Broadcast News Handbook: Writing, Reporting, and Producing in the Age of Social Media - Softcover

Tuggle, C. A.; Carr, Forrest; Huffman, Suzanne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0073526223 ISBN 13: 9780073526225

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2013

Synopsis

Broadcast News Handbook: Writing, Reporting, and Producing in the Age of Social Media enables students and professionals to become better writers and better journalists. Backed by 50 years of combined broadcast journalism experience, the authors provide helpful discussions and expert knowledge on crafting language, packaging stories, and overcoming the fundamental challenges of being a young broadcast journalist in the digital era. A new focus on social media brings students full force into the world of cutting-edge reporting.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. C. A. Tuggle began teaching on the university level in 1994 after a 16-year broadcasting career in local television news and media relations. He spent the majority of his career at WFLA-TV, the NBC affiliate in Tampa. He has held numerous newsroom positions, but spent the bulk of his career reporting and producing. He covered both news and sports, including six Super Bowls. Tuggle earned his undergraduate and masters degrees from the University of Florida in Gainesville, and his Ph.D. at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. He is currently teaching electronic communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research has appeared in nearly a dozen scholarly journals and trade publications, and centers on television news practices and procedures. He regularly conducts writing workshops for local stations, professional and academic groups, and high school journalists. He has overseen student newscasts at three universities and helped develop more than 50 interns during his professional career.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0073526223
• ISBN 13: 9780073526225
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 384