Broadcast news and writing stylebook. (2016)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Broadcast news and writing stylebook. (2016)
- Main Title:
- Broadcast news and writing stylebook
- Further Information:
- Note: Robert A. Papper.
- Authors:
- Papper, Robert A, 1947-
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; New to This Edition; Acknowledgments; 1 The Business of News; Ratings; The Scope of Media Use; Media Use Is More Complex Than It Used to Be; It's Hard to Measure Media Use; What We Think We Know About Media Use; What We Don't Know About Media Use; So Where Are We Going?; Summary; Key Words & Phrases; Exercises; 2 News; What Is News?; Balancing News Values; Types of Stories; Breaking News; Planned Event Reporting; Enterprise Reporting; Investigative Reporting; Special Segment Reporting; Features; Where Story Ideas Come From The Assignment DeskThe Morning and Afternoon Meetings; Summary; Key Words & Phrases; Exercises; 3 Readability; Broadcast News Writing; Writing for the Ear v. Writing for the Eye; Rules of Readability; Newsroom Computer System; The Slug; The Printed Word; Hyphenation; Abbreviation; Symbols; Initials and Acronyms; Names; Numbers; Ages; Emphasis; Pronouncers; Spelling; Summary; Key Words & Phrases; Exercises; 4 Words; Keep It Simple; Keep It Conversational; Informal Words; Contractions; Formal Terminology; People . . . Not Persons; Keep It Clear; Common Usage; Technical Terms Definite and Indefinite ArticlesKeep It Tight; Make It Powerful; Use Strong Nouns and Verbs; Avoid Weak Qualifiers; Get It Right; Says; Saying Too Much; Think; Common Problems; Summary; Key Words & Phrases; Exercises; 5 Phrases and Phrasing; How to Say It; Voice; Tense; Clarity; Conciseness; Clauses and Phrases; PositiveCover; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; New to This Edition; Acknowledgments; 1 The Business of News; Ratings; The Scope of Media Use; Media Use Is More Complex Than It Used to Be; It's Hard to Measure Media Use; What We Think We Know About Media Use; What We Don't Know About Media Use; So Where Are We Going?; Summary; Key Words & Phrases; Exercises; 2 News; What Is News?; Balancing News Values; Types of Stories; Breaking News; Planned Event Reporting; Enterprise Reporting; Investigative Reporting; Special Segment Reporting; Features; Where Story Ideas Come From The Assignment DeskThe Morning and Afternoon Meetings; Summary; Key Words & Phrases; Exercises; 3 Readability; Broadcast News Writing; Writing for the Ear v. Writing for the Eye; Rules of Readability; Newsroom Computer System; The Slug; The Printed Word; Hyphenation; Abbreviation; Symbols; Initials and Acronyms; Names; Numbers; Ages; Emphasis; Pronouncers; Spelling; Summary; Key Words & Phrases; Exercises; 4 Words; Keep It Simple; Keep It Conversational; Informal Words; Contractions; Formal Terminology; People . . . Not Persons; Keep It Clear; Common Usage; Technical Terms Definite and Indefinite ArticlesKeep It Tight; Make It Powerful; Use Strong Nouns and Verbs; Avoid Weak Qualifiers; Get It Right; Says; Saying Too Much; Think; Common Problems; Summary; Key Words & Phrases; Exercises; 5 Phrases and Phrasing; How to Say It; Voice; Tense; Clarity; Conciseness; Clauses and Phrases; Positive Phrasing; Pronouns; That; Time and Space Problems; What to Say; Titles and Identifiers; Attribution; Quotations; Numbers; Race; What You Didn't Mean to Say; Dates; Unintended Meanings; Editorials; Clichés; Sexism; Personalization; Last Note; Summary; Key Words & Phrases Exercises6 Sentences; Keep It Short; One Important Idea; Put People First; Keep It Simple: Subject-Verb-Object; Use Some Variety for Interest; Split Up Complex Sentences; Make It Clean, Clear and Concise; Make Every Sentence Count; Avoid Repetition; Stay Positive; Make Sense; End Strong; Last Note; Summary; Key Words & Phrases; Exercises; 7 Leads and Endings; Types of Leads; Hard Main Point Lead; Soft Main Point Lead; Throwaway Lead; Umbrella Lead; Delayed or Suspense Lead; Question Lead; Figuring Out the Lead; What's the Story About?; Say Something Meaningful; Keep It Simple Start with New NewsFocus on People; Focus on Local; Put Location in the Lead; Be Direct and to the Point; Save the Name for Later; Save the Day and Date for Later; Update Leads; Responsibility; Types of Endings; Future Ramification Close; Summary Point Close; Information Close; Opposition Point of View Close; Punch Line; Summary; Key Words & Phrases; Exercises; 8 Stories; Plan and Focus; Why Run the Story?; Do You Understand?; What's the Story About?; What's the Lead?; In What Order Do You Tell the Story?; Story Logic; Handling the Basics; Will It Stand on Its Own? … (more)
- Edition:
- Fifth edition
- Publisher Details:
- London New York : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 808.06/607
Broadcast journalism -- Authorship
Journalism -- Style manuals
Report writing
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Composition & Creative Writing
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric
REFERENCE / Writing Skills
Broadcast journalism -- Authorship
Journalism
Report writing
Electronic books
Style manuals
Electronic books
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781317349761
1317349768
9781317349754 - Related ISBNs:
- 9780205032273
131734975X
0205032273 - Notes:
- Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed July 28 2015).
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.44234
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