Every prospective radio-TV journalist must start somewhere. And the best place to start is at the beginning … Beginning Radio-TV Newswriting. The fourth edition* of this bestselling text is truly a self-instructional learning experience, familiarizing students with the basic styles, principles, and techniques of radio-TV newswriting. Through clear instruction, examples and exercises, beginning students learn correct radio-TV news style and learn how to:

Understand and use basic radio-TV news terms.

Write radio and television news “reader” stories.

Place attribution in its proper place in a sentence.

Place a person’s title in its proper place in a sentence.

Place a person’s age in its proper place in a sentence.

Place a person’s address in its proper place in a sentence.

Write direct and indirect quotations.

Place time elements in their proper place in a sentence.

Write numbers.

Write individually voiced numbers and letters.

Write copy to match pictures and graphics.

Write copy to match video.

Write introductions to reporter packages.

Edit copy.

New to this edition are a list of radio-TV news terms and summary writing assignments for radio and television newswriting, which test student mastery of basic skills. Fully updated and with even more examples, exercises and tests, Beginning Radio-TV Newswriting is the ideal supplement to basic newswriting texts or basic radio-TV industry texts for beginning students.