{"product_id":"writing-and-producing-television-news-isbn-9780813812991","title":"Writing and Producing Television News","description":"The single universal bit of advice that working journalists give students is \"learn to write well\". Solid writing is the key to any successful and solid broadcast news operation. In \u003ci\u003eWriting and Producing Television News, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e author Eric Gormly uses contemporary news events as an engaging backdrop to teach students the fundamentals of writing news for television and cable. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor Gormly draws on his extensive background as a television journalist to explain how real newsrooms work. The text reviews basic grammar, introduces students to industry-specific terminology and the particular rules for TV newswriting, appraises the basics of a television news story, and reveals how television writing differs from writing for other media. The core of the book develops various story formats, and gives step-by-step instruction on how to transform basic information into properly scripted, solid stories.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncluded in this edition are the latest in script formatting; an in-depth look at new writing styles; interviews with and observations of working journalists from major television markets; an expanded chapter detailing the process of producing a television newscast; and up-to-date information about applying for jobs and internships in today's television marketplace.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNewly expanded, packed with student exercises for hands-on learning, and fully illustrated with photos, line drawings, and charts, \u003ci\u003eWriting and Producing Television News, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e prepares students to perform from the moment they hit the newsroom.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Television News: An Introduction 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Television Newswriting: A Different Style 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 A Brief Review of Grammar 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Some General Rules for Television Newswriting 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Usage 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Approaching the Television News Story 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Story Formats: Some Basics 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Voice Over: VO 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Sound on Tape: SOT 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Voice Over\/Sound Bite: VO\/SOT 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Putting the Formats Together 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Interviewing: Conversation with a Goal 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Package 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 An Interview with Deborah Potter 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Live Shot 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 An Interview with Beverly White 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Producing the Newscast 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Station and the Newsroom 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 A look Inside: WFAA-TV, Dallas 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Finding a Job 365\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 387\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eEric Gormly, Ph.D.\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Broadcast Journalism at the University of North Texas, where he teaches television news and media criticism courses and conducts research in the area of religion in media and culture. He is a former major market television news reporter who also has extensive experience as an anchor, editor, videographer and producer. Gormly has taught a range of broadcast news and mass communication courses at the University of Nevada-Reno, Trinity University in San Antonio, The University of Texas at Austin, and Arizona State University.  The single universal bit of advice that working journalists give students is \"learn to write well\". Solid writing is the key to any successful and solid broadcast news operation. In \u003ci\u003eWriting and Producing Television News, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e author Eric Gormly uses contemporary news events as an engaging backdrop to teach students the fundamentals of writing news for television and cable. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor Gormly draws on his extensive background as a television journalist to explain how real newsrooms work. 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