Broadcast Journalism, Fifth Edition

Broadcast Journalism Titles in the series Series editor: F. W. Hodgson BROADCAST JOURNALISM Andrew Boyd INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING David Spark JOURNALISM WORKBOOK Brendan Hennessy and F. W. Hodgson LAW AND THE MEDIA Tom Crone MODERN NEWSPAPER PRACTICE F. W. Hodgson NEWSPAPER LANGUAGE Nicholas Bagnall PRACTICAL NEWSPAPER REPORTING Geoffrey Harris and David Spark PRACTICAL PHOTOJOURNALISM Martin Keene NEW SUBEDITING F. W. Hodgson WRITING FEATURES ARTICLES Brendan Hennessy Broadcast Journalism Techniques of Radio and Television News Fifth Edition Andrew Boyd Focal Press OXFORD AUCKLAND BOSTON JOHANNESBURG MELBOURNE NEW DELHI Focal Press An imprint of Butterworth-Heinemann Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP 225 Wildwood Avenue, Woburn, MA 01801-2041 A division of Reed Educational and Professional Publishing Ltd A member of the Reed Elsevier plc group First published 1988 Reprinted 1990 Second edition 1993 Reprinted 1993 Third edition 1994 Reprinted 1995 Fourth edition 1997 Reprinted 1998 (twice), 1999 Fifth edition 2001 © Andrew Boyd 2001 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright holder except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London, England W1P 0LP. Applications for the copyright holder’s written permission to reproduce any part of this publication should be addressed to the publishers British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data Boyd, Andrew, 1956– Broadcast journalism: techniques of radio and television news/Andrew Boyd – 5th ed. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-240-51571-4 (alk. paper) 1. Broadcast journalism. 2. Broadcast journalism – Great Britain. I. Title. PN4784.B75 B69 2000 070.1⬘94–dc21 00-064672 ISBN 0 240 51571 4 Composition by Genesis Typesetting, Rochester, Kent Printed and bound in Great Britain To Michael and Laura and all my students – the voices of tomorrow Our success is measured by the success of our successors. This Page Intentionally Left Blank Contents Foreword How to use this book List of illustrations Acknowledgements Part One Broadcast Journalism NEWS GATH