Beginning Radio-TV Newswriting: A Self-Instructional Learning Experience

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; and, 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.