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008			131128s2010 enka 001 0 eng d
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082			_a070.19 WHI
100	1	0	_aWhite, Ted.
245	1	0	_aBroadcast news : _bwriting, reporting, and producing / _cTed White, Frank Barnas.
250			_a5th ed.
260			_aAmsterdam : _bFocal Press/Elsevier, _c2010.
300			_axviii, 322 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
505			_aable of Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv INTRODUCTION xvii Part 1 Acquiring the News CHAPTER 1 Ethical Considerations 3 Introduction 3 Accuracy 3 Libel 4 Defenses 5 False Light 5 Boundaries 6 Hidden Cameras and Microphones 7 Ambush Interviews 7 Gratuities 8 Conflict of Interest 8 Reenactments and Staging 9 "Unnatural" Sound 10 Video Deception 10 Improper Editing 11 Jump Cuts 11 Inflating the News 13 Will the Real Reporter Please Stand Up? 13 Cameras in the Courtroom 14 The Fairness Doctrine 15 Invasion of Privacy 17 CHAPTER 2 Locating the News 21 Introduction 21 Spontaneous, Planned, and Enterprised 22 Stories Assignment Desk 23 Follow-Ups on Previous Newscasts 25 The Wires 27 Local Experts 29 Monitoring the Competition 30 Beat Checks, Cop Shops, and Police Scanners 31 News Releases and Futures Files 34 Info Calls 35 The Calendar 35 Internet Bookmarks 36 Production Meetings 37 CHAPTER 3 Developing Stories 41 Introduction 41 Advancing the Story 41 Avoiding the Pack 42 Internet 43 Localization 43 Tips 45 Confidentiality 45 Accuracy of Sources 46 Gaining Confidence 46 Leaks 47 Trial Balloons 48 Authoritative or Informed Sources 48 Background Briefings 48 Keeping in Touch 49 CHAPTER 4 Collecting Information from Real 51 and Virtual Documents Introduction 51 Open records 52 Public Records and "Sunshine Laws" 52 Filing an FOIA Request 54 The Privacy Act 55 Collecting governmental information 55 Government 55 Businesses and Individuals 56 Business Publications and Indexes 57 Trade Publications 57 Police Records 58 Court Records 58 Law Enforcement Databases 59 Birth and Death Records 60 Licenses 60 Land Records 61 Financial Records 61 Tax Records 62 Public Records 62 Additional real and virtual documents 63 Database Services 63 City Directories 63 Creating Contact Lists 64 CHAPTER 5 Beats, Spot News, and Reporting 69 Assignments Introduction 69 Beats 70 Business/consumer 72 Crime 74 Education 77 Entertainment/community 77 Environment 78 Health 80 Local government 82 Military 83 Science/technology 84 Sports 84 Weather 86 Spot News 87 Accidents 87 Crime 88 Demonstrations 89 Disasters 90 Fires 91 Rape 92 Riots 92 Tragedies 93 Guidelines for covering violent stories 93 Part 2 Writing the News CHAPTER 6 Newswriting Mechanics 99 Introduction 99 Slugs 99 The Split Page 100 Avoiding Split Words and Sentences 100 Punctuation 101 Rewriting Wire Copy 101 Conversational Style 102 Reading Your Copy Aloud 102 Avoiding Information Overload 103 Looking Ahead 104 Timing Stories 105 CHAPTER 7 Newswriting Style 107 Introduction 107 Descriptors and Identifiers 108 Names and titles 108 Middle names, initials, and maiden names 110 Foreign names 110 Ages 110 Marital status and children 111 Race 111 Numbers, Capital Numbers, Punctuation 112 Marks, and Web Sites Numbers 112 Capital numbers 113 Punctuation marks 113 Web sites 113 Language—Using the Best Words 114 Avoiding abbreviations 114 Contractions 114 Eliminating long words 115 Conjunctions 116 Prepositions 116 Pronouns 116 Adjectives and adverbs 117 Avoiding clichés 117 Good grammar and some exceptions 118 Language—Using the Best Phrasing 119 Active and passive voices 119 Modifying phrases 119 Avoiding relative clauses 119 Verbs 121 Be ...ing verbs 121 Present tense 122 Present perfect tense 122 Mixing tenses 122 Says and related verbs 123 Attribution, Quotes, Time, Transitions, and 124 Locations Attribution 124 Using quotes 124 Expressing time 125 Transitions 126 Locations 127 People, not persons 127 CHAPTER 8 Writing Compelling Leads 131 Introduction 131 The Five Ws and H Rule 131 The "Right" Emotion 133 Types of Leads 133 Hard and soft leads 134 Quote leads 135 Shotgun leads 135 Delayed leads 136 Negative leads 136 Trivia leads 136 Question leads 137 Updating the Lead 137 Updating and reworking the lead 138 Constructing the rest of the story 139 Pat 3 Reporting the News CHAPTER 9 Fieldwork 145 Introduction 145 Equipment 146 Videotapes 146 Batteries and AC power 147 Tripods 148 Video cameras 148 Video 150 Filters 150 White balancing 150 Mixed light 151 Focusing 152 Shooting techniques 152 Cover footage 153 Establishing shots 153 Sequences 154 Shooting enough footage 155 Time coding 155 Audio 155 Recording primary sound 156 Recording natural sound 156 Earphones 157 Establishing rapport with the videographer 158 One-man band 159 Quality suffers 159 CHAPTER 10 Interviewing 163 Introduction 163 Preparation 163 Warming up 164 Setting the Stage 165 Informational 165 Technical 165 Phrasing Questions Carefully 166 Avoiding Leading Questions 166 Listening Carefully 166 The Tough Questions 167 Keeping Control 169 Curbing Nods and Smiles 169 Identifying Sound Bytes 170 Checking Facts 170 Asking Enough Questions 171 Finishing the Interview 171 Returning to the Station 172 Special Considerations 172 Off the Record 173 Man-on-the-Street Interviews 173 The Phone Interview 174 An Interview Checklist 175 CHAPTER 11 Covering Planned Events 177 Introduction 177 Press Conferences 178 Covering the Press Conference 179 Interviewing Around the Press Conference 180 Finding Workable Video 181 Meetings 181 Political Campaigns 185 Grand Openings 188 Feature events 189 CHAPTER 12 Reporting Live 193 Introduction 193 Organizing Thoughts 194 Ad-Libbing 197 The Challenges of Electronic News Gathering 198 Keeping Cool 200 Memorizing and Delivering Live Reports 201 Voiceovers from the Field 201 Technical Challenges 202 CHAPTER 13 Voiceovers, Packages, and Story 205 Formats Introduction 205 Readers 206 Combining Words and Pictures 207 Voiceovers 208 Scripting the Voiceover 209 Incorporating Sound Bytes 210 The Split Page 212 Audio 212 Video 213 The Package 215 Stand-ups and Reporter Involvement 218 Posting Stories 220 Part 4 Producing the News CHAPTER 14 Producing the Television Newscast 225 Introduction 225 Producers—Definitions and Skills 226 Executive producer 227 Line producer (show producer) 227 Associate producer 228 Field producer 228 Producers and writing skills 228 Producers and enthusiasm 229 Producers and energy 231 The Logistics and Strategies of Producing 232 Staff meetings 232 The rundown 233 Leads, clusters, and kickers 233 Peaks and valleys 234 Rhythm and flow 236 Ad-libs, bumps, teases, and tosses 236 Producing tips 238 Technical Aspects of Producing 238 Balancing the anchors 238 Still pictures 239 Live shots 239 Back timing 240 CHAPTER 15 Producing the Radio Newscast 245 Introduction 245 The State of Radio News 245 Your Audience 247 Organizing Material 248 Writing from the Back 249 The Lead Story 250 The Rest of the Newscast 251 Localizing the News 252 Story Length 252 Actualities 253 Studio Technology 254 Wraparounds 254 Lead-Ins 255 Teases 255 Headlines 256 Pad Copy 257 Back Timing 257 Convergence and Radio News 257 CHAPTER 16 Delivering the News 261 Introduction 261 Appearance 262 Credibility 262 One-Way Communication 264 Getting Help with Your Delivery 265 Dialects 266 Listening to Yourself 267 Correct Pronunciation 267 Pacing 270 Marking Copy 271 Characteristics of Successful Anchors 271 Cosmetics 272 CHAPTER 17 Network and Global News 279 Introduction 279 Networks and Affiliates 280 Network News Structure 280 News on Public Television 282 Domestic Networks, Global Reach 283 Online News Portals 283 News Wire Services 284 The Internet's Delivery of Global News 285 Press Freedom 286 CHAPTER 18 Convergence and the Media 289 Introduction 289 Convergence Models 289 Broadcast Journalism and Print Journalism 293 Hyper Text Media Language (HTML), XHTML, 294 and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Digital Video 294 Digital Photography 295 Digital Audio 296 Podcasting 297 Social Network Pages 297 Blogs, E-Mails, and Mobile Devices 297 GLOSSARY 301 INDEX 313
650		0	_aBroadcast journalism.
650		0	_aReporters and reporting.
650		0	_aReport writing.
700	1		_aBarnas, Frank.
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