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by Ray Alexander, Ivor Yorke
Television News, 4th Edition
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Halftitle
Title
Copyright
Contents
About the author
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
The evolution of television news, 1954–2000
2 Getting into television
What qualities for the beginner
A good education
An insatiable interest in news and current events
Evidence of a commitment to journalism
The right personality
‘Broadcastability’
Other skills
The ability to write
Eyes on your target
Writing in on spec
Direct-entry training opportunities
Catering for special needs
Trainee selection methods
Getting in from college
National Vocational Qualifications
3 The electronic jigsaw puzzle
How television gets its news
Staff, freelances and stringers
Foreign news sources
International news agencies
Archives
Video news releases
4 Who does what in television news
Multimedia working and multi-skilling
The organization of television news
The news-gathering machine
Reporters and camera crews
Domestic assignments
Covering the world
The three faces of output
Writers
Production output
Technical output
Integrated newsroom systems
Newsroom layout
Computerized newsrooms
And the history of the future …
5 Writing for television news
Television style
Broadcast language
Reader on camera
Adding illustration
The digital frame-store
Stacking and cropping
Storage and retrieval
Making the choice
Writing to still pictures or insets
Composites and split screens
Electronic graphics
The artist and the writer
Pictures with tape sound
Widescreen transmission
6 Words and images
Perspective: the history of the lightweight revolution
Introducing colour
The rise of ENG – electronic news-gathering
How ENG works
Picture editing
Shot-listing and the script
Non-linear editing
7 Writing to pictures
Basic commentary construction
Building in the pauses
Getting started
Scripting sports news
Cueing into speech
Selecting soundbites
Last words about pictures
The golden rules of writing to pictures
8 Television news reporting
Reporting as a career
Learning the ropes
Speech
Mannerisms
Dress
The reporter’s role
Ready for assignment
Reporter as manager
9 Reporting techniques
Pieces to camera
Knowing the words
Studio spots
Interviewing
Purpose and preparation
Four main forms of news interview
Putting the questions
Coping with the answers
The set-piece interview, step by step
Studio interviews
10 Packaging the news
‘Topfield’ picture package
Editing the package
Writing the intro
Making ‘films’
11 The camera at work
Soft news camera
Hard news camera
Safety
Camera equipment
Microphones
Basics of camerawork
International assignments
Getting it home
Telling it to the birds: the development of satellites in the late twentieth century
Satellite news-gathering
Meeting the deadline
The field producer/fixer
12 Constructing a news programme
The news ‘programme’ is born
Putting it together
Preparing for action
Programme meetings
Post-mortems
The running order
Running order format
Timing
Dealing with breaking news
Countdown to transmission: The Five O’Clock Report
Setting out the script
13 Production and presentation
The control room
The studio
Sound and lighting
Sets
Script conference
Rehearsal and transmission
Local and regional news
Headlines
Guidelines for headline pictures
Insets and studio-set idents
Halfway
End headlines
Linking to the weather
14 Presenting the news
How it began: newsreader or newscaster?
Modern presenting
Doing it in pairs
Working with presenters
Training to be a presenter
15 Media convergence and the future
The Internet and television journalists
Cable television
Direct satellite
Teletext
Combination video-journalism
16 Conclusion
Taste, decency and ethics
Further reading
Glossary
Index
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