper-English, common linguistic errors, and Americanised phrases, and gives practical advice on accurate terminology and pronunciation, while encouraging writers to capture the immediacy of the spoken word in their scripts. Writing for Broadcast Journalists includes: <ul>
<li>practical tips on how to avoid ‘journalese’, clichés and jargon</li> <li>guidance on tailoring your writing style to suit a particular audience</li> <li>advice on converting agency copy into spoken English</li> <li>writing to television pictures </li> <li>examples of scripts from some of the best in the business</li> <li>an appendix of ‘dangerous’ words and phrases to be avoided in scripts.</li>
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The Quantum Mindset in a Nutshell: What They Won't Teach You in School That Could Change Your Life

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Alternative Medicine

Rick Thompson

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Religion & Spirituality

Duckworth, John

Townsend, Jim

Christian Books & Bibles

Chariot Victor Pub.

Written with remarkable clarity and illustrated throughout with over 200 full-color photographs of beautiful Shetland Sheepdogs, this handy primer covers all the basics of Sheltie ownership, from selecting the ideal puppy to keeping adults vibrant and healthy throughout their lives.

The Proper Care of Shetland Sheepdogs (Proper Care Of... Series)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Ganz, Sandy

Pets & Animal Care

Tfh Pubns Inc

New River Rock: Rock Climbs in West Virginia's New River Gorge

Travel

United States

Etched in Stone Guidebooks

The Ice Age Lake Missoula Floods affected four states and left much evidence of their passing. Most dramatic are the scablands of eastern Washington. With few exceptions all other books on the subject stop at the west end of the Columbia River Gorge. GigaFlood reveals the effects of the largest Lake Missoula Flood in northwest Oregon and southwest Washington with photos, maps and illustrations. This much neglected area has more subtle features from these floods that inundated the Portland/Vancouver area, Willamette and other valleys with up to 400 feet of water. GigaFlood shows you where to find the ice-rafted erratics, giant current ripples, huge gravel bars and flood channels that were a result of these cataclysms.

GigaFlood: The Largest of the Lake Missoula Floods In Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington

Science & Math

Earth Sciences

GigaFlood.com

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