1st Edition

International Radio Journalism

By Tim Crook Copyright 1998

    Radio journalists have witnessed much of the history of the twentieth century. From early documentary recordings , to the ground-breaking war reporting of Ed Murrow and Richard Dimbleby, to the sophisticated commentaries of Alistair Cooke and reporters such as Fergal Keane, International Radio Journalism explores the way radio has covered the most important stories this century and the way in which it continues to document events in Britan, America, Europe and many other countries around the world.
    International Radio Journalism is both a theoretical textbook and a practical guide for students of radio journalism, reporters, editors and producers. The book details training and professional standards in writing, presentation, technology, editorial ethics and media law in America, Britain, Australia and other English speaking countries and examines the major public sector broadcast networks such as the BBC, CBC, NPR and ABC as well as the work of commercial and small public radio stations.
    Timothy Crook investigates the way in which news reporting has been influenced by governments and media conglomerates and identifies an undercurrent of racial and sexual discrimination throughout the history of radio news. There are chapters on media law for broadcast journalists, the implications of multi-media and new technologies, digital applications in radio news, and glossaries which cover the skills of voice presentaion, writing radio news and broadcast vocabulary.

    Part I INTRODUCTION: PRACTICE, THEORY AND HISTORY 1 From Box Room to Digital Control Room 2 Basic Skills, Listening and Contacts 3 Experience, Print Media, Languages and Multimedia 14 Attitudes and News 5 Objectivity and Theory Part II RADIO JOURNALISM HISTORY: ORIGINS TO 1939 6 The Origins 7 The Political and Journalistic Use of Early Recording Technology 8 Early Radio Journalism 9 The Political Dimension of Sound Journalism 10 Sport: a springboard for spontaneity 11 Radio Drama: a source of innovation and sensational treatment 12 Appeasement and Fascism: radio’s response through journalism Part III PRACTICE SKILLS AND CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE 13 The Voice and the A to Z of Presentation 14 Using Portable Equipment 15 Writing Radio News Glossary of Radio News and A to Z of Vocabulary and Principles Part IV THE SECOND WORLD WAR: FROM ADOLESCENCE TO ADULTHOOD 16 The Phoney War and the Fall of France 17 The Holocaust and Other Horrors 18 Dieppe, Pearl Harbor, D-Day and other Campaigns Part V INTERNATIONAL MEDIA LAW FOR RADIO JOURNALISTS 19 Defamation 20 Contempt of Court, Access to Court Proceedings and Other Restrictions 21 Sources, Election Law and Other Matters Part VI MODERN STYLES OF RADIO REPORTING AND JOURNALISM 22 The History and Development of UK Independent Radio Journalism 23 Contrasting Styles of Contemporary Radio Journalism

    Biography

    Tim Crook is Head of Radio and Lecturer in the Media and Communications Department at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and is an awardwinning journalist and live talk-show presenter with LBC.

    'This book is full of practical hints, cautionary tales and examples of classic and exemplary journalism.' - Helen Wilson, Media International Australia