Writing for broadcast journalists [electronic resource] / Rick Thompson.

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Edition:2nd ed.
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
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Series:Media skills (Online)
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Format: Electronic eBook

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250 |a 2nd ed. 
260 |a London ;  |a New York :  |b Routledge,  |c 2010. 
300 |a 1 online resource (viii, 192 p.) 
490 1 |a Media skills 
500 |a Title from e-book t.p. screen (viewed Oct. 11, 2010). 
500 |a Previous ed.: 2005. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-189) and index. 
505 0 0 |g 1.  |t Introduction --  |g 2.  |t Good spoken English --  |g 3.  |t The language of broadcast news --  |g 4.  |t Writing broadcast news scripts --  |g 5.  |t Different techniques for radio, television and online news --  |g 6.  |t Writing online news --  |g 7.  |t And finally --  |g App.  |t Dangerous words : an alphabetical checklist. 
520 |a Guides readers through the significant differences between the written and the spoken versions of journalistic English. It will help broadcast journalists at every stage of their careers to avoid such pitfalls as the use of newspaper-English, common linguistic errors, and Americanised phrases, and gives practical advice on accurate terminology and pronunciation, while encouraging writers to capture the immediacy of the spoken word in their scripts. Written in a lively and accessible style by an experienced BBC TV and radio editor, "Writing for Broadcast Journalists" is the authoritative guide to the techniques of writing for radio and television, and this new edition has a special section about writing Online News. "Writing for Broadcast Journalists" includes: practical tips on how to avoid 'journalese', cliches and jargon; guidance on tailoring your writing style to suit a particular audience; advice on converting agency copy into spoken English Writing to television pictures; examples of scripts from some of the best in the business; and, an appendix of 'dangerous' words and phrases to be avoided in scripts. 
650 0 |a Broadcast journalism  |x Authorship. 
650 0 |a Reporters and reporting. 
650 0 |a Report writing. 
776 0 |i Print version:  |t Writing for broadcast journalists.  |b 2nd ed.  |d London ; New York : Routledge, 2010  |z 9780415581677  |w (OCoLC)615842766 
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