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The third edition of Television News is ideal for preparing future reporters, who are increasingly called on to do it all. From the basics of reporting; to writing in broadcast and web style; to shooting, editing and producing broadcast--this text is an invaluable handbook. It can be used for classroom instruction and as a reference or instructional tool for those who continue to learn the craft in advanced classrooms and newsrooms. The authors know that truthful information presented ethically and accurately is a requirement of news reporting in our democratic society, and this book provides a foundation for skilled reporting that meets those objectives. Chapters on legal considerations and broadcast careers round out this comprehensive guide to the industry. An accompanying Web site will help students learn and review with writing, shooting and editing activities, web links and an introductory video.

Television News can be used in stand-alone broadcast courses or across multiple specialized courses, thus providing consistency and a lower cost for students. Whether students plan to work in more traditional newsroom roles or operate as a one-man-band, this book will prepare them for creating television news that is ready for the air or for the Internet.

Features of the third edition include a new producing chapter, which introduces students to what it takes to keep a news room running successfully; updated examples that reflect and address the changing world of broadcast news (with topics such as the DTV transfer, social networking and how to shoot a standup when it s just the reporter and the camera); and a DVD/video available to adopters for classroom use, demonstrating principles of shooting and editing. Other ancillaries include an instructor's manual and PowerPoint presentation. ... Read more

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Filled with current examples and tips from Pulitzer-Prize winning professionals, Writing and Reporting News as a Story teaches modern news writing skills while providing timely advice on ethics and career advancement. As a result of the outstanding professional experience of the author team and their devotion to teaching, this new text offers practical and real guidance to readers truly interested in a future in journalism.

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best textbook for news writing ever
I am using this book for my news writing class. It is the best book I've ever read for news writing. It tells me not only how to write news and why I should keep news story simple. And it's also easy to understand the content. ... Read more

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This edition continues to illustrate the principles of news reporting and writing with telling examples from print and broadcast journalism. Students are shown journalistic principles and concepts so that they may write accurate, precise and captivating news stories. Increasingly important news topics such as religion, education, domestic violence, juvenile crime and campus crime are included in this edition. ... Read more

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I am excited to get into this book. It contains a lot of material about article, paragraph, and sentence structure. It also explains how to extract the most interesting part of the story to entice readers. I found many chapters in this book that will help me construct articles in a logical fashion.

I was impressed with the speed of delivery. I received the book just a few days after I ordered it.

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This comprehensive introductory text combines the "whys" of journalism with the "how-tos." Students are guided toward mastery of the finer points of reporting, beat coverage, and news writing, while also gaining awareness of the important role journalists serve in a democratic society. Rich with pointers, examples, hands-on exercises, and thoughtful discussion questions, and written in an engaging, down-to-earth style, the book reflects the authors' extensive experience in both the newsroom and the classroom. Chapters provide step-by-step coverage of every aspect of the reporter's craft: gathering information; conducting interviews; framing stories; writing clear, well-organized articles; and working with editors and photographers. Helping students understand what makes news relevant and useful to the broader community, the book gives particular attention to the values and practices of civic journalism. ... Read more

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News Stories for ages 7-9 includes: *Opening sentences - who, what, when, where, how and why *Using quotations *Is it fact or opinion *Generating headlines *Laying out the front page ... Read more

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This broad-based, easy-to-read guidebook covers all facets ofthe newswriting process. From determining what is news to editing final copy,the book takes readers step by step through the processes that ultimatelyproduce the printed news story. Beyond the basic "how to's" of newswriting,the book also presents examples of real life problems (and their solutions)gleaned from the authors' years of experience on the news beat. Informativeand often entertaining, Reporting and Writing the News introduces beginningnewswriters to the newspaper process in a highly readable and interestingway. ... Read more

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From a student of Breen
As a student of the Prof. Breen at the University of Connecticut I can say that there is no better person to have written this book.I am just fortunate enough to have had Prof. Breen for four classes. ... Read more

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The activities in "News Stories (9 - 11)" enable children to: develop understanding of key features of news stories; experience an accessible and varied range of journalistic texts - news reports and feature article; identify and explore the characteristic language features of journalistic writing; distinguish between fact and opinion; analyse and evaluate specific journalistic texts; and, write stories within a word count. ... Read more

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A book you can use from your broadcasting class through your beginning years in the television newsroom!

This book uses an integrated approach to teaching the fundamental skills of writing, reporting, shooting, and editing. This approach will enable you to learn the basics as interrelated processes that must be integrated to create an effective newscast. The book's comprehensive coverage allows readers to make important connections between writing, reporting, shooting, and editing. You will learn to think like a writer or editor when you are shooting or think like a videographer or editor when you are writing. You will learn about TV reporting as it is in the real world, where one professional frequently has to do it all.

In addition to the basics, this book helps readers develop more sophisticated skills, such as writing to the video and adapting the editing pace to the style of the story. The book also covers other essentials of broadcast news reporting, including developing sources, successful interviewing, using public records, and perfecting voice and performance.

Keller and Hawkins understand real-world newsroom pressures. Their dedication to high professional and ethical standards permeates the book. This handbook provides readers with a foundation for learning TV reporting by doing and will teach them how to integrate all the skills required for producing television news. ... Read more

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VERY HELPFUL!
This book is perfect for students in Mass Communications as well as reporters on the beat.In the classroom or in the newsroom it is a must have for all hard core broadcasting people who are dedicated to the industry. ... Read more

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Broadcast News Writing Handbook will make students and professionals better writers and better broadcast journalists. With 50 years of combined broadcast journalism experience, the authors discuss how to write, how to craft language, and how to be effective story tellers.Some of the topics covered:Deadly Copy Sins and How to Avoid Them, Interviewing: Getting the Facts and the Feelings, Producing TV News, and Writing Sports Copy. ... Read more

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This handbook is a wonderful reference for broadcast writing and offers good general tips as well.The authors bring personal experiences to the book, and though I read this for a college journalism course, it was an enjoyable read and I intend to keep it on hand as I begin my uphill climb in the TV news world. ... Read more

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"Broadcast News Handbook" enables students and professionals to become better writers and better broadcast journalists. Backed by 50 years of combined broadcast journalism experience, the authors provide helpful discussions on crafting language and becoming an effective storyteller. Topics addressed include: "Deadly Copy Sins and How to Avoid Them"; "Interviewing: Getting the Facts and the Feelings"; "Producing TV News"; and "Writing Sports." ... Read more

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The single universal bit of advice that working journalists give students is "learn to write well". Solid writing is the key to any successful and solid broadcast news operation. In Writing and Producing Television News, Second Edition author Eric Gormly uses contemporary news events as an engaging backdrop to teach students the fundamentals of writing news for television and cable.

Author Gormly draws on his extensive background as a television journalist to explain how real newsrooms work. The text reviews basic grammar, introduces students to industry-specific terminology and the particular rules for TV newswriting, appraises the basics of a television news story, and reveals how television writing differs from writing for other media. The core of the book develops various story formats, and gives step-by-step instruction on how to transform basic information into properly scripted, solid stories.

Included in this edition are the latest in script formatting; an in-depth look at new writing styles; interviews with and observations of working journalists from major television markets; an expanded chapter detailing the process of producing a television newscast; and up-to-date information about applying for jobs and internships in today's television marketplace.

Newly expanded, packed with student exercises for hands-on learning, and fully illustrated with photos, line drawings, and charts, Writing and Producing Television News, Second Edition prepares students to perform from the moment they hit the newsroom. ... Read more

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Better Broadcast Writing, Better Broadcast News teaches students how to write with the conversational simplicity required for radio and TV. This text draws on the Emmy Award-winning author's decades of professional experience in broadcast journalism. In addition to writing, the text also discusses the other elements that make up a good story--producing, reporting, shooting, editing, and ethics. The author's real-world perspective conveys the excitement of a career in journalism.

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Write Concisely, Write Ethically
Common sense,experience and academics together again at last! I haven't had this great of instruction since being a student of the famous Imogene Rader of Greensburg, Kansas, home of the world's largest hand-dug well, and former home of Tom Rader.

How a news professional covers history
Greg Dobbs begins his textbook on broadcast writing by wondering how a former professor from his college years could have known with certainty the heart of William Shakespeare. This professor, as astute as he might have been, could only speculate about the great bard's vision and motivations.

Dobbs' youthful conjecture, it turned out, set in motion his 23-year career in television journalism for ABC News as a foreign correspondent and many additional years in the host's chair for leading talk radio stations in Colorado. The author didn't want just to pontificate in a classroom about his passion for news; he grabbed for the gusto with his own globetrotting adventures. It is with this sharply hewn authority that the author makes vivid the art and science of writing and reporting for broadcast media.

From the first pages, readers discover someone who has tackled all the challenges of news gathering, who understands the nuances of reporting - under the best and worst conditions - and who still loves the craft after years of sometimes dangerous assignments, many personal inconveniences, and long separations from his family.

Here's an adjunct college professor, with stints at both the Medill School of Journalism and the University of Colorado, who has also petted an unpredictable African lion, followed the Tour de France in a helicopter, broken bread with the Defense Minister of Saudi Arabia, witnessed the doomed marriage of Diana and Prince Charles, stood dismayed before the wrenching environmental destruction of the Exxon Valdez, and peered inside an Afghan jail. He's met and reported on some of the most prominent personalities of the last thirty years. Along the way, he's learned and honed his craft to the applause of his peers, who have handed him two national Emmy Awards and many other prestigious industry acknowledgements.

This book is as carefully produced as the best newscast on ABC News, with behind-the-scenes glimpses that make the profession more stunning. The author begins with the basics: from selecting the right words to constructing words into memorable sentences. He shows how to make events accessible to the rest of us with clear language, good grammar, sharp focus and intense clarity.

Each of the 21 chapters reveals the opportunities and pitfalls of news writing and reporting. As we expect from a sensitive counselor, Dobbs discloses his own triumphant moments and naïve errors of judgment to serve the goal of teaching others foresight. We come to learn about the pros and cons of news gathering, attribution, quoting effectively, assessing the extent of a disaster, choosing sound bites, and deciding upon the critical elements of a lead. The reader gains a sophisticated understanding of how to collaborate with colleagues, from camera operators to editors.

Dobbs also gives depth and texture to the most important tool any journalist possesses: his or her ethics. Again from a veteran, readers learn valuable lessons about checkbook journalism, the slippery slope of slander, rights to privacy, and avoiding the appearance of bribery.

This isn't a Pollyannaish tutorial in the do's and don'ts of great news writing and telling; it's as sweaty, sleepless, demanding, bullish, rushing, chaotic, unnerving, and benevolent as the real thing. Greg Dobbs is a veteran; his counsel isn't just knowledgeable; it's wise. Students will understand that this stickler for accuracy is exactly the coach they need if they are to find both success and satisfaction in the career. Lay readers will simply relish knowing more about what it is like to sit on the front row of history.
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