Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook

Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook is the go-to resource for writing broadcast news, offering a concise introduction to writing engaging stories for television, radio, podcasts and online media.

Covering the nuances of reporting, grammar, style and usage, readers will learn how to craft stories on government, crime, weather, education, health, sports and more. This eighth edition is updated to include:

• New sections on industry challenges and opportunities from artificial intelligence, deepfakes and streaming.
• Fully updated examples, exercises and glossary.
• An expanded focus on ethics with ethical issues discussed in virtually every chapter.

Drawing on over a quarter of a century of broadcast news and industry research experience, authors Papper and Kolodzy once again ensure this vital text contains all the information necessary for being a successful news writer today.

Whether you’re a journalism student or a working broadcast professional, Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook is a definitive reference for your bookshelf.

This book also features an accompanying Instructor Manual, found at www.routledge.com/9781032519845

Bob Papper is Research Professor at the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. A graduate of Columbia College and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, he has worked as a producer, writer and manager at TV stations in Minneapolis, San Francisco, Washington, DC and Columbus, OH and radio stations in New York, Maine and Indiana. He has won more than a hundred awards including the top honors in broadcast journalism (duPont-Columbia) and in broadcast journalism education (Ed Bliss Award).

Prof. Janet Kolodzy teaches multimedia and broadcast journalism at Emerson College in Boston. A Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism graduate, she has worked as a writer, copyeditor and producer at CNN and CNN International. She was the education reporter and an editor at the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Arkansas Democrat. She is the author of Practicing Convergence Journalism.