Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook by Papper, Bob;

Short description:

Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook is the go-to resource for writing broadcast news, offering readers the know-how to write excellent stories for television, radio, podcasts, and online media.

Long description:

Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook is the go-to resource for writing broadcast news, offering readers the know-how to write excellent stories for television, radio, podcasts and online media.

Through clear and concise chapters, this text provides the fundamental rules of broadcast news writing, teaching readers how to craft stories on government, crime, weather, education, health, sports and more. It covers the necessary mechanics news writers need to know, including the nuances of reporting, grammar, style and usage. This new seventh edition is updated with the latest on how stations incorporate online and social media strategies, as well as insights into the directions local news is headed. Author Robert A. Papper has over a quarter century of broadcast news and industry research experience and once again updates this vital text with the information necessary for being a successful news writer today. Also available for this edition is an Instructor?s Guide, found on the book?s webpage.

Whether you?re a student seeking to learn the mechanics of successful broadcast news writing or a working professional looking for a definitive reference for your desk, Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook offers a comprehensive guide to writing for television, audio and beyond.

PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS EDITIONS

"This book will teach you how to tell a visual story well, using all the tools. The new edition of Bob Papper's classic shines a light for the digital age and will show you the way." ?

Bob Dotson, former NBC News National Correspondent and New York Times best selling author?

"Papper?s text has long earned accolades as a comprehensive and engaging guide to broadcast reporting, covering everything from interviewing to ethics, from writing for the ear to writing for the eye, from effective narrative techniques to the basics of proper usage and grammar. For those of us teaching Broadcast Journalism during these rapidly changing times in news, this new edition is a terrific addition to our teaching toolkit."

Judy Muller, Professor, USC Annenberg School, USA

"This edition has excellent tips for writing sound broadcast news copy and has now been updated with information from Papper?s outstanding surveys of the news industry, advice from professional journalists, as well as ideas on the best practices for using new technology such as drones."

G. Stuart Smith, Professor, Hofstra University, USA

"This latest edition of Papper's well-respected style manual for broadcast news comes only two years after the previous release. Papper restructured the manual to forefront fundamentals of broadcast journalism, beginning with a chapter on ethics. Modest revisions follow....The manual is strongest when it remains focused on the details of style and usage elaborated by real-world examples....While the title suggests an audience limited to students of broadcast news, the style and usage sections of the manual have value for writers of any discipline composing podcasts or other new media work."

G. Wilsbacher, University of South Carolina

Table of Contents:

1 Ethics, Legality and the RTDNA and SPJ Codes of Ethics; 2 The Business of News; 3 News; 4 Digital First; 5 Research, Collecting Information and Bites; 6 Readability; 7 Words; 8 Phrases and Phrasing; 9 Sentences; 10 Leads and Endings; 11 Stories; 12 Working With Bites, Actualities and Natural Sound; 13 TV: Story Forms; 14 TV: Working With Pictures; 15 Producing News on TV; 16 Radio ? Audio ? Podcasts; 17 Social Media and News; 18 Online News; 19 News, Weather and Sports; 20 Reporting: Seasonal Coverage and the Calendar; 21 Reporting: The GA and Specialized Coverage; 22 TV Script Form, Supers and Glossary