Writing and producing television news : from newsroom to air / Alan Schroeder.

How TV news graphics are created -- Uses of TV news graphics -- To move or not to move? -- On-screen placement of TV news graphics -- Aesthetic considerations in TV news graphics -- Challenges of creating TV news graphics -- Using typography in TV news graphics -- Writing titles and captions for TV news graphics -- Step by step: creating graphics for TV news stories -- On-screen supers in TV newscasts -- Step by step: writing on-screen supers -- Checklist of key points -- Assignments/analysis -- 10: Television news on the web -- Growth of TV news on the web -- Responsibilities of web journalists -- Contents of TV news websites -- Writing for TV news websites -- TV news webcasts -- Checklist of key points -- Assignments/analysis -- Glossary: TV news terms -- Information about the City of Lakedale -- Appendix A: Radio-television news directors association code of ethics and professional conduct -- Appendix B: Ten questions for ethical decision making -- Index.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1: Newsroom -- Newsroom atmosphere -- Jobs in a TV newsroom -- Day-to-day operations in a TV newsroom -- Working in TV news -- Diversity in TV newsrooms -- Checklist of key points -- Assignments/analysis -- Part 1: Writing And Reporting -- 2: Language of television news -- Writing in a two-track language -- Writing for TV versus writing for other news media -- Writing in a conversational style -- Using the parts of speech in TV news scripts -- Other TV newswriting issues -- Checklist of key points -- Assignments/analysis -- 3: Writing studio-based news stories -- Overview of studio-based TV news stories -- Anchor readers -- Voice-over or reader/voice-over stories -- Voice-over/sound on tape stories -- Setting up a sound bite -- Using natural sound full -- Referencing: the challenge of writing to video -- Checklist of key points -- Assignments/analysis -- 4: Writing news packages -- What is a news package? -- How a news package is produced --^

Problems of news judgment decision making -- Covering diverse communities -- News judgment and sensitive subject matter -- Other influences on news judgment decision making -- Enterprise reporting -- Investigative journalism -- Feature stories -- Checklist of key points -- Assignments/analysis -- 7: Newscast producing -- Theories of newscast producing -- Content of TV newscasts -- Form of TV newscasts -- Timing of TV newscasts -- Producing a short newscast -- Producing a medium-length newscast -- Producing a long-form newscast -- Checklist of key points -- Assignments/analysis -- 8: News teases -- What is a news tease? -- Challenges of writing news teases -- Mechanics of writing news teases -- Rules for writing news teases -- Relating news teases to viewers -- Using titles in news teases -- Examples of news teases -- Checklist of key points -- Assignments/analysis -- 9: TV news graphics, titles, and supers -- News graphics in television journalism --^

Structuring a news package -- Getting started as you write a news package -- Writing package leads-ins and tags -- Sound bites versus narration -- Incorporating sound bites -- Writing voice-over narration -- Using natural sound -- Reporter stand-ups -- Script format for packages -- Rewriting a package into a VO or VO/SOT/VO -- Tips for writing better packages -- Questions to ask yourself as you write -- Checklist of key points -- Assignments/analysis -- 5: On-camera journalist -- Role of an on-camera journalist -- Live remotes -- Hazards of reporting live on camera -- Reporter stand-ups on tape -- Working as a TV news reporter -- Anchoring the news -- Interviewing on camera -- Techniques of TV news interviewing -- Finding work as an on-camera journalist -- Checklist of key points -- Assignments/analysis -- Part 2: Producing -- 6: News judgments -- What makes a story newsworthy? -- Seven news judgment criteria -- Applying the news judgment criteria --^