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WrItINg NeWS for tV aNd radIo: The New Way to Learn Broadcast
Newswriting
Mervin Block • Joe Durso, Jr.
For beginning writers, Writing news for tv and radio is an indispensable guide to writing for the ear. By learning and
applying the basic rules of broadcast newswriting, Block and Durso make sure that aspiring broadcast journalists write the
way they talk and pay particular attention to grammar, language, and sentence structure. Useful appendices include the
"Basic Work Rules" of reading a script on air and nearly a dozen wire stories to exercise readers' rewriting skills.
PaPerback ISbN: 978-1-6087-1421-6 • ©2011 • 155 PageS • cqpreSS.com
cultural meaNINgS of NeWS: A Text-Reader
Daniel A. Berkowitz, University of Iowa
This book provides a fresh examination of news production from a cultural perspective, moving beyond what was once
called "sociology of news" and toward the globally-broader, culturally-based concept of "journalism studies."
Contents PART I: A FRAMEWORK FOR THINKING ABOUT THE MEANINGS OF NEWS /PART II: CULTURAL PRACTICE OF JOURNALISM / PART
III: MAKING MEANING IN THE JOURNALISTIC INTERPRETIVE COMMUNITY / PART IV: REPAIRING THE JOURNALISTIC PARADIGM / PART V: NEWS
NARRATIVES AS CULTURAL TEXT / PART VI: NEWS AS COLLECTIVE MEMORY
PaPerback ISbN: 978-1-4129-6765-5 • ©2011 • 432 PageS
fIeld guIde to coVerINg SPortS
Joe Gisondi, Eastern Illinois University
How best to turn yourself from sports fan to professional sports journalist? Quickly moving beyond general guidance
about sports writing, Joe Gisondi focuses on the nitty-gritty, with hands-on, practical advice on covering 20 specific
sports. From auto racing to wrestling, you'll find tips on the seemingly straightforward—where to stand on the sideline
and how to identify a key player—along with the more specialized—figuring out shot selection in lacrosse and
understanding a coxswain's call for a harder stroke in rowing. Preparing you for just about any game, match, meet, race,
regatta or tournament you're likely to cover, field Guide to Covering sports is the ideal go-to resource to have on hand
as you master the beat.
coIl ISbN: 978-1-6042-6559-0 • ©2011 • 262 PageS • cqpreSS.com
the Art oF AcceSS: Strategies for Acquiring Public Records
David Cuillier, University of Arizona • Charles N. Davis, University of Missouri-Columbia
the art of access is a how-to guide for putting the law into action and using ingenuity to pry records loose. Building
on their own experience and interviews with more than 100 practitioners, FOI experts and longtime journalists David
Cuillier and Charles Davis help you rethink the information-gathering process and develop a document state of mind.
PaPerback ISbN: 978-1-6042-6550-7 • ©2011 • 200 PageS • cqpreSS.com
SPortS JourNalISm: A Practical Introduction Second edItIon
Phil Andrews, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
The sports journalist of today needs to be well equipped for the digital age. From the challenges of minute-by-minute
reporting to the demands of writing for online outlets, blogging and podcasting, sports journalism is now full immersed
in new and social media. sports Journalism: a practical Guide will give students the skills they need to navigate
these new platforms, whilst also teaching them the basics of interviewing, reporting, feature writing for print and
commentary for radio and television. This book provides a complete guide to the practice of sports journalism across
all platforms.
PaPerback ISbN: 978-1-4462-5338-0 • ©2014 • 192 PageS
