Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook (4th Edition)

The first and most widely used handbook in broadcast news, this book clearly and concisely outlines the rules of broadcast news writing, reporting, grammar, style, and usage.

The Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook is the everyday resource for both beginning and advanced writers of broadcast news. With chapter-by-chapter coverage of story types, from business stories to crime and legal reporting, education, government, health, the environment, weather, and sports, the Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook lays out the particular demands of composition, form, style, and usage in all the diverse areas of broadcast news.

The first and most widely used handbook in broadcast news, Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook clearly and concisely outlines the rules of broadcast news writing, grammar, style, and usage. This book is the everyday resource for both beginning and advanced writers of broadcast news. With chapter-by-chapter coverage of story types, from business stories to crime and legal reporting, education, government, health, the environment, weather, and sports, the Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook lays out the particular demands of composition, form, style, and usage in all the diverse areas of broadcast news. This book is a complete reference text for both aspiring and experienced journalists.

New to Third Edition

• A new, extensive chapter on convergence and the Web includes detailed explanations about constructing online stories as well as online research, preparing students for today’s Internet-connected newsrooms.
• A new opening chapter lays down an extensive explanation of what news is and news judgment, providing context for later chapters.
• A new chapter on producing news for TV includes examples of newscast lineups, helping students to understand how a newscast is put together.
• A new chapter on story ideas and the assignment desk explains how TV stations determine what stories to cover and how students and professionals can come up with better story ideas.
• A new chapter on education provides information on how school systems operate and defines important terms.
• An expanded chapter on the calendar includes more of the world’s major religious holidays and state holidays.

Praise for Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook

This is an excellent text for beginning, intermediate, and advanced news writing and reporting classes. Comprehensive and practical, the text is an easy-to-understand read that addresses news writing and reporting. . . .
Camilla V. Gant, State University of West Georgia

Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook takes the best parts of my current textbooks and synthesizes them into one. . . . I give this book a very high recommendation.
Jeff Porche, Sam Houston State University

This text communicates in a way that offers practical advice without being haughty. Since the text is addressing the importance of readable copy for electronic media, it is paramount that the text be readable, and it is.
Kymberly Fox, Texas State University