Beginning Radio-TV Newswriting

From the back cover of the 4/e:

Every prospective radio-TV journalist must start somewhere, and the best place to start is at the beginning ... Beginning Radio-TV Newswriting. This newly revised edition of a bestselling text is truly a self-instructional learning experience, familiarizing students with the basic styles, principles, and techniques of radio-TV newswriting. Through clear instruction, examples and exercises, beginning students learn correct radio-TV news style and learn how to:
- Understand and use basic radio-TV news terms.
- Write radio and television news "reader" stories.
- Place attribution in its proper place in a sentence.
- Place a person's title in its proper place in a sentence.
- Place a person's age in its proper place in a sentence.
- Place a person's address in its proper place in a sentence.
- Write direct and indirect quotations.
- Place time elements in their proper place in a sentence.
- Write numbers.
- Write individually voiced numbers and letters.
- Write copy to match pictures and graphics.
- Write copy to match video.
- Write introductions to reporter packages.
- Edit copy.

New to this edition are a list of radio-TV news terms and summary writing assignments for radio and television newswriting, which test student mastery of basic skills. Fully updated and with even more examples, exercises and tests, Beginning Radio-TV Newswriting is the ideal supplement to basic newswriting texts or basic radio-TV industry texts for beginning students.