ESSENTIAL RADIO JOURNALISM HOW TO PRODUCE AND PRESENT RADIO NEWS

'INCREDIBLY COMPREHENSIVE. LEARN AND UNDERSTAND THIS LOT AND YOU WILL HAVE A FINE GRASP' JON SNOW 'THIS SETS THE STANDARD FOR EVERY RADIO NEWSROOM' - ANDY IVY, EDITOR, SKY NEWS RADIO IN AN AGE OF INFINITE CHOICE MADE POSSIBLE BY NEW TECHNOLOGY, AND A DISTURBING MOVE AWAY FROM TRADITIONAL REPORTING INTO COLOURFUL COMMENT AND SPECULATION BY BLOGS AND 'CITIZEN JOURNALISTS' THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO FOCUS ON PURE JOURNALISM SKILLS. ESSENTIAL RADIO JOURNALISM IS A VASTLY COMPREHENSIVE WORKING MANUAL FOR RADIO JOURNALISTS AS WELL AS A TEXTBOOK FOR BROADCAST JOURNALISM STUDENTS. IT CONTAINS PRACTICAL ADVICE FOR GATHERING, REPORTING, WRITING, EDITING AND PRESENTING, THE NEWS, ALONGSIDE MEDIA LAW AND ETHICS. THERE IS A WEALTH OF 'INSIDE' INFORMATION, CHECKLISTS AND ON-THE-JOB ADVICE THAT YOU CAN IMMEDIATELY PUT TO USE WHETHER YOU ARE IN YOUR FIRST JOB OR HAVE SEVERAL YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. THIS IS A BOOK TO INSPIRE RESPONSIBLE, ACCURATE AND EXCEPTIONAL JOURNALISM SKILLS.