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Broadcast Journalism
by Dr Lawrie Zion
In Broadcast Journalism you will explore the reporter's role in factual production across broadcast and electronic media. Topics covered will include research for audio visual media, writing for radio, television and the internet, interviewing techniques, script editing, and the principles of presenting for radio and television, and a practice-based assessment option. To realise this, students will be expected to undertake story design and conception, research, script editing, review and analysis. This subject aims to give students an appreciation of the multi-skilling required by convergence of television, radio, press and internet in the current media environment, and to develop skills in these areas.
Episodes
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Pitching
The pitch is one of the most important parts of a story - it convinces an editor or producer that your idea is solid, interesting, and perfect for their publication. So what makes a good pitch, and how much preparation should you get done beforehand? Copyright 2010 Lawrie Zion / La Trobe...
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Radio Documentaries
Antony Funnell (Presenter, Future Tense, ABC Radio National) talks about his work on Future Tense, how radio documentaries are constructed, and making complex science stories accessible to a general audience. Copyright 2010 Lawrie Zion / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for...
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Knowing Your Audience
This lecture explores how reading scripts out aloud can develop your broadcast writing skills, and explores some of the vocal techniques that broadcasters use when posing questions and delivering intros. Our guest is Tracee Hutchison, who has worked as a broadcaster for ABC TV and radio for much…
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Interviewing Politicians for Broadcast
When you're doing a profile interview on a politician you need to be well prepared. Politicians are regularly interviewed, are well practised, and sometimes it can be a challenge to get an answer that isn't spin. How do you go about structuring an interview, and how do you go about research...
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Profile Interviews
Profiles are a staple of all media formats. But why are they so popular? What are the ingredients of profile interviews? And are there differences when it comes to preparing profile interviews for broadcast and print? Copyright 2010 Lawrie Zion / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact...
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Preparing TV News Scripts
In this example-based lecture we identify the components of TV news stories, how they are written for broadcast, and then repurposed for the web. Is web newswriting becoming more like broadcast writing, and less like print? Copyright 2010 Lawrie Zion / La Trobe University, all rights reserved....
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Broadcast Writing Principles
Broadcast writing differs greatly from its counterpart in print media. The main principle behind broadcast writing is simple: keep it short and to the point. Scripts must be clear, concise, accurate and elegant. Avoid inaccuracies, confusing usage and newspaper-style journalese for the airwaves....
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Dissecting TV News
When it comes to mobilising a mass audience, nothing can beat television news. Australians on average watch over three hours of television every night, and studies in the USA indicate that TV news is still the dominant source of news for Americans. The average television news story is one minute...
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On the Spot Reporting
Jane Cowan has worked since 2001 for the ABC. In the last year her work has been focussed on covering the Victorian bushfires - she was the first TV reporter on the ground in Marysville after Black Saturday, and she has been reporting on the 2009 Bushfires Royal Commission for ABC TV since it was...
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Introduction to Broadcast Journalism
This course is about words – words that are usually spoken aloud, and received to the brain via the ear rather than the eye. In any medium, it is impossible to be a good journalist without being a very good writer. In journalism, a firm footing in certain standards is needed. Broadcast journalism...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
In Broadcast Journalism you will explore the reporter's role in factual production across broadcast and electronic media. Topics covered will include research for audio visual media, writing for radio, television and the internet, interviewing techniques, script editing, and the principles of presenting for radio and television, and a practice-based assessment option. To realise this, students will be expected to undertake story design and conception, research, script editing, review and analysis. This subject aims to give students an appreciation of the multi-skilling required by convergence of television, radio, press and internet in the current media environment, and to develop skills in these areas.
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Dr Lawrie Zion
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