On camera : how to report, anchor & interview / Nancy Reardon with Tom Flynn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reardon, Nancy.

Contributor:

Flynn, Tom.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television broadcasting of news--Vocational guidance.

Television broadcasting of news.

Interviewing on television--Vocational guidance.

Interviewing on television.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Other Title:

How to report, anchor & interview

On camera : how to report, anchor and interview

Place of Publication:

Burlington, Mass. : Focal Press, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

<P>This book teaches you how to appear professional and feel at ease on camera whether doing an interview, reporting in the field, or reading from a prompter. You will improve your skills-at the network level or as a backpack journalist-through career-focused tips and tried-and-true principles.</P>

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Writers' Biographies; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Interviewing; 1 Interviewing; Prepare; Communicate; Listen; To Pre-interview or Not to Pre-interview?; Be Polite; Hard News Interviews; Soft News Interviews; Hard News Interview Techniques; Soft News Interview Techniques; The All-Important First Question; The Shape of an Interview; Time Is of the Essence; Answers That are Toooo Long; Questions That Are Toooo Long; Yes or No Questions; Anecdotes and Stories; Have More Questions Than You Think You Will Need

Where Do You Look When You Are Interviewing?Your Voice; Whose Interview Is It Anyway?; The End of the Interview; The Difference Maker; Are There Any Exercises I Can Use?; Exercise for Interview Variety; Exercise for Questions; Exercise for Asking the Challenging Question; Exercise for Listening; Exercise for Flexibility; One Last Exercise; Practice, Practice, Practice; 2 The Interviewee; Monotone = Boring; Know Your Audience; On-Camera Reporting; 3 Gathering the Facts; Nancy's Accident Story; It's Television, Get Video; One Man Band; See It, Shoot It; Cut-aways, Reverses, and Jump Cuts

More Tricks of the TradeHow to Start Your On-Scene Interviews; Live Interviews for On-Camera Reporters; 4 Writing the Story; Nancy's Class Fire Story; On-Camera Field Interviews; Let's Write the Script and Make a Package; This Is a Visual Medium; Pace; Language Is a Tool; Hard News/Light News; A Few Other Points; Reporting from the War Front; Fat Head Advice; Finding Your Stories and Developing Your Sources; Conclusion to Writing the Script; 5 Presenting the Report on Camera; Studio Lead or Studio Throw; Beware of the Same Copy; The Package; Stand-Ups; Be Creative But...; Wallpaper; Bridges

GraphicsFile Tape; The Close; The Tag; Q and A; Reporters' Notes and Note Books; Microphone Position; Where Do I Look?; It's All in How You Ask the Question; Intention; Some Final Notes for On-Camera Reporter Interviews; The 5 Ws and the Dreaded H; You Teach the Guest; One Question at a Time; Think of Your Priorities; You Are Going Live; Stay Calm in a Crisis; Don't Give Up; Substitutions; Crowds; How Do You Handle Disagreements with Your Boss?; Conclusion; Reporting Exercises; Beat Reporting; 6 Sports Reporting; You're Still a Reporter; How to Practice; What's a Sports Story?; Breaking In

7 Weather ReportingWatch the Over-Hype; Trust Yourself; Be Fast on Your Feet; Details; Airtime; Styling; Mistakes to Avoid; Don't Hide Your Inner Ethic; 8 Medical Reporting; Do I Need To Be a Doctor?; You Need to Know Both TV and Science; Don't Worry; Legalities and Permissions; Getting Started; Where the Stories Are; Sum Up; 9 Legal Reporting; Skills for a Legal Reporter; Where To Find Stories; Advice for Students; Listen Up, You Idiot!; 10 Entertainment Reporting; Are You the One for MTV?; Hunting for Stories on the Entertainment Beat; Making a Video for MTV; The Question Everyone Asks

11 Business Reporting

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781134624478

1134624476

9780203496749

0203496744

OCLC:

852757390