Acknowledgements to third edition
My grateful thanks especially to Ed Boyce at Meridian Broadcasting, and Tom Evans at ITN for sparing time away from their own duties – Ed as Head of Training and Tom as a programme editor – to cast their eyes over the finished manuscript and to make some very helpful comments, many of which I have incorporated.
Thanks too to Nik Gowing, Diplomatic Editor at Channel 4 News, for allowing me to quote from his excellent paper on the effects – or otherwise – of foreign news reporting on the policy of governments, with particular emphasis on the long-drawn-out conflict in Bosnia; to Ali Rashid, editor of Calendar, and Martin Brooks, Roger Bufton, Andy Griffee, Tim Manning, Gordon Macmillan, Roger Protheroe, and Roy Saatchi of the BBC for giving me an informal insight into what they look for in potential recruits to television news; Neil Everton for his story of multi-skilling success in Canada; Miriam Darby of Ceefax, Gail Gillogaley, of Teletext Ltd and Rogger Oppé of VGB for bringing me up to date on teletext and for the use of photographs; Avon Harpley, Hat Trick Productions, Anne Darwent of Channel 4 Stills and Tim Hill for allowing me to use an illustration from Drop the Dead Donkey; William Hood for pictures of Newsforce in action; Lynne Gardiner, Avid Technology; George Maher, Plain English Campaign; Bill Meredith (BARB), Andrew Hemming, BBC Audience Research; Ian Mizen and Stephen J. Steele of Vinten; Jim Keating, EDS Portaprompt; Jean-Pierre Julien of the EBU; Charlie Raynsford of Newstar; Susie Spragg of ITN; David Robinson, International Weather Productions and Gail Yamakazi, Intelsat.
IY, 1995
Acknowledgements to fourth edition
In this fourth edition I would like to include additional acknowledgements to Sky Television; the BBC; Ananova Ltd; Wordsearch/Alan Williams; Quantel Limited; and Gary Braid for figures they have kindly supplied.