Authors: Tim Crook
ISBN-13: 9780415096737, ISBN-10: 0415096731
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: December 1997
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Radio journalists have witnessed much of the history of the twentieth century. From early documentary recordings , to the ground-breaking war reporting of Ed Murrow and Richard Dimbleby, to the sophisticated commentaries of Alistair Cooke and reporters such as Fergal Keane, International Radio Journalism explores the way radio has covered the most important stories this century and the way in which it continues to document events in Britan, America, Europe and many other countries around the world.
International Radio Journalism is both a theoretical textbook and a practical guide for students of radio journalism, reporters, editors and producers. The book details training and professional standards in writing, presentation, technology, editorial ethics and media law in America, Britain, Australia and other English speaking countries and examines the major public sector broadcast networks such as the BBC, CBC, NPR and ABC as well as the work of commercial and small public radio stations.
Timothy Crook investigates the way in which news reporting has been influenced by governments and media conglomerates and identifies an undercurrent of racial and sexual discrimination throughout the history of radio news. There are chapters on media law for broadcast journalists, the implications of multi-media and new technologies, digital applications in radio news, and glossaries which cover the skills of voice presentaion, writing radio news and broadcast vocabulary.
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Acknowledgements | ||
Pt. I | Introduction: Practice, Theory and History | |
1 | From Box Room to Digital Control Room | 3 |
2 | Basic Skills, Listening and Contacts | 14 |
3 | Experience, Print Media, Languages and Multimedia | 19 |
4 | Attitudes and News | 26 |
5 | Objectivity and Theory | 41 |
Pt. II | Radio Journalism History: Origins to 1939 | |
6 | The Origins | 57 |
7 | The Political and Journalistic Use of Early Recording Technology | 63 |
8 | Early Radio Journalism | 69 |
9 | The Political Dimension of Sound Journalism | 77 |
10 | Sport: a springboard for spontaneity | 83 |
11 | Radio Drama: a source of innovation and sensational treatment | 87 |
12 | Appeasement and Fascism: radio's response through journalism | 91 |
Pt. III | Practice Skills and Contemporary Practice | |
13 | The Voice and the A to Z of Presentation | 111 |
14 | Using Portable Equipment | 118 |
15 | Writing Radio News | 122 |
Glossary of Radio News and A to Z of Vocabulary and Principles | 122 | |
Pt. IV | The Second World War: From Adolescence to Adulthood | |
16 | The Phoney War and the Fall of France | 179 |
17 | The Holocaust and Other Horrors | 192 |
18 | Dieppe, Pearl Harbor, D-Day and other Campaigns | 209 |
Pt. V | International Media Law for Radio Journalists | |
19 | Defamation | 221 |
20 | Contempt of Court, Access to Court Proceedings and Other Restrictions | 231 |
21 | Sources, Election Law and Other Matters | 246 |
Pt. VI | Modern Styles of Radio Reporting and Journalism | |
22 | The History and Development of UK Independent Radio Journalism | 261 |
23 | Contrasting Styles of Contemporary Radio Journalism | 281 |
Bibliography | 287 | |
Index | 301 |