A 'survival' guide for the radio journalist in the invariably controversial, politically sensitive and socially vital news industry. Basic newswriting skills, attitudes, styles, specialist techniques, hazards, technical and ethical options, editing, and regional issues are covered. The ?complete? news editor?s assistant, this course can be used either as an introduction to radio news, as a specialist focussing aid, or as a general reference tool.
Newswriting for Radio is a two-CD complete training package, it covers everything a newcomer to the industry needs to know, in a logical order: The several definitions and categories of news; its relevance to the society it serves; the desirable qualities, characteristics and expectations of a journalist; the structure of a news story; writing for the ear; grammar and sentence structure; sifting facts and opinions; getting an image across in a news story; technical requirements such as accuracy, balance, clarity, brevity, attributions, legal necessities; headline, summary and bulletin structuring; following up or further story development; news formats and values; research and analysis of audiences, their types, demographics and maintenance; the technical aspects and options available; dealing with the pressures exerted by political, financial, or societal considerations; specialist ?rounds? and regional issues; basic media law ? with regional differences; the journalist?s legal rights and constraints; words and phrases to use, and others to avoid ? and why.For information about the price (box plus postage) please contact: info@aibd.org.my
Alternatively you can download the CDs from here, but due to the size of the file, this is only an option if you have broadband internet access. And even then it takes about five hours to download.
Newswriting for Radio Disc 1 CD-ROM image (624 Mbyte, MD5 9dd9527814ecb131be94102747a046dd)
Newswriting for Radio Disc 2 CD-ROM image (447 Mbyte, MD5 3a441abad4cfb84cdbb0b7dd10f6e5ff)
Please take note that the download file is an ISO 9660 image, which needs to be transferred to a CD-recordable. All popular CD-writing software on the market support ISO 9660 image transfer.
For information about the price (box plus postage) please contact: info@aibd.org.my
