The Broadcast News Toolkit Inside the Digital Newsroom

The Broadcast News Toolkit focuses on the writing, shooting, and production of broadcast news across multimedia platforms in a non-technical and visually engaging way. Covering a range of different story forms in broadcast news (RDR, FS, VO, VO/SOT, PKG, and Liveshots), this book illustrates basic audio/video shooting and editing techniques through straightforward examples, including online video tutorials that can be accessed via a QR code within the book. Specific issues relating to online content, social media, and audience engagement are discussed in detail, and the authors further explore why trust in news media is declining, the impact that fake news and deep fake videos have on media credibility in newsrooms, and what can be done to increase the perceived credibility of the news. Students will also learn how to write leads and teases that will keep viewers engaged. This is an ideal text for undergraduate and graduate students of Broadcast and Multimedia Journalism who are looking for a clear and concise guide to the modern digital newsroom.

List of Tables Dedication and Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Broadcast Newswriting Rules: Writing for the Ear Chapter 2: Credibility and Trust in the Media Chapter 3: Finding Compelling Story Ideas Chapter 4: Great Leads and Tantalizing Teases Chapter 5: Interviewing Chapter 6: Writing Radio News and Producing Podcasts Chapter 7: The Reader, VO Story Forms, and Graphics Chapter 8 – The VO/SOT Chapter 9: The Package Chapter 10: Writing for the Web Chapter 11: The Basics of Gathering Video and Audio for News Stories Chapter 12: Video and Audio Editing Chapter 13: Writing Specific Types of Stories Chapter 14: Live Shots Chapter 15: Producing the TV Newscast Chapter 16: News Ethics Index

Kirsten Johnson is a professor in the Department of Communications at Elizabethtown College. She was a former television news producer at WOI-TV in Des Moines, Ia. and WGAL-TV in Lancaster, Pa. Prior to her time working in television, she worked in radio at KRNT and KIOA. She earned a Ph.D. from Drexel University, a M.S. from Kutztown University, and a B.A. from Drake University. Dr. Johnson is a co-author of the textbook Shoot, Edit, Share. Jodi Radosh, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Communication at Alvernia University. She is also the co- author of the video production textbook Shoot, Edit, Share. She earned a Ph.D. in Mass Media and Communication and a M.J. in Journalism from Temple University. She received a B.A. from Rutgers University. Dr. Radosh worked as a television reporter for various news stations including WGAL-TV.