TY  - BOOK
AU  - Falk,Ben
TI  - Entertainment journalism: making it your career 
SN  - 9781138649378 (hbk)
AV  - PN4784.A77 F35 2018
U1  - 070.4497 F18 2018 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - London, UK, New York, NY, USA
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Arts
KW  - Press coverage
KW  - Journalism
KW  - Vocational guidance
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [151]-154) and index; Getting and breaking stories -- Entertainment journalism : in context -- Interviewing -- Junkets and red carpets -- Working with PRs -- Using social media -- Reviewing -- Working with different media -- Law & ethics -- Selling as a freelance -- Breaking into the industry; CAS; Bachelor of Arts in Communication
N2  - "Entertainment Journalism is a practical guide to one of the most highly visible areas of media practice. Drawing on 20 years' experience as an entertainment journalist, Ben Falk gives a comprehensive overview of journalistic reporting on the arts industries, with particular focus on film, music, reality TV and celebrity gossip. This is coupled with an extensive range of tips and tools to help students and young professionals hone the key skills required for a career in entertainment journalism. Interviews with industry professionals appear throughout, from current editors of the biggest entertainment brands, Hollywood bureau chiefs and critics to consumer publicists, multimedia content producers, live radio correspondents, video makers, TV presenters and social media specialists. Topics include: - breaking a story - interviewing techniques - working at press junkets and red carpet events - working with PRs - selling as a freelance - using social media for reporting and networking - breaking into the industry. With up-to-the-minute expert advice, accessibly written guidance on writing and reporting and invaluable perspectives from those within the entertainment world, this would be an instructive and insightful book for any aspiring showbiz journalist"--
ER  -