Broadcast News in the Digital Age A Guide to Reporting, Producing and Anchoring Online and on TV

 

Broadcast News in the Digital Age

A Guide to Reporting, Producing and Anchoring Online and on TV

Written by two award-winning broadcast journalists, this book offers a practical, hands-on guide to the modern digital TV newsroom.

Pulling from extensive industry experience, the authors provide a comprehensive look at the key journalistic skills needed to excel in broadcast news today, including storytelling, writing, story pitching, video production, interviewing and managing social media. The textbook is organized into five sections: building a foundation, storytelling and writing, producing, live performance, and ethics and career progression. The authors also provide step-by-step instructions on how to efficiently multitask while staying true to journalist ethics. Each chapter includes clear learning objectives, review questions and practical assignments, making it ideal for classroom use. QR codes integrated in the text allow students to easily see and hear examples of the stories they are learning to write.

Broadcast News in the Digital Age is an engaging, student-friendly guide for those seeking to become successful writers, producers, anchors and journalists in today’s newsrooms, both on-air and online.

Table of Contents

Part 1 – Building Your Foundation

Chapter One: Meet the Newsroom Team

Chapter Two: Finding and Pitching Good Stories

Chapter Three: Broadcast News Writing Fundamentals

Chapter Four: Tips and Tricks to Good Writing

Chapter Five: Real World Lessons

Chapter Six: Interviewing

Part 2 – Telling the Story

Chapter Seven: The VO

Chapter Eight: The VOSOT

Chapter Nine: The Package (PKG)

Chapter Ten: Shooting and Editing Video

Part 3 – Producing for Broadcast and Digital

Chapter Eleven: Producing the Broadcast Newscast

Chapter Twelve: Producing for Digital and Social Media

Part 4 – The Art of Live and Recorded Performance

Chapter Thirteen: Storytelling—Taking it to the Next Level

Chapter Fourteen: Live Reporting

Chapter Fifteen: Newscast, Sports and Weather Anchors

Part 5 - Local Journalists and Journalistic Practices

Chapter Sixteen: Ethics, Law, and Deciphering Fake from Fact

Chapter Seventeen: Getting That Job

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