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Broadcast News Writing Stylebook

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A guide to broadcast news writing, for students and professionals. Reviews newsroom computer systems and the basic rules of broadcast style, and covers phrasing, leads and endings, working with actualities and packages, tv and radio story forms, working with images and sound, and tv script forms and supers. Includes sections on specific terms and tips for reporting on areas such as crime and legal issues, government, health, aviation, business, weather, and sports, with numerous examples. Wire spiral-bound. No bibliography. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

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This book contained lots of good information and I thought it was structured very well. I enjoyed the exercises at the end of each chapter and all of the examples that were provided throughout the text. The book was also easy to comprehend, and I think overall this made for a great textbook.

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