Beginning Radio-TV Newswriting A Self-Instructional Learning Experience

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Every prospective radio-TV journalist must start somewhere. And the best place to start is at the beginning ... Beginning Radio-TV Newswriting. The fourth edition* of this bestselling text is truly a self-instructional learning experience, familiarizing students with the basic styles, principles, and techniques of radio-TV newswriting. Through clear instruction, examples and exercises, beginning students learn correct radio-TV news style and learn how to: * Understand and use basic radio-TV news terms. * Write radio and television news "reader" stories. * Place attribution in its proper place in a sentence. * Place a person's title in its proper place in a sentence. * Place a person's age in its proper place in a sentence. * Place a person's address in its proper place in a sentence. * Write direct and indirect quotations. * Place time elements in their proper place in a sentence. * Write numbers. * Write individually voiced numbers and letters. * Write copy to match pictures and graphics. * Write copy to match video. * Write introductions to reporter packages. * Edit copy. New to this edition are a list of radio-TV news terms and summary writing assignments for radio and television newswriting, which test student mastery of basic skills. Fully updated and with even more examples, exercises and tests, Beginning Radio-TV Newswriting is the ideal supplement to basic newswriting texts or basic radio-TV industry texts for beginning students.