Broadcast News Writing, Reporting, and Producing, 7e Frank
Barnas (Instructor's Manual All Chapters, 100% Original
Verified, A+ Grade)
Contents
Classroom Goals 4
Relating the Book to the Classroom 4
Part 1 Acquiring the News 4
Part 2 Writing the News 4
Part 3 Reporting the News 4
Part 4 Producing the News 5
Part 5 Transitioning into Professional Newsrooms 5
Chapter 1 Legal and Ethical Considerations 6
Overview 6
Key Words 6
Test Your Knowledge 6
Exercises 7
Chapter 2 Locating the News 8
Overview 9
Key Words 9
Test Your Knowledge 9
Exercises 10
Chapter 3 Developing Stories 11
Overview 11
Key Words 11
Test Your Knowledge 11
Exercises 11
Chapter 4 Collecting Information from Real and Virtual 13
Documents Overview 13
Key Words 13
Test Your Knowledge 13
Exercises 14
Chapter 5 Beats, Spot News, and Reporting Assignments 16
Overview 16
Key Words 16
Test Your Knowledge 17
Exercises 17
Chapter 6 Newswriting Mechanics 18
Overview 18
Key Words 18
Test Your Knowledge 18
Exercises 19
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,Chapter 7 Newswriting Style 20
Overview 20
Key Words 20
Test Your Knowledge 20
Exercises 22
Chapter 8 Writing Compelling Leads 24
Overview 24
Key Words 24
Test Your Knowledge 24
Exercises 25
Chapter 9 Fieldwork 27
Overview 27
Key Words 27
Test Your Knowledge 28
Exercises 28
Chapter 10 Interviewing 30
Overview 30
Key Words 30
Test Your Knowledge 30
Exercises 31
Chapter 11 Covering Planned Events 32
Overview 32
Key Words 32
Test Your Knowledge 33
Exercises 33
Chapter 12 Reporting Live 34
Overview 34
Key Words 34
Test Your Knowledge 34
Exercises 35
Chapter 13 Voiceovers, Packages, and Story Formats 36
Overview 36
Key Words 36
Test Your Knowledge 36
Exercises 37
Chapter 14 Producing the Television Newscast 39
Overview 39
Key Words 39
Test Your Knowledge 40
Exercises 41
In-Class Exercise: Creating a Newscast 41
Chapter 15 Producing the Radio Newscast 43
Overview 43
Key Words 43
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,Test Your Knowledge 43
Exercises 44
Chapter 16 Delivering the News 45
Overview 45
Key Words 45
Test Your Knowledge 45
Exercises 46
Chapter 17 Careers in Broadcast Journalism 47
Overview 47
Key Words 47
Test Your Knowledge 47
Exercises 48
Chapter 18 Portfolio Development 49
Overview 49
Key Words 49
Test Your Knowledge 49
Exercises 50
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, Classroom Goals
You can use Broadcast News to teach your students:
• Ethical considerations in reporting news stories.
• How to find the news through one-on-one interviews, news conferences, press releases, online
resources, futures files, and document searches.
• Practical techniques in covering spot news, researching stories, and advancing ongoing news
items.
• The proper mechanics and style of writing news stories, including how to craft leads that convey
the correct tone for the individual news report.
• The technology used in professional newsrooms, in the field, and with newswire services.
• The preferred techniques to produce and deliver a typical 30-minute newscast.
• How radio newscasts have evolved and how a local newscaster remains competitive in the
changing marketplace.
• An overview of global news sources.
• Technological considerations of how convergence and new delivery methods are impacting
news gathering and reporting.
Educational outcomes for typical courses using this text include:
• Familiarity with the responsibilities and roles of various positions in the field of production.
• A working ability to produce materials in a timely manner and of quality relative to
demonstrated proficiency.
• News gathering, researching, and editing skills.
• Ability to work under deadline pressure while adhering to stylistic and factual constraints.
• Familiarity with script analysis and delivery.
Relating the Book to the Classroom
Broadcast News Writing, Reporting, and Producing is divided into five parts. These parts flow with the
progression of building a newscast from locating news stories all the way through delivering the final news
product on the air. Along the way, students will learn how to collect information, create news stories, and
produce a newscast for either radio or television audiences.
The five sections are in modular format, thus they need not be followed sequentially. For example, a
course that concentrates on broadcast writing may concentrate on the first two sections, while a news
production course may focus on the last two. However, this text is designed to provide comprehensive
knowledge of local newscast production during the course of a typical academic semester.
The five book sections (and their chapters) are divided as follows.
Part 1 Acquiring the News
Chapter 1 Legal and Ethical Considerations
Chapter 2 Locating the News
Chapter 3 Developing Stories
Chapter 4 Collecting Information from Real and Virtual Documents
Chapter 5 Beat, Spot News, and Reporting Assignments
Part 2 Writing the News Chapter
6 Newswriting Mechanics Chapter 7
Newswriting Style Chapter 8
Writing Compelling Leads
Part 3 Reporting the News
© 2018 Taylor & Francis
Barnas (Instructor's Manual All Chapters, 100% Original
Verified, A+ Grade)
Contents
Classroom Goals 4
Relating the Book to the Classroom 4
Part 1 Acquiring the News 4
Part 2 Writing the News 4
Part 3 Reporting the News 4
Part 4 Producing the News 5
Part 5 Transitioning into Professional Newsrooms 5
Chapter 1 Legal and Ethical Considerations 6
Overview 6
Key Words 6
Test Your Knowledge 6
Exercises 7
Chapter 2 Locating the News 8
Overview 9
Key Words 9
Test Your Knowledge 9
Exercises 10
Chapter 3 Developing Stories 11
Overview 11
Key Words 11
Test Your Knowledge 11
Exercises 11
Chapter 4 Collecting Information from Real and Virtual 13
Documents Overview 13
Key Words 13
Test Your Knowledge 13
Exercises 14
Chapter 5 Beats, Spot News, and Reporting Assignments 16
Overview 16
Key Words 16
Test Your Knowledge 17
Exercises 17
Chapter 6 Newswriting Mechanics 18
Overview 18
Key Words 18
Test Your Knowledge 18
Exercises 19
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,Chapter 7 Newswriting Style 20
Overview 20
Key Words 20
Test Your Knowledge 20
Exercises 22
Chapter 8 Writing Compelling Leads 24
Overview 24
Key Words 24
Test Your Knowledge 24
Exercises 25
Chapter 9 Fieldwork 27
Overview 27
Key Words 27
Test Your Knowledge 28
Exercises 28
Chapter 10 Interviewing 30
Overview 30
Key Words 30
Test Your Knowledge 30
Exercises 31
Chapter 11 Covering Planned Events 32
Overview 32
Key Words 32
Test Your Knowledge 33
Exercises 33
Chapter 12 Reporting Live 34
Overview 34
Key Words 34
Test Your Knowledge 34
Exercises 35
Chapter 13 Voiceovers, Packages, and Story Formats 36
Overview 36
Key Words 36
Test Your Knowledge 36
Exercises 37
Chapter 14 Producing the Television Newscast 39
Overview 39
Key Words 39
Test Your Knowledge 40
Exercises 41
In-Class Exercise: Creating a Newscast 41
Chapter 15 Producing the Radio Newscast 43
Overview 43
Key Words 43
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,Test Your Knowledge 43
Exercises 44
Chapter 16 Delivering the News 45
Overview 45
Key Words 45
Test Your Knowledge 45
Exercises 46
Chapter 17 Careers in Broadcast Journalism 47
Overview 47
Key Words 47
Test Your Knowledge 47
Exercises 48
Chapter 18 Portfolio Development 49
Overview 49
Key Words 49
Test Your Knowledge 49
Exercises 50
© 2018 Taylor & Francis
, Classroom Goals
You can use Broadcast News to teach your students:
• Ethical considerations in reporting news stories.
• How to find the news through one-on-one interviews, news conferences, press releases, online
resources, futures files, and document searches.
• Practical techniques in covering spot news, researching stories, and advancing ongoing news
items.
• The proper mechanics and style of writing news stories, including how to craft leads that convey
the correct tone for the individual news report.
• The technology used in professional newsrooms, in the field, and with newswire services.
• The preferred techniques to produce and deliver a typical 30-minute newscast.
• How radio newscasts have evolved and how a local newscaster remains competitive in the
changing marketplace.
• An overview of global news sources.
• Technological considerations of how convergence and new delivery methods are impacting
news gathering and reporting.
Educational outcomes for typical courses using this text include:
• Familiarity with the responsibilities and roles of various positions in the field of production.
• A working ability to produce materials in a timely manner and of quality relative to
demonstrated proficiency.
• News gathering, researching, and editing skills.
• Ability to work under deadline pressure while adhering to stylistic and factual constraints.
• Familiarity with script analysis and delivery.
Relating the Book to the Classroom
Broadcast News Writing, Reporting, and Producing is divided into five parts. These parts flow with the
progression of building a newscast from locating news stories all the way through delivering the final news
product on the air. Along the way, students will learn how to collect information, create news stories, and
produce a newscast for either radio or television audiences.
The five sections are in modular format, thus they need not be followed sequentially. For example, a
course that concentrates on broadcast writing may concentrate on the first two sections, while a news
production course may focus on the last two. However, this text is designed to provide comprehensive
knowledge of local newscast production during the course of a typical academic semester.
The five book sections (and their chapters) are divided as follows.
Part 1 Acquiring the News
Chapter 1 Legal and Ethical Considerations
Chapter 2 Locating the News
Chapter 3 Developing Stories
Chapter 4 Collecting Information from Real and Virtual Documents
Chapter 5 Beat, Spot News, and Reporting Assignments
Part 2 Writing the News Chapter
6 Newswriting Mechanics Chapter 7
Newswriting Style Chapter 8
Writing Compelling Leads
Part 3 Reporting the News
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