Television News: A Handbook For Writing, Reporting, Shooting, And Editing

Keller (mass communications, Emory & Henry College) and Hawkins, a news director with 20 years of experience, examine the structure of a television newsroom, the personnel and their roles, and the challenges of applying reporting ideals to real-world scenarios. They offer instruction on interviewing, writing stories, on-camera presentation, and legal issues. Several chapters are devoted to TV news photography and editing. New to this edition is material on writing radio scripts and writing for the Web. Also new are more specific discussions of newsroom software, and a section on the role of the news producer. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)