Broadcast Journalism Street Smarts: the 2013 Survival Guide for Today's Television Newsroom

Broadcast Journalism Street Smarts: the 2013 Survival Guide for Today's Television Newsroom
Author: Randy Tatano
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9781481800174

Updated for 2013! It's time for reporters to get street smart. And not just about reporting. There's more to the television news business than gathering facts and getting your face on camera. You need to navigate the minefield present in every newsroom in America. Broadcast Journalism Street Smarts is a survival guide that offers tips to make your stories stand out, job hunting strategies and critical advice to help you navigate the unique office politics of broadcasting. And you'll get the News Director's playbook and learn about those "Jedi Mind Tricks" played on unsuspecting employees. Learning how News Directors think, what they're looking for in a great resume tape, how to negotiate a contract, the ins and outs of out clauses, and mastering the intangibles of the business can be of great help in moving you up the ladder. In addition, you'll get some "street smart" tips on finding openings that aren't advertised and how to spot the red flags in a news operation before you take a job. It's real world advice from a network broadcast journalist who's been on both sides of the fence as a reporter and a manager.

The Broadcast Journalism Handbook

The Broadcast Journalism Handbook
Author: Robert Thompson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2004
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780742525061

Complete with a news glossary, job searching tips and helpful web sites, this has everything you need to know about working in the television news business. It covers many newsroom positions, from assignment editors to producers, reporters and anchors.

Broadcast Journalism Street Smarts

Broadcast Journalism Street Smarts
Author: Randy Tatano
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2012-02-09
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781469981345

It's time for reporters to get street smart. And not just about reporting. There's more to the television news business than gathering facts and getting your face on camera. You need to navigate the minefield present in every newsroom in America. Broadcast Journalism Street Smarts is a survival guide that offers tips to make your stories stand out, job hunting strategies and critical advice to help you navigate the unique office politics of broadcasting. And you'll get the News Director's playbook and learn about those "Jedi Mind Tricks" played on unsuspecting employees. Learning how News Directors think, what they're looking for in a great resume tape, how to negotiate a contract, the ins and outs of out clauses, and mastering the intangibles of the business can be of great help in moving you up the ladder. In addition, you'll get some "street smart" tips on finding openings that aren't advertised and how to spot the red flags in a news operation before you take a job. It's real world advice from a network broadcast journalist who's been on both sides of the fence as a reporter and a manager.

Broadcast News in the Digital Age

Broadcast News in the Digital Age
Author: Faith M Sidlow
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2022-01-26
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1000518604

Written by two award-winning broadcast journalists, this book offers a practical, hands-on guide to the modern digital TV newsroom. Pulling from extensive industry experience, the authors provide a comprehensive look at the key journalistic skills needed to excel in broadcast news today, including storytelling, writing, story pitching, video production, interviewing and managing social media. The textbook is organized into five sections: building a foundation, storytelling and writing, producing, live performance, and ethics and career progression. The authors also provide step-by-step instructions on how to efficiently multitask while staying true to journalist ethics. Each chapter includes clear learning objectives, review questions and practical assignments, making it ideal for classroom use. QR codes integrated in the text allow students to easily see and hear examples of the stories they are learning to write. Broadcast News in the Digital Age is an engaging, student-friendly guide for those seeking to become successful writers, producers, anchors and journalists in today’s newsrooms, both on-air and online.

Broadcast Basics

Broadcast Basics
Author: Yvonne Cappé
Publisher: Marion Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Broadcast journalism
ISBN: 9781933338149

This book teaches beginning broadcast journalists the basics of researching, writing, and filming news. Topics covered include : finding news ; storytelling ; interviewing important people ; uncovering the truth ; writing all the parts of a news broadcast ; assembling a news package ; video sequencing ; camera usage ; editing ... and much more! --from back cover.

Broadcast News Handbook

Broadcast News Handbook
Author: C. A. Tuggle
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780072917383

Broadcast News Handbook enables students and professionals to become better writers and better broadcast journalists. Backed by 50 years of combined broadcast journalism experience, the authors provide helpful discussions on crafting language and becoming an effective storyteller. Topics addressed include "Deadly Copy Sins and How to Avoid Them"; "Interviewing: Getting the Facts and the Feelings"; "Producing TV News"; and "Writing Sports."

Broadcast News Handbook: Writing, Reporting, Producing in a Converging Media World with Student CD-ROM and PowerWeb

Broadcast News Handbook: Writing, Reporting, Producing in a Converging Media World with Student CD-ROM and PowerWeb
Author: C. A. Tuggle
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-01-20
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780073268699

Broadcast News Handbook enables students and professionals to become better writers and better broadcast journalists. Backed by 50 years of combined broadcast journalism experience, the authors provide helpful discussions on crafting language and becoming an effective storyteller. Topics addressed include "Deadly Copy Sins and How to Avoid Them"; "Interviewing: Getting the Facts and the Feelings"; "Producing TV News"; and "Writing Sports."

Understanding Media

Understanding Media
Author: Marshall McLuhan
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2016-09-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9781537430058

When first published, Marshall McLuhan's Understanding Media made history with its radical view of the effects of electronic communications upon man and life in the twentieth century.

802.11ac: A Survival Guide

802.11ac: A Survival Guide
Author: Matthew S. Gast
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2013-07-23
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1449357725

The next frontier for wireless LANs is 802.11ac, a standard that increases throughput beyond one gigabit per second. This concise guide provides in-depth information to help you plan for 802.11ac, with technical details on design, network operations, deployment, and monitoring. Author Matthew Gast—an industry expert who led the development of 802.11-2012 and security task groups at the Wi-Fi Alliance—explains how 802.11ac will not only increase the speed of your network, but its capacity as well. Whether you need to serve more clients with your current level of throughput, or serve your existing client load with higher throughput, 802.11ac is the solution. This book gets you started. Understand how the 802.11ac protocol works to improve the speed and capacity of a wireless LAN Explore how beamforming increases speed capacity by improving link margin, and lays the foundation for multi-user MIMO Learn how multi-user MIMO increases capacity by enabling an AP to send data to multiple clients simultaneously Plan when and how to upgrade your network to 802.11ac by evaluating client devices, applications, and network connections

The Zombie Survival Guide

The Zombie Survival Guide
Author: Max Brooks
Publisher: Del Rey
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2003-09-16
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1400049628

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, World War Z, The Zombie Survival Guide is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now. Fully illustrated and exhaustively comprehensive, this book covers everything you need to know, including how to understand zombie physiology and behavior, the most effective defense tactics and weaponry, ways to outfit your home for a long siege, and how to survive and adapt in any territory or terrain. Top 10 Lessons for Surviving a Zombie Attack 1. Organize before they rise! 2. They feel no fear, why should you? 3. Use your head: cut off theirs. 4. Blades don’t need reloading. 5. Ideal protection = tight clothes, short hair. 6. Get up the staircase, then destroy it. 7. Get out of the car, get onto the bike. 8. Keep moving, keep low, keep quiet, keep alert! 9. No place is safe, only safer. 10. The zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on. Don’t be carefree and foolish with your most precious asset—life. This book is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now without your even knowing it. The Zombie Survival Guide offers complete protection through trusted, proven tips for safeguarding yourself and your loved ones against the living dead. It is a book that can save your life.