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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.
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International Radio Journalism 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 America, Britain, Europe and many other areas of the world. International Radio Journalism is a theoretical textbook and a practical guide for students of radio journalism, experienced 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 differing roles of journalists throughout the world. The author analyses the major public sector broadcast networks such as the BBC, CBC, NPR and ABC and the work of commercial radio and small public radio stations, in the United States, Britain and Australia. Tim 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 unique chapters on comparative media law for broadcast journalists, the implications of multimedia and new technologies, digital applications in radio news, and glossaries which cover the skills of voice presentation, writing radio news and broadcast vocabulary. 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. Communication and Society General Editor: James Curran GLASNOST, PERESTROIKA AND THE SOVIET MEDIA Brian McNair PLURALISM, POLITICS AND THE MARKETPLACE The Regulation of German Broadcasting Vincent Porter and Suzanne Hasselbach POTBOILERS Methods, Concepts and Case Studies in Popular Fiction Jerry Palmer COMMUNICATION AND CITIZENSHIP Journalism and the Public Sphere Edited by Peter Dahlgren and Colin Sparks SEEING AND BELIEVING The Influence of Television Greg Philo CRITICAL COMMUNICATION STUDIES Communication, History and Theory