1st Edition

Writing and Reporting News You Can Use

By Tammy Trujillo Copyright 2018
    240 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    240 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    Writing and Reporting News You Can Use instructs students on how to produce news that is informative, interesting, educational, and most importantly, compelling. It addresses roadblocks to student interest in writing news, using illustrative examples and exercises to help them understand how to write news that is interesting and accurate. Trujillo’s hands-on approach is based on real-world strategies that deal with audience and market characteristics. Students are writing from the very beginning while also getting the ethical and legal grounding necessary to understand the field. This textbook is a complete resource for students learning broadcast news, including how to get a job after leaving the classroom.

    Part One – Introduction

    Part Two - The Basics

    1. What is News and Where Does It Come From?

    2. What do People Want from a Newscast?

    3. The Rules and Regulations - Avoiding Legal Problems

    4. Ethical and Moral Newswriting

    Part Three - Write

    5. Writing the News to Make It More Readable

    6. News Judgment - How to Pick the Right Stories

    7. Re-write and Then Re-write it Again

    8. Types of Stories

    9. Teases and Headlines

    10. Enterprising Stories

    11. Public Affairs News

    12. Creating Series and Multi-Part Stories

    Part Four - Working with Audio and Video

    13. Types of Audio and Video

    14. Effective Interviewing

    15. Selecting and Writing with Interview Clips

    16. Adding Creative Elements to News Stories

    Part Five - Social and Multi-Media News

    17. Writing for Internet Usage

    18. Packaging for Multi- Media

    19. Social Media as a News Source

    Part Six - Reporting and Presenting the News

    20. The Right Attitude and Approach

    21. Sounding Like the Expert

    22. Looking like a Pro

    Part Seven - Becoming a Pro

    23. The Life of a News Professional

    24. Creating and Marketing Your Demo

    25. News Tests and Interviews

    26. Making Your First Career Move

    Part Eight –Conclusion

    Biography

    Tammy Trujillo is currently the lead Professor of Broadcasting at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, CA as well as Director of its two award-winning campus radio stations. Tammy is a member of SAG-AFTRA, a former Board Member of the Associated Press Television Radio Association, a Hall of Fame member at Long Beach City College and a member of Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters.

    "For anyone who has been in the news reporting business, when reading Trujillo’s text, they can truly identify with what she’s written.  She tells is like it is and to newbies this is the text to use."

    - Mac Aipperspach, Del Mar College, USA