| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 192 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Media skills
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Media skills.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-189) and index. |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Good spoken English; 3 The language of broadcast news; 4 Writing broadcast news scripts; 5 Different techniques for radio and television; 6 Writing online news; 7 And finally . . .; Appendix Dangerous words: An alphabetical checklist; Further reading; Index. |
| Summary |
Guides readers through the significant differences between the written and the spoken versions of journalistic English. This title helps broadcast journalists at different stages of their careers to avoid such pitfalls as the use of newspaper-English, common linguistic errors, and Americanised phrases. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Broadcast journalism -- Authorship.
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Broadcast journalism -- Authorship. |
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Reporters and reporting.
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Reporters and reporting. |
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Report writing.
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Report writing. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thompson, Rick, 1947- Writing for broadcast journalists. 2nd ed. London ; New York : Routledge, 2010 9780415581677 (OCoLC)615842766 |
| ISBN |
9780203845776 (electronic book) |
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0203845773 (electronic book) |
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9780415581677 (Cloth) |
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0415581672 (Cloth) |
| Standard No. |
9786612732645 |
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