Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 182
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Trim: 7⅜ x 9¼
978-0-7425-4027-9 • Paperback • September 2005 • $53.00 • (£41.00)
978-1-4616-2276-5 • eBook • September 2005 • $50.00 • (£38.00)
Charles Raiteri is a veteran TV reporter and professor of journalism.
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 1 Style
Chapter 3 2 Glossary of Broadcast Terms
Chapter 4 3 The People-izing Concept
Chapter 5 4 Humanizing, Generalizing, and Attribution
Chapter 6 5 People and Ethics
Chapter 7 6 Humanizing the Anchor Lead
Chapter 8 7 Humanizing the Body of Your Story
Chapter 9 8 The Humanizing Interview
Chapter 10 9 Putting It All Together in the TV Script
Chapter 11 10 Critical Evaluation
Chapter 12 11 Shooting and Editing News Video
Chapter 13 12 Radio/TV Exercises
Chapter 14 13 Video Exercises
Chapter 15 14 Topics for Reporting Your Own Stories
Chapter 16 15 Computer-Assisted Reporting
Chapter 17 16 Convergence and Online Journalism
Chapter 18 Index
Raiteri is an accomplished classroom teacher and has sent hundreds of students into broadcast news jobs with strong writing and storytelling skills. Writing for Broadcast News is a wonderful text that provides time-tested lessons that make a difference. Raiteri's book is understandable, effective, and fun.
— Ralph Braseth, University of Mississippi
There is no one whose comprehension of media questions can excel that of the awesomely accomplished Charles Raiteri. But the most remarkable thing about this truly wonderful teacher and broadcaster is that, for all his intricate awareness of technique, he never loses sight of the ethical and human purposes of journalism.
— Jackson Baker, senior editor, the Memphis Flyer
Complete and very well organized. A must-have book for students and working professionals.
— Robert J. de Maria, Washington and Lee University
Charles Raiteri has devoted his life to broadcasting excellence as a television news reporter, documentary producer, university professor, and now author. Raiteri's highly practical guide offers anyone aspiring to a career on the air or behind the scenes the basic building blocks of success. Broadcast veterans will profit from Raiteri's reminders on the fundamentals of storytelling. With its humility, attention to detail, and common sense, this book is a 'must have' for anyone writing broadcast news.
— Joe Birch, news anchor, WMC-TV, Memphis
Instructor's Manual—The downloadable online instructor's manual features suggested class sessions, sample syllabi, answers to quizzes, sample radio scripts for the radio exercises, and sample TV package scripts and VO/SOTs for the TV exercises. E-mail textbooks@rowman.com for a user name and password to access the manual.- An instruction manual has been created by the author for this book, contact textbooks@rowman.com for details.
Text Features—A step-by-step guide to basic storytelling techniques in radio and TV news, for students and beginning journalists.
—Can serve as a main text or supplementin broadcast reporting courses of all levels.
—Features case histories, exercises, quizzes, and critical evaluation checklists for students.
—Includes discussion of the convergence trend in journalism.
—Sets out a "people first" approach to writing broadcast news.
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