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Computers in Broadcast and Cable Newsrooms: Using Technology in Television News Production takes readers through the use of computers and software in the broadcast/cable newsroom environment. Author Phillip O. Keirstead began writing about television news technology decades ago in an effort to help television news managers cope with technological change. In this text, he demonstrates the myriad ways in which today's journalism is tied to technology, and he shows how television news journalists rely on varied and complex technologies to produce timely, interesting, and informative broadcasts. Using a hands-on, practical approach to cover the role computers play in various parts of the newsroom, the volume will be of great practical value to undergraduate and graduate students in advanced broadcast/news television courses.
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Computers In Broadcast and Cable Newsrooms Using Technology in Television News Production LEA's COMMUNICATION SERIES Jennings Bryant / Dolf Zillmann, General Editors Selected Titles in the Communication Series include: Butler • Television: Critical Methods and Applications, Second Edition Eastman • Research in Media Promotion MacFarland • Future Radio Programming Strategies: Cultivating Listenership in the Digital Age, Second Edition Metallinos • Television Aesthetics: Perceptual, Cognitive, and Compositional Bases Orlik • Electronic Media Criticism: Applied Perspectives, Second Edition Plum • Underwriting 101: Selling College Radio Sterling/Kittross • Stay Tuned: A Concise History of American Broadcasting, Third Edition Webster/Phalen/Lichty • Ratings Analysis: The Theory and Practice of Audience Research, Second Edition For a complete list of titles in LEA's Communication Series, please contact Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, at www.erlbaum.com Computers In Broadcast and Cable Newsrooms Using Technology in Television News Production Phillip O. Keirstead, PhD Florida A&M University 2005 LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES, PUBLISHERS Mahwah, New Jersey London Copyright © 2005 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microform, retrieval system, or any other means, without prior written permission of the publisher. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers 10 Industrial Avenue Mahwah, New Jersey 07430 Cover design by Kathryn Houghtaling Lacey Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Keirstead, Phillip O. Computers in broadcast and cable newsrooms : using technology in television news production / Phillip O. Keirstead. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8058-3063-4 (alk. Paper) ISBN 0-8058-3064-2 (pbk. : alk. Paper) 1. Television broadcasting of news—Production and direction. 2. Television broadcasting of news—Television innovations. I. Title. PN4784.T4K387 2004 070.4'3—dc22 2004046976 CIP Books published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates are printed on acid-free paper, and their bindings are chosen for strength and durability. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents Preface vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction xiii 1 What Does a TV Producer Do? 1 2 The Heart of the Newsroom: What People Use to Produce the News and How They Do It 18 3 The Producer's Desk: Where it All Comes Together 29 4 Gathering Up the Bits and Pieces 50 5 The Production Team 69 6 The Assignment Desk 89 7 Computers in the Control Room 115 8 Computer-Assisted Reporting 130 9 Managing a Computerized Newsroom