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The broadcast news toolkit : inside the digital newsroom / Kirsten Johnson and Jodi Radosh.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: New York ; London : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2023Description: viii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780367743321
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Broadcast news toolkitDDC classification:
  • 23 070.4 J63 2023
LOC classification:
  • PN4784.B75 J64 2023
Contents:
Broadcast newswriting rules : writing for the ear -- Credibility and trust in the media -- Finding compelling story ideas -- Great leads and tantalizing teases -- Interviewing -- Writing radio news and producing podcasts -- The reader, VO story forms, and graphics -- The VO/SOT -- The package -- Writing for the web -- The basics of gathering video and audio for news stories -- Video and audio editing -- Writing specific types of stories -- Live shots -- Producing the TV newscast -- News ethics.
Summary: "Broadcast News Toolkit focuses on the writing, shooting, and production of broadcast news across multimedia platforms in a non-technical and visually engaging way. Covering a range of different story forms in broadcast news (RDR, FS, VO, VO/SOT, PKG and Liveshots), this book illustrates basic audio/video shooting and editing techniques through straightforward examples, including online video tutorials that can be accessed via a QR code within the book. Specific issues relating to online content, social media, and audience engagement are discussed in detail, and the authors further explore why trust in news media is declining, the impact that fake news and deep fake videos have on media credibility, diversity and inclusion in newsrooms, and what can be done to increase the perceived credibility of the news. Students will also learn how to write leads and teases that will keep viewers engaged. This is an ideal text for undergraduate and graduate students of Broadcast and Multimedia Journalism who are looking for a clear and concise guide to the modern digital newsroom"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Broadcast newswriting rules : writing for the ear -- Credibility and trust in the media -- Finding compelling story ideas -- Great leads and tantalizing teases -- Interviewing -- Writing radio news and producing podcasts -- The reader, VO story forms, and graphics -- The VO/SOT -- The package -- Writing for the web -- The basics of gathering video and audio for news stories -- Video and audio editing -- Writing specific types of stories -- Live shots -- Producing the TV newscast -- News ethics.

"Broadcast News Toolkit focuses on the writing, shooting, and production of broadcast news across multimedia platforms in a non-technical and visually engaging way. Covering a range of different story forms in broadcast news (RDR, FS, VO, VO/SOT, PKG and Liveshots), this book illustrates basic audio/video shooting and editing techniques through straightforward examples, including online video tutorials that can be accessed via a QR code within the book. Specific issues relating to online content, social media, and audience engagement are discussed in detail, and the authors further explore why trust in news media is declining, the impact that fake news and deep fake videos have on media credibility, diversity and inclusion in newsrooms, and what can be done to increase the perceived credibility of the news. Students will also learn how to write leads and teases that will keep viewers engaged. This is an ideal text for undergraduate and graduate students of Broadcast and Multimedia Journalism who are looking for a clear and concise guide to the modern digital newsroom"-- Provided by publisher.

CAS Bachelor of Arts in Communication

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