Record details

• ISBN: 9780226431772
• ISBN: 9780226431789
• ISBN: 0226431770
• ISBN: 0226431789
• Physical Description: xvi, 382 pages ; 23 cm
• Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2008]
• Copyright: ©2008

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1 Sound and Stories 1 -- 2 Fairness 8 -- Fair, Accurate, Complete, and Honest 9 -- Echo Chamber 10 -- Verifying Assertions 16 -- Getting Both Sides 21 -- Avoiding Loaded Language 23 -- 3 Writing for Broadcast 25 -- Write the Way You Speak 27 -- How to Sound Like a Real Person 29 -- Other Newswriting Tips 33 -- 4 Reporting 39 -- Reporter's Personality and Skills 40 -- Developing News Sources 42 -- Other Sources of Original Stories 45 -- Getting People on Tape 48 -- Getting Great Actualities 51 -- Working on Tight Deadlines 56 -- Beyond Acts and Tracks 60 -- A Storytelling Sampler 64 -- 5 Field Producing 73 -- In the Field 77 -- Finding Sound and Scenes 80 -- Putting the Story Together 83 -- Filing from the Field 86 -- Taking Responsibility 90 -- 6 Story Editing 92 -- Editor's Role 92 -- Ingredients of a Story 93 -- Structuring the Story 97 -- Editing by Ear 99 -- Intro 102 -- First Track 105 -- Copyediting 108 -- Ending 112 -- When to Stop Editing 113 -- Finding New Approaches to Old Stories 115 -- 7 Reporter-Host Two-Way 120 -- Problem with Scripted Two-Ways 121 -- Going Scriptless 126 -- Two-Way Tips 129 -- 8 Reading on the Air 132 -- Sounding Conversational 133 -- Marking Up a Script 135 -- Getting Physical 137 -- Need for Feedback 138 -- 9 Hosting 141 -- Host's Day 142 -- Host Interview 146 -- Reading Scripts Other People Write 161 -- Hosting Live Programming 163 -- 10 Newscasting 171 -- What Is News? 171 -- Public Radio Newscast Values and Principles 174 -- Composing the 'Cast 176 -- Newscast Writing 179 -- NPR News Spot 184 -- Reporter Q&A 189 -- On the Air 192 -- 11 Booking 195 -- Booking Well-Known People 196 -- Booking Everyday People 200 -- Booker as Detective 202 -- Pre-interview 204 -- Final Steps 207 -- 12 Producing 210 -- Finding and Pitching Stories 211 -- Producing Interviews 216 -- Editing Interviews 219 -- Mixing Reporter Pieces 223 -- Producing Music Pieces 228 -- 13 Production Ethics 232 -- Unkindest Cuts 233 -- Other Production Issues 240 -- 14 Program Producing 248 -- Art of the News Program 249 -- Creating the Lineup 252 -- Producing Live Programs 258 -- 15 Program Editing 266 -- Setting the News Agenda 267 -- Error Checking 270 -- Massaging the Script 273 -- Sitting In on Interviews 281 -- Editor as Manager 284 -- Finding Commentators 288 -- Topical Commentaries 290 -- Personal Commentaries 292 -- Editing Commentaries 293 -- Coaching Commentators 295 -- Commentary Intros 297 -- To Comment or Not to Comment? 298 -- 17 Studio Directing 300 -- Director as Number Cruncher 301 -- Director as Conductor 302 -- Directing Live Events 309 -- Joy of Directing 311 -- 18 Beyond Radio 313 -- Web-Radio Relationship 314 -- Manifold Media of the Web 318 -- Podcasting 324 -- Editorial Issues Online 328 -- Future 331.

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Radio journalism.
Radio > Production and direction.