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Broadcast News Writing Stylebook

ISBN: 9780205146932 | 0205146937
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 10/1/1994

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Table of Contents
Prefaceix
Acknowledgmentsxi
Readability
1(10)
The Computerized Newsroom
1... MORE
Working with the Wire
2(1)
Assigning Stories
2(1)
Producing Newscasts
2(1)
Archiving Information
3(1)
Good News and Bad News
3(1)
Rules of Readability
4(7)
The Printed Word
4(1)
Handling Corrections
4(1)
The Slug
5(1)
Hyphenation
5(1)
Abbreviation
6(1)
Symbols
6(1)
Initials and Acronyms
6(1)
Names
7(1)
Numbers
7(2)
Ages
9(1)
Emphasis
9(1)
Pronouncers
10(1)
Spelling
10(1)
Words
11(18)
Keep It Simple
11(1)
Keep It Conversational
12(1)
Informal Words
12(1)
Contractions
12(1)
Formal Terminology
12(1)
People ... Not Persons
13(1)
Keep It Clear
13(3)
Common Usage
13(2)
Technical Terms
15(1)
Definite and Indefinite Articles
16(1)
Keep It Tight
16(1)
Make It Powerful
17(1)
Use Strong Nouns and Verbs
17(1)
Avoid Weak Qualifiers
17(1)
Get It Right
18(1)
Says
18(1)
Saying Too Much
19(1)
Think
19(1)
Common Problems
19(10)
Phrases and Phrasing
29(18)
How to Say It
29(7)
Voice
29(1)
Tense
30(1)
Clarity
31(1)
Conciseness
32(1)
Clauses and Phrases
32(1)
Positive Phrasing
33(1)
Pronouns
34(1)
That
35(1)
Time and Space Problems
36(1)
What to Say
36(5)
Title and Identifiers
36(1)
Attribution
37(2)
Quotations
39(1)
Numbers
40(1)
Race
40(1)
What You Didn't Mean to Say
41(6)
Dates
41(1)
Unintended Meanings
41(1)
Editorials
42(1)
Cliches
43(1)
Sexism
43(1)
Personalization
44(1)
Last Note
45(2)
Sentences
47(8)
Keep It Short
47(3)
One Important Idea per Sentence
47(2)
Keep It Simple
49(1)
Make It Clean, Clear, and Concise
50(5)
Make Every Sentence Count
51(1)
Avoid Repetition
52(1)
Stay Positive
52(1)
Make Sense
53(1)
End Strong
53(1)
Last Note
54(1)
Leads and Endings
55(14)
Types of Leads
56(4)
Main Point Leads
56(3)
Other Leads
59(1)
Figuring Out the Lead
60(6)
What's the Story About?
60(1)
Say Something Meaningful
61(1)
Keep It Simple
61(1)
Be Direct and to the Point
62(2)
Start with the New News
64(1)
Save the Name for Later
64(1)
Save the Day and Date for Later
65(1)
Update Leads
65(1)
Responsibility
66(1)
Types of Endings
66(3)
Future Ramification Close
66(1)
Summary Point Close
67(1)
Information Close
67(1)
Opposition Point of View Close
68(1)
Punch Line
68(1)
Stories
69(16)
Plan Your Writing
69(5)
Why Run the Story?
69(1)
Do You Understand?
70(2)
What's the Story About?
72(1)
What's the Lead?
73(1)
In What Order Do You Tell the Story?
73(1)
Story Logic
74(5)
Handling the Basics
74(1)
Will It Stand on Its Own?
75(2)
Answer the Logical Questions
77(1)
Make the Writing Structure Interesting
78(1)
After the Writing
79(2)
Does the Story Support the Lead?
79(1)
Will the Audience Understand?
79(1)
Use Humor Sparingly
80(1)
Read the Story Out Loud
81(1)
Transitions
81(4)
Within Stories
81(2)
Between Stories
83(2)
Working with Bites, Actualities, and Packages
85(6)
Bites and Actualities
85(3)
Keep the Story Moving
85(1)
Don't Repeat
85(1)
Watch Out for Partial Lead-Ins
86(1)
Finding the Lead-In
86(1)
Writing out of Bites
87(1)
Packages
88(3)
Writing into Packages
88(1)
Understand Where the Story Begins
89(1)
Package Tags
90(1)
TV: Story Forms
91(10)
Story Forms
91(10)
Readers
91(1)
Voiceovers
92(1)
VO/SOT
92(1)
Packages
93(2)
Live Reporting
95(5)
Golden Rules
100(1)
TV: Working with Pictures
101(10)
The Power of the Visual Image
101(3)
Working with Strong Pictures
101(1)
Working without Strong Pictures
102(2)
The TV Balancing Act
104(5)
Use Pictures and Words for What They Do Best
104(1)
Write TV Loosely
105(1)
Coordinate Words and Pictures
106(2)
Visualizing the Story
108(1)
Use Nat Sound and SOT
109(1)
Picture Cautions
109(2)
Use Meaningful Pictures
109(1)
Today's Pictures
109(1)
Watch Your Supers
109(2)
Radio: Story Forms and Working with Sound
111(6)
Radio Story Forms
111(1)
Drawing Radio Pictures
112(5)
The Words
112(1)
Using Nat Sound
112(1)
Listen to the Sound Quality
113(1)
Putting It All Together
113(4)
Teases and Promos
117(4)
Promotion
117(4)
Tease ... Don't Tell
117(1)
Make Them Care
118(3)
Quality and Style
121(30)
Andy Rooney
121(2)
Susan Stamberg
123(8)
Charles Osgood
131(2)
Carole Simpson
133(15)
Paul Harvey
148(3)
Business, Economy, and Taxes
151(16)
Reporting on Money
151(1)
Defining Terms
151(16)
Calendar
167(4)
Solar and Lunar
167(1)
Calendar Holidays
167(4)
Muslim Holidays
170(1)
Crime and Legal
171(10)
Attribution
171(2)
When to Use Attribution
171(1)
Alleged
171(1)
Misplaced Attribution
172(1)
Cautions
172(1)
Get the Terms Right
173(1)
Defining Terms
173(8)
U.S. Geography
181(4)
Where Are We?
181(1)
Defining Terms
181(4)
World Geography
185(14)
Defining Terms
185(4)
Pronunciation Guide and Locator
189(10)
Government
199(10)
How the System Works
199(1)
Defining Terms
200(9)
Health and Medicine
209(8)
Reporting on Health and Medicine
209(1)
Hospital Conditions
209(1)
Defining Terms
210(7)
Space and Aviation
217(14)
Defining Terms
217(14)
Sports
231(10)
Reporting Sports
231(2)
Reporting Scores
231(1)
Common Mistakes
232(1)
Sports and Teams
233(8)
Auto Racing
233(1)
Baseball---Major Leagues
233(1)
Basketball---National Basketball Association
234(1)
Boxing
234(1)
Football---National Football League
234(1)
Golf
235(1)
Hockey---National Hockey League
235(1)
Soccer---National Professional Soccer League
236(1)
College Sports---Football and Basketball
236(5)
Weather and Natural Phenomena
241(8)
Reporting Weather
241(1)
Severe Weather
242(1)
Defining Terms
242(7)
TV Script Form and Supers
249(12)
Abbreviations
249(1)
Script Form
250(4)
Standard Anchor Read
250(1)
Standard 2-shot
250(1)
Standard Anchor Read with Gfx
251(1)
Anchor with Voiceover
251(1)
Anchor with VO/SOT
252(1)
Anchor VO/SOT with Package Intro
253(1)
Supers
254(7)
Names
254(4)
Location, Date, and Miscellaneous
258(3)
Glossary of Broadcast Terms261(6)
Index267

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