Check it out! : great reporters on what it takes to tell the story
by
Athens, Art.
Title
:
Check it out! : great reporters on what it takes to tell the story
Author
:
Athens, Art.
ISBN
:
9780823223534
9780823223527
Personal Author
:
Athens, Art.
Edition
:
1st ed.
Publication Information
:
New York : Fordham University Press, 2004.
Physical Description
:
xiii, 202 p. ; 24 cm.
Series
:
Communications and media studies series, ; no. 11
Communications and media studies ; no. 11.
General Note
:
Includes index.
Contents
:
Ch. 1. All I ever wanted to be -- Ch. 2. "It" : what ya gotta have -- Ch. 3. Hankering to be anchoring -- Ch. 4. Tell me a story -- Ch. 5. So what's news? -- Ch. 6. Coochy, coochy, coo -- Ch. 7. Is that fair? -- Ch. 8. Wireitis (y-er-eye'-tis) -- Ch. 9. To act or not to act : that is the debate -- Ch 10. How can they ask that? -- Ch. 11. Get your news from us -- Ch. 12. It's the writing, stupid! -- Ch. 13. If your mother tells you she loves you, check it out!
Abstract
:
"Here's a legendary journalist's back-to-the-basics guide to the craft of broadcast news. Combining insights from his own award-winning career with in-depth conversations with leading newspeople, Art Athens offers a primer on the best practices in reporting, writing, and delivering the news." "And he lets some of the best in the business talk frankly and passionately about what it takes to do the job right: Dan Rather, Charles Osgood, Mike Wallace, Brian Williams, Andy Rooney, Charles Kuralt, Linda Ellerbee, and Don Hewitt."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject Term
:
Television broadcasting of news -- United States.
Journalism -- United States.
Electronic Access
:
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168020371163 | 070.430973 A867C 2004 | 1 |