Basic TV Reporting
2nd Edition
Published on 24. October 1997
160 pages
978-1-136-02602-7 (ISBN)
Description
Basic TV Reporting is a practical, easy to read guide to the skills needed to become a successful television reporter - arguably the most demanding and glamorous job in journalism. The book describes the role in detail, how reporters fit into the editorial team and where their duties begin and end.
Basic TV Reporting is a practical, easy to read guide to the skills needed to become a successful television reporter - arguably the most demanding and glamorous job in journalism. The book describes the role in detail, how reporters fit into the editorial team and where their duties begin and end.
The late Ivor Yorke has enjoyed a wealth of experience to pass on to aspiring broadcast journalists, having spent more than 20 years as a writer, reporter, producer and editor, before becoming Head of Journalist Training, BBC News and Current Affairs. He was also a freelance training consultant. He is the author of Television News (now in its third edition) and co-author with the late Bernard Hesketh of An Introduction to ENG, also published by Focal Press.
Reviews:
`This is a short, well-constructed book which is of as much value to the interviewed as to the interviewer. It is practical and down-to-earth (`keep off the gin, and stick to the tonic') and delightfully easy to read.'
British Journal of Educational Technology.
' Easy to read guide to the skills needed to become a successful TV
reporter.'
Voice of the Listener
Basic TV Reporting is a practical, easy to read guide to the skills needed to become a successful television reporter - arguably the most demanding and glamorous job in journalism. The book describes the role in detail, how reporters fit into the editorial team and where their duties begin and end.
The late Ivor Yorke has enjoyed a wealth of experience to pass on to aspiring broadcast journalists, having spent more than 20 years as a writer, reporter, producer and editor, before becoming Head of Journalist Training, BBC News and Current Affairs. He was also a freelance training consultant. He is the author of Television News (now in its third edition) and co-author with the late Bernard Hesketh of An Introduction to ENG, also published by Focal Press.
Reviews:
`This is a short, well-constructed book which is of as much value to the interviewed as to the interviewer. It is practical and down-to-earth (`keep off the gin, and stick to the tonic') and delightfully easy to read.'
British Journal of Educational Technology.
' Easy to read guide to the skills needed to become a successful TV
reporter.'
Voice of the Listener
Reviews / Votes
`This is a short, well-constructed book which is of as much value to the interviewed as to the interviewer. It is practical and down-to-earth (`keep offthe gin, and stick to the tonic') and delightfully easy to read.' British Journal of Educational Technology.
' Easy to read guide to the skills needed to become a succesful TV
reporter.'
VOICE OF THE LISTENER
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Academic/professional/technical: Undergraduate. Academic/professional/technical: Postgraduate. Academic/professional/technical: Research and professional
File size
7,60 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-136-02602-7 (9781136026027)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Person
Ivor Yorke
Content
Introduction; Chapter 1 What a Reporter Does; Chapter 2 A Place on the Taxi Rank; Chapter 3 What Makes a Good Reporter; Chapter 4 The Reporter as Manager; Chapter 5 Thinking about News; Chapter 6 Planning Future Coverage; Chapter 7 Assignment Planning; Chapter 8 Sources; Chapter 9 Making Use of Your Contacts; Chapter 10 Resisting Political Pressures; Chapter 11 Seeing How It's Done (1); Chapter 12 Watching Brief (2); Chapter 13 Make the Most of Your Talent; Chapter 14 Dressing the Part (1); Chapter 15 Dressing the Part (2); Chapter 16 Voice Production; Chapter 17 Speech Clarity; Chapter 18 A Friend in the Audience; Chapter 19 How to Write for Television; Chapter 20 Good Language; Chapter 21 Avoiding Unnecessary Offence; Chapter 22 Aiming for Comprehension; Chapter 23 Writing to Pictures; Chapter 24 Using the Shot-list; Chapter 25 Words before Pictures; Chapter 26 Introducing the News Camera; Chapter 27 Camera Crew Who's Who; Chapter 28 Part of the Team; Chapter 29 Camera and Sound Equipment; Chapter 30 Sound; Chapter 31 Stand-uppers; Chapter 32 Memory Aids; Chapter 33 The Art of Interviewing; Chapter 34 Interview Preparation; Chapter 35 Interview Technique; Chapter 36 Interview Types; Chapter 37 Eyewitnesses and Others; Chapter 38 Cutaway Questions; Chapter 39 Constructing a Package (1); Chapter 40 Constructing a Package (2); Chapter 41 What to Keep In, What to Leave Out; Chapter 42 Your Place in the Programme; Chapter 43 On the Road; Chapter 44 Covering the World; Chapter 45 The Foreign Correspondent; Chapter 46 Enter the Fire Brigade; Chapter 47 On Foreign Soil; Chapter 48 Communications Satellites; Chapter 49 Staying Alive; Chapter 50 The Journalist's Survival Code; Chapter 51 The Anchor; Chapter 52 In the Studio; Chapter 53 Perfecting Posture; Chapter 54 The Script Prompter and How to Use It; Chapter 55 Talkback; Chapter 56 Presenters in Partnership; Chapter 57 Studio Interviewing (1); Chapter 58 Studio Interviewing (2); Chapter 59 Tricky Customers and 'Spin Doctors'; Chapter 60 Interviewee on the Attack; Chapter 61 Audience Participation; Chapter 62 Phone-ins; Chapter 63 When Things Go Wrong; Chapter 64 Last Words on Interviewing; Chapter 65 Documentaries; Chapter 66 Using Film; Chapter 67 The Reporter as Commentator; Chapter 68 Whose Bias?; Chapter 69 The Bounds of Good Taste; Chapter 70 Other Codes of Conduct; Chapter 71 The Oxygen of Publicity; Chapter 72 Investigative Journalism; Chapter 73 Matters of Law; Chapter 74 TV reporting. The revolution ahead.;
