Broadcast Writing: Principles and Practices [Hardcover]

Roger L Walters (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0070680310 | ISBN-13: 978-0070680319 | Publication Date: January 1, 1994 | Edition: 2

Broadcast Writing is a well-received, successful text that has been recommended by the Broadcast Educators Association in its suggested syllabus for courses covering all areas of writing for broadcast including: script writing, news writing and copywriting. The second edition contains expanded material on ethics and careers and has been redesigned so that sample scripts and storyboards will be easier for students to read and comprehend.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 592 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 2 edition (January 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070680310
• ISBN-13: 978-0070680319
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #898,945 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good comprehensive text for brodcast scriptwriting, September 2, 2000

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John Shafer (Middletown, CT, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Broadcast Writing: Principles and Practices (Hardcover)

There are many good texts in newswriting out there, but few which are as comprehensive in all areas of media as this one. I teach a course in broadcast scriptwriting at a community college with the intention of trying to cover as many different formats as possible, e.g., newswriting, commercials, talk-interview, documentary, dramatic narrative, informational, etc. for both radio,TV and film. This text covers all of these and offers both solid theoretical background as well as plenty of real world examples. I do recommend substituting the dramatic narrative chapter with a specialized text for screenplay writing, but it covers the basics. My only real complaint is that it is starting to get a bit out of date. But it is still the best I've come across and better than the Robert Hilliard text, in my opinion.