Writing News for T.V.and Radio: The Interactive CD and Handbook - Softcover

Block, Mervin ; Durso, Joe

9781566251136: Writing News for T.V.and Radio: The Interactive CD and Handbook

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ISBN 10: 1566251133 ISBN 13: 9781566251136

Publisher: Bonus Books Inc, 1994

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This disk and book enable students to learn the basics on their own. These new teaching tools put students to work, but let them proceed at their own pace. And let them run - or stroll - through a series of exercises on screen. They can take these exercises whenever and as often as they wish. Each round of exercises is a learning experience. Students learn the Dos and Don'ts, Cans and Can'ts, Musts and Mustn'ts. They learn them and learn how to apply them with a relaxed approach.

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About the Author

Mervin Block is a broadcast writing coach and author. He has written news at three television networks: as a staff writer for the "CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite" and the "ABC Evening News with Frank Reynolds," and as a freelancer at NBC News. He has written news for Ed Bradley, Tom Brokaw, Walter Cronkite, Douglas Edwards, Charles Kuralt, Roger Mudd, Edwin Newman, Charles Osgood, Dan Rather, Harry Reasoner, Frank Reynolds, Diane Sawyer, Bob Schieffer, Robert Trout and Mike Wallace. Block teaches newswriting workshops at TV and radio newsrooms around the country. In 2004, the Chicago Press Veterans Association chose him as Press Veteran of the Year.

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Book and CD-ROM. This teach-yourself CD-ROM and book enables students to learn the basics on their own. These new teaching tools put students to work, but let them proceed at their own pace. And let them run or stroll through a series of exercises on screen. They can take these exercises whenever and as often as they wish. Each round of exercises is a learning experience. Students learn the Dos and Don'ts, Cans and Cant's, Musts and Mustn'ts. They learn them and learn how to apply them with a relaxed approach.

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