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A Guide for Teaching Broadcasting Janna Bollinger and Doug Green
Teaching Broadcasting is a handbook written for middle and high school broadcast journalism teachers. The book is designed to help educators structure their broadcasting classes. It is ideal for schools that are interested in developing, or enhancing, their school news programs. Teaching Broadcasting is filled with curriculum ideas. The handbook offers practical solutions to the challenges of grading students, structuring the classroom, managing large groups of students with limited equipment resources, developing a "big budget" look on a low budget, and so much more. This manual provides teachers with tips and ideas for: -Managing a class of students in a broadcasting program -Grading assignments and assessing student work -Motivating students to take responsibility for the quality of their broadcasts -Assisting students in finding and producing compelling stories -Structuring your program (and keeping students busy and engaged) -Managing equipment use and check-out by students -Includes forms for ...grading student's stories ...grading students for work in the classroom/studio ...pitching story ideas ...checking out equipment -Equipment purchase ideas -Building your own teleprompters (through-the-lens) and more... Teaching Broadcasting is used in classrooms throughout North America, as well as the U.S. Department of Defense School System in Europe and Asia. Doug Green is a middle and high school broadcast journalism teacher from Carlsbad, California, and his two programs, (CHSTV and VMSTV) are recognized internationally as models for student broadcast journalism. He is a former National Technology Educator of the Year, a former teacher-advisor to PBS television, and the current president of the Student Television Network. Doug Green has traveled to Europe and Asia to work with video and film teachers in the US Department of Defense School System. Janna Bollinger is a producer/program advisor, specializing in high school broadcast journalism curriculum development, and the development of systems to help facilitate learning in a scholastic broadcast journalism setting. She has developed procedures of accountability for middle and high school broadcasting students that are being used in classrooms worldwide. Teaching Broadcasting can be purchased direct from the authors. ________________________________________________________________ Broadcast News Writing for Professionals Jeff Rowe Marion Street Press A concise, easy-to-read guide covering the essentials of writing for TV, radio and the web.
Broadcast News Writing for Professionals is a practical, concise, easy-to-read guide to writing news for TV, radio and the World Wide Web. This book will teach you how to: ■ Find memorable stories that fit your station’s needs ■ Localize national stories, and vice versa ■ Interview anybody effectively, including the media-savvy ■ Create professional live shots ■ Develop your own broadcast voice ■ Produce teases and anchor leads ■ Write leads that excite your viewers and listeners ■ Write strong, active text free of clichés and jargon ■ Create newscasts that are effective, accurate and interesting Contents: Introduction: Remember Hiroshima 1.1 News Judgment and Reporting 1.2 Finding Memorable stories 1.3 Interview Tactics and Techniques 1.4 Sifting through the Mountain 1.5 Live Shots 1.6 Producing the Newscast 2.1 Writing the Script: The Big Picture 2.2 Writing the Script: The Basics 2.3 Writing the Script: Tools 2.4 Purging clichés, redundancies, and euphemisms 2.5 Writing for Radio 2.6 Writing for the Web 2.7 Writing Safely and Avoiding Lawsuits Epiolgue Becoming a Better Writer all the Time Broadcast News Writing for Professionals was written by Jeff Rowe. Jeff Rowe has been a journalist since 1975, reporting and producing news for television, radio, newspapers, magazines and online publications. He’s been a broadcast writer for the Associated Press, a staff writer for The Wall Street Journal, and broadcast editor for The Orange County Register. Rowe is a former Air Force officer and graduate of the University of Hawaii. He teaches broadcast news writing at California State University Fullerton. _______________________________________________________________ Broadcast Basics Yvonne Cappé Marion Street Press A Beginner's Guide to Television News Reporting and Production
Broadcast Basics is a primer on creating a television newscast, from how to effectively interview subjects to focusing the camera. Covers writing, Videography and production. Drawing on 20 years of real-world reporting experience, Broadcast Basics guides beginning journalists through the basics of journalistic writing with a focus on broadcast style and production. Written as a practical tool, the textbook includes advice on finding story ideas, locating and interviewing sources, and writing the various elements of a newscast. Chapters on production and videography, including how to frame an interview and edit jump cuts, ensure that a strong visual presentation complements every written piece.
Both Broadcast Basics (ISBN 1933338148, paperback, $19.95) and Broadcast News Writing for Professionals (ISBN 0966517628, paperback, $19.95) are used in high school and college broadcasting courses across the country. The books are published by Marion Street Press, Inc., an independent publisher in Oak Park, Illinois that specializes in books for journalists and writers.
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