"The Radio Journalism Toolkit" offers detailed, practical advice for anybody who wants to wield a microphone.If you're attracted by the adrenaline-pumping possibilities of reporting the news on the biggest, fastest medium available, this book will tell you how. It covers everything from how to hold that mike to writing for the ear, compiling bulletins, handling difficult interviews and digital editing. It includes a particular focus on the needs of community radio journalists, who have to report on a shoestring. Practical exercises are backed up by a CD with raw sound to work on, examples of great radio reports and other material.And don't forget to follow the adventures of Ace Tshabalala, intern at Sandi FM, as he gets to grips with the reality of a radio newsroom!Practical exercises are backed up by an interactive CD-ROM with raw sound to work on, examples of great radio reports and other material.
Features of the CD are: Practical exercises with interviews; Examples of common audio problems; Radio Packages; and, Internet Links to: the BBC, the International Women's Media Fellowship, iTrainonline, Writing for Radio (Newscript), Feature packages from the CBC's Dispatches programme, and Radio Diaries from National Public Radio.
- ISBN13 9781919855790
- Publish Date 30 June 2006
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 27 July 2015
- Publish Country ZA
- Imprint STE Publishers
- Format Paperback
- Pages 168
- Language English