Roll! Shooting TV News

The History of Television Photojournalism - From the Beginning; John DeTarsio, A Storyteller's Story; Larry Hatteberg, The Chain Of Command; Eric Kehe, The Photographic Department - People and Equipment; The Language of Lenses; Stephen Hooker, Camera Techniques for Spot News; Christian Parkinson, General News - From Kings to Commoners; Ray Farkas: Interviews - Talking Heads and Voyeurism; Corky Scholl, Feature Stories, B-Roll, Sequencing and Great Moments; Lisa Berglund, Truth and Filmmaking, Objective and Subjective Camerawork; Ian Pearson, Legalities and Ethics - Do the Right Thing; Mitchell Wagenberg, Covert Camera - The Fangs of the Fourth Estate; Heidi McGuire, The One - Woman - Band; Greg Stickney, Live - What TV News Does Best; Sam Allen, Get Into the Game - Athletic Photography; Brian Weister, Editing - A Cut Above; Mike Elwell: Embed - War Coverage; Bart Noonan, World Coverage - From the Top Down; David Hands, Freelancing in TV News; Rustin Thompson, From News to Independent Documentaries; Kevin Sites, The Future of Journalism
Parting Shots; Appendix A Video Formats; Appendix B Setting Up a Video Monitor; Appendix C More on Lighting; Appendix D RCFP First Amendment Handbook;
Appendix E RTNDA Code of Ethics; Appendix F NPPA Code of Ethics; Appendix G Sound

Rich Underwood teaches Advanced Cinematography at San Diego State University in California. He is a working director and cinematographer. More about the author's production work can be found on www.filmspot.tv.

"Rich Underwood's book is the first comprehensive study of a subject that has been shrouded in mystery for too long. I've always felt there's a real art to shooting news and documentary-style productions; finally someone has come along and proven it. Practical advice and insights from working professionals are mixed with technical information in an easily readable style. I highly recommend it to anyone with an interest in the subject, even if they're only shooting home movies!" - Richard Crudo, ASC

"The best storytellers show us what we might miss, even standing next to them. These pages are filled with the best. At long last, a book that captures not only the nuts and bolts of our business, but also the adventure. Rich Underwood has created something rare--a tool that teaches both the most experienced and the beginner at the same time." - Bob Dotson, American Story with Bob Dotson, NBC News Today Show

"A lively primer in life behind the newsroom doors. If you have ever wondered what happens when the TV photographers gets the big assignment, this book will give you the details." - Bob Brandon, Freelance cameraman, author, and winner of the Joseph A. Sprague Memorial Award

"This advice from some of the most outstanding video photojournalists in the industry is just as useful to the hundreds of former still photographers who now are moving into the video world and posting their work online. Roll! goes way behind theory to the The micro- specifics of how the best photojournalists do their work.
If you want to know the best lights, best microphones best tripod to use--it is in there. If you want to understand depth of field, motion and shot composition--it is in there. I have been around TV news for more than 30 years and found myself scribbling the pages with my highlighter pen so I could come back to Rich Underwood's advice again and again. This book is a winner."

Al Tompkins
Author, teacher, journalist
The Poynter Institute
St Petersburg,