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Copyright Year:
2009

Imprint: OUP US

Writing and Producing Television News

From Newsroom to Air

Alan Schroeder

Writing and Producing Television News: From Newsroom to Air is a step-by-step guide to the nuts and bolts of writing and producing television journalism. Schroeder presents two goals: first, to familiarize students with the basic challenges and skills faced by television news professionals; and second, to put these principles into practice through realistic exercises and assignments that puts students into the role of decision-makers.

This comprehensive text employs a running case study throughout the text: Schroeder has created the fictional town of Lakedale, a medium-size news market not unlike the sort of places a young professional might have their first job. Many of the exercises are set there, and the text stresses the many decisions news journalists must make on a daily basis, and stresses problem-solving throughout. Each topic area is complemented by assignments designed to closely approximate the work of professional television journalists. These exercises cover a wide spectrum of material, from breaking news to features, and they introduce a range of story formats, from simple anchor readers and voiceovers to such complex structures as sound-bite stories and news packages. The text also draws on the insights and experiences of a select group of dedicated professionals who represent the best of TV news in local stations across the country: reporters, anchors, producers, assignment editors, web journalists, graphic artists, and newsroom executives.

Readership : Suitable for courses in Broadcast News Writing, Television News Production, and TV News and Writing.

Introduction
Preface: Using This Textbook
1. The Newsroom
Section One: Writing and Reporting
2. The Language of Television News
3. Writing Studio-Based News Stories
4. Writing News Packages
5. The On-Camera Journalist
Section Two: Producing
6. News Judgments
7. Newscast Producing
8. News Teases
9. Graphics, Titles, and Supers
10. Television News on the Web
Supplementary Material
Glossary of TV News Terms
Information about the City of Lakedale
Appendix A: RTNDA Code of Ethics
Appendix B: Ten Questions for Ethical Decision-Making
Acknowledgements

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Alan Schroeder is an Associate Professor of Journalism at Northeastern University.

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Special Features

Excellent pedagogy - each chapter concludes with analysis and assignments; it functions as a text and a workbook.
Strong on both the mechanics and "art" of writing and producing the news.
Explores the news judgments and ethical considerations that TV journalists encounter on a daily basis through the device of the running case study of Lakedale.
Exceptional coverage of the ways convergence has affected TV News, with Chapter 10 covering TV News in a Web environment.