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Chapters: Cadillac Ranch, the Big Texan Steak Ranch, Don Harrington Discovery Center, Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Cadillac Ranch is a public art installation and sculpture in Amarillo, Texas, U.S. It was created in 1974 by Chip Lord, Hudson Marquez and Doug Michels, who were a part of the art group Ant Farm, and it consists of what were (when originally installed during 1974) either older running used or junk Cadillac automobiles, representing a number of evolutions of the car line (most notably the birth and death of the defining feature of early Cadillacs; the tail fin) from 1949 to 1963, half-buried nose-first in the ground, at an angle corresponding to that of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. The piece is a statement about the paradoxical simultaneous American fascinations with both a "sense of place" and roadside attractions, such as The Ranch itself and the mobility and freedom of the automobile. Cadillac Ranch is currently located at . It was originally located in a wheat field, but in 1997 the installation was quietly moved by a local contractor two miles (three kilometers) to the west, to a cow pasture along Interstate 40, in order to place it further from the limits of the growing city. One of the laborers on the relocation project was cult figure and Amarillo native Brian Deneke; one of many local youths who worked for Stanley Marsh 3 on various art projects at the time. Both sites belong to the local millionaire Stanley Marsh 3, the patron of the project.Marsh is well known in the city for long time patronage of artistic endeavors including the "Cadillac Ranch", Floating Mesa, "Amarillo Ramp" a work of well known land artist Robert Smithson, and a series of fake traffic signs throughout th...http://booksllc.net/?id=862182 ... Read more

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Now in its 8th Edition, this is America's leading book on news media relations. One of the nation's most experienced news media consultants helps you understand how the news media operate and how to cope with them. A former investigative reporter in both newspapers and television, Clarence Jones shares his candid, critical assessment of where the media are, and where they're going. The book is divided into three sections -- Media Strategy, Media Skills, and Inside the Media. It includes basic public relations guidelines, as well as extensive, step-by-step recommendations when you've been targeted by the media, or need to get your story out. Interview and news conference tips, crisis management, libel and privacy law are all explored in great detail. How to safely talk to reporters off-the-record. Explanations of how they'll edit you and what you can do to make the editing more accurate.Full text of the code of ethics reporters and editors claim to live by, and what you can do when they break their own rules. How to craft a quote they'll use, and use exactly as you said it. How to judge media advice from your lawyer.The battle for money and power that is now raging between print, television, and the Internet. Up-to-date data on newspaper circulation, network ratings, spending for media advertising, and the rash of recent embarrassing media incidents. And a new chapter in this edition on News Media Trends that lists the holdings of America's media mega-corporations. ... Read more

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From a review published in Law and Order Magazine
Winning with the News Media by Clarence Jones is, as he has properly subtitled: "A self-defense manual when you're the story." The book is for anyone who interacts with the media and for anyone who may deal with the media ... and let's face it, as law enforcement professionals if you haven't been thrust into the camera's unforgiving eye yet, you will be soon. The media and law enforcement have a long and storied history together - we need them, they need us, we don't trust them, they don't trust us, we avoid them, they chase us ... you get the idea.

You can make that relationship better (or at least less nerve-wracking for you) through preparation and knowledge. Jones offers knowledge of media relations from the insider's point of view - as a former newspaper and broadcast journalist, Jones offers insight on not only how things work, by why the media do the things they do. And then to tie it up with a pretty bow, he tells you how and why you should do an interview, a press release, a press conference, deal with a crisis, pick a PIO, do damage control, and make heads or tails of media law.

While the book covers many, many topics, Jones does a good job breaking it down simplistically and with bold-faced subheads generously placed throughout the book so it can truly be used as a manual on the fly. He divides Winning with the News Media into three sections: Strategy, Skills and Inside the Media. The Skills Section will be most valuable to chiefs, sheriffs and PIOs as it offers instruction on how to give good un-misquotable quotes in interviews as well as how to look and sounds one's best during an interview. He offers guidelines in the form of Ten Commandments and also addresses such hot topics as "off the record."

This book is used as a textbook in many media relations classes, ranging from government agencies to corporations. Therefore, it is broad-based. This is not a manual exclusive to law enforcement, although Jones does throw in some references and offers some examples using law enforcement agents. There are certain sections that you'll need to tweak-as-you-read, for example, crisis management. While the book suggests how a corporation would react and respond to certain crises, it's not too far off from how a chief or sheriff should handle such a situation. But because topics like evidence preservation and investigative integrity are not included in the sample plan, one should just mentally add those and like components in.

Jones also offers a section on privacy laws, briefly summarizing some cases that established the rights of journalists and their cameras. The topic is important, as undoubtedly at some point in your career a reporter will tell you that he or she is entitled to gain entry or to access some information based on such-and-such a case ruling. Be prepared and know what they have access to and what they don't have access to - again, you can use this book as a reference guide for quick look-up.

Winning with the News Media would be most beneficial to command staff level officers as well as those who deal frequently with the media, like persons crimes detectives. The ones to get the most use from this book would be PIOs and agency heads. One should definitely read this book prior to assuming a PIO position not only for the practical tips on dealing with the media but also for the insider's view on how the media work. Jones provides a sort of organizational chart of newsrooms which will make it so much easier to figure out not only who to talk to about what type of story, but also to figure out who has got the authority to deal with your complaints. Agency heads might also want to pick this book up so that when the time comes to deal with that inevitable crisis, you'll have the knowledge to know what you'll be up against. And then when you're facing the crisis (and the cameras), using the book as a reference manual will be that much easier.

One "keep an open mind warning": the writing structure is very basic and very simple which some seasoned PIOs and media-savvy chiefs might find a little condescending. However, if you look at it as a how-to manual then you will see why that simplicity is so important - the wording is clear and concise and the directions are easy to follow. Think of any complex piece of furniture or children's toy you've ever tried to put together - how many times have you wished for simple directions? This manual will help you get the job done and you won't have any of those "extra" pieces lying around.

"Winning" Lives up to its name
Jones does a great job of teaching people how to "win" with the media as opposed to "surviving" or "defeating" the media. That mindset change is key for most people. I learned many new tricks of the trade from reading his book.

The Publicity Hound says "2 thumbs up!"
If I had to pick only one book of the hundreds written on how to deal with the media, this would be the one I'd recommend. In fact, when I reviewed an earlier edition of this book several years ago for my newsletter, The Publicity Hound, I said that this was the book I wish I had written. As a former newspaper editor who worked in the business 22 years, I thought I knew it all, and more. I didn't, particularly when it came to TV. I couldn't put the book down.

Clarence Jones, a former award-winning investigative reporter in both newspapers and TV, knows his stuff, including all the tricks reporters use to loosen your lips. The book is pithy, with easy-to-read chapters broken down into numerous sub-heads--making it easy to find exactly what you're looking for in a hurry.

Jones takes you inside the heads and brains of working journalists. He explains how they think, how they react, and what they have the power to do to you if you don't play by their rules.

I read an earlier edition from cover to cover and referred to it so often in my consulting practice that the book literally fell apart from use. When I scanned this 8th edition, I got lost in it AGAIN, long past my bedtime. Reading it will make you much smarter, much savvier and much better prepared to meet the media when bad news strikes. Even if all the stories about you are good (yeah, right), please don't do another interivew unless you read this book first.

Joan Stewart
The Publicity Hound
http://www.PublicityHound.com

a must-have
If you deal with the media then you should have read this book already.I read Michael Levine's Guerrilla PR Wired, a brilliant book on PR, and then read Winning With The News Media.Both were influential in my career.

For Beginner and Pro Alike
I must admit, as a Public Information professional I at first found Jones' writing style and key points for working with the media rather simplistic.But as I continued reading, I found myself marking and underlining passage after passage.As a spokeman and media relations officer within NATO, and having just returned as a spokesman for NATO operations in Macedonia during a major deployment of troops, I wished I had read this book before I went there.I was doing as many as 20 interviews per day ranging from live stand-ups with CNN and BBC, to radio call-ins and newspaper interviews representing media world-wide.This book reinforced everything I learned leading up to and during that experience, stating clearly what's important and why, as well as many tips and techiques that seem rather minor but are really quite important when push comes to shove and you find yourself face-to-face with a reporter.I will use many points from this book to further refine my own training program for senior leaders within NATO and to prepare them for interviews.A great resource that has found a prominent place among my professional books. ... Read more

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Is there such a thing as unfiltered information? Not in today's age. THE INTERPLAY OF INFLUENCE: NEWS, ADVERTISING, POLITICS, AND THE INTERNET gives you an understanding of how mass media operates in your world and how powerful it can be. And, you'll also discover the shaping role of the Internet in today's mass media. Plus, it's loaded with study tools and helpful reviews so you can get the grade you need in class, too. ... Read more

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Good, as far as it goes - no discussion of propaganda
For me, not being a reporter, the most interesting and useful part of this book is Section One entitled "Introduction to Evaluating the News". In these first 5 chapters we get a nice glossary of the news business, how reporters obtain and disseminate news and, more importantly, we find out about the real-world limitations they live under. In short, they're always under time pressures and the news business exists to make money. So their motivation is to get an exclusive (a 'scoop') and management's motivation is get the largest audience & cut corners (and hence save money) on those pesky non-essentials like fact checkers, research etc.

Most of the rest of the book consists of snippets of news stories detailing how the media has been duped at various times. At the end of each chapter we get an itemized list of how these fake stories could have been spotted. Handy to have, I suppose. Reading these case studies I couldn't help but think "there can't be THAT many people out there who are deliberately trying to deceive news organizations". But maybe there are? A devil's advocate could see these as one-off events or rare aberrations not the norm.

Essentially what we get is confirmation of McLuhan's observation that news is not something that exists "out here" but is something created in the 'sausage factory' called a newsroom. If you know how the media works and the pressures they're under then it's easy to fool them especially if you put your mind to it. After reading this book I'm inclined to be a more critical reader/media consumer so as not to swallow everything presented.

Since the examples presented are individual news stories used to illustrate a specific point it's easy to draw the conclusion that these hoaxes are a result of deliberate bad actors. But what about the case where large organizations with lots of money and resources (read: the military, government, corporations) systematically mislead & manipulate the media to advance their cause? How do we spot that? This very important subject is not discussed by Alexandra Kitty. This is a significant omission IMO as this stuff is also "lies that become news" except they're big lies as opposed to mostly smaller, individual lies found in the book.

It would have been v. useful had the author included a detailed discussion of the methods used to manipulate public opinion as developed by Edward Bernays, the founder of public relations. His techniques were developed in the 1920s and 1930s and are still in use today. Everyone should read his 1928 book, Propaganda. I would also commend the excellent books by John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton.

Behind the smoke and mirrors of the media
This book was purchased for a college English class that combined journalism with traditional English. I was hesitant about reading it at first, thinking it would be a sensationalist book preaching about how everything is a lie and such. In fact, I found that I really enjoyed it. Thankfully void of neither a left nor right wing bias, and all together facts, not opinion. It really makes you think and consider what goes on in the media today. It amazes me how many things news outlets get away with. As Kitty points out, they're in it to make money. I definitely began looking closer at the news after reading this book. It was very interesting, and readable.

Belongs in every home in America
This book looks at how, and why, so many scams, hoaxes and other falsehoods seem to make it into the news.

If there is such a thing as The Reason for such a state of affairs, it is that, in general, journalists don't bother to check a story's accuracy. In this 24-hour-news world, there is little, or no, time to be thorough. It is better to be first than right. If a story has been covered by some other media outlet, it must automatically be legitimate. Also, an increasing number of scam artists have learned to package their scams in a media-friendly way.

All of us have seen such stories in the news. Some people claim to have found disgusting things in their food, like needles in soda cans, or fingers in chili. During Gulf War I, there was the widely reported accusation that Iraqi soldiers burst into Kuwaiti maternity wards, took the babies out of incubators, left them to die on the floor, and took the incubators. A popular story is the one about a crime victim, or someone, especially a child, fighting some major disease. Whether or not the poor individual actually exists tends to be forgotten. What if the reporter is the one who says they are sick, but then it turns out to be a lie. How many of these stories turn out to be true?

Included are a list of questions that the media consumer can ask to help weed out the hoaxes. How well is the story sourced? Is the story over hyped? Is the rumor inflammatory or slanderous? Does this interview subject have something to gain by lying? Was a "friend of a friend" the origin of the rumor? Does the story rely on unnamed sources? In war zones, does one of the warring sides seem to have media training or have hired a public relations firm?

This book belongs in every home in America. It does a fine job of showing just how easily scams and hoaxes can become news, and helping the consumer to distinguish them from legitimate news. The writing is first-rate and it is really easy to read.

Read this book
Many of us have noticed how instead of news, we get more and more sensationalism, opinions, staged news, and complete hoaxes.We see a few accusations of a "liberal" or a "conservative" media.But that misses the point; what we really have is a lying media.A media for which truth has become an enemy rather than a value.Of course, ratings are the goal, and truth may well interfere with that goal, at least in the short term.And we see some folks even claim that truth is just relative anyway (and only in the eye of the beholder).But it isn't.There is such a thing as honest and accurate reporting.And we consumers need to have a way to say so, objectively, when we're not getting that.

I think people of all political persuasions need to read this book.I'm a liberal, and I found myself sympathizing with some of the author's complaints politically.But I would have sympathized with some of them had I been a conservative.I was impressed by the way that the author analyzed bad reporting independent of its political stance.

I was especially intrigued by the section on propaganda.Here, Kitty shows us how the media feed us an overdose of dubious anecdotes, demonization, and material from which relevant parts have been censored.We see stories with all sorts of logical holes that are simply designed to get a reaction from the audience rather than report accurately, educate, or inform.And we are misled by straight-faced claims that are utter nonsense, such as that prosperity for one side in a struggle would be a violation of rights for the other side.

I do not know how thoroughly the author takes her own advice.But we certainly ought to!

Excellent Look Inside media bias
Alexandra Kitty reveals as true, what a growing number of people have long suspected: the media reports their biases, not the facts.

Senior news directors at most TV stations, and editors at most news papers have biases and prejudices that lean heavily toward socialist economics, left wing social engineerning, and support for other destructive agendas.The journalism schools know this, and teach students accordingly. The result is that colleges and universities no longer train people for jouralistic or fact-gathering excellence -- instead, they filter out all but the most extreme leftists from the ranks of prospective news reporters and editors. Creative writing has replaced facts.

Alexandra Kitty shows how extremist feminism, pro-abortion reporting, extreme anti-business views, environmental radicalism, support for pedophilia and homosexuality, and several other radical views have become "mainstream" in media reporting, as the content of "news" has increasingly become tendentious and misrepresentative.Ms. Kitty documents how the media have all bue abandoned fact-based reporting in favor of sensationalism and selective presentations of carefullly arranged facts that serve as propaganda for the causes favored within the culture ofmodern media.She also shows how the media's internal culture has become increasingly isolated and removed from the real mainstream views and experience of most Americans.

The most extreme media views are the product of what Roger Kimball termed "tenured radicals" (in his 1990 book of the same title), and what Allan Bloom identified as "the closing of minds" in his landmark 1987 tome.The top editors and content directors in the American media long ago closed their minds to facts, and insisted on political correctness as a condition for promotion or advancement in their organizations.Newly hired reporters and college graduates quickly learned that sensationalism and left-wing reporting (even if it was full of outright lies) were a ticket to advancement, while balanced or objective reporting that stuck with the facts led to a stalled career.

The result has been a series of high profile cases where top reporters have been caught reporting complete fabrications, and gettign off with just a mild reprimand.

Ms. Kitty shows that the cases of Jayson Blair and Stephen GLass were not unusual; what was unusual is that they were careless and left a broad paper trail that led to them being caught in their own webs of fabrications and falsehoods.

Alexandra Kitty has a long career in criminal investigations, and what she has uncovered in American (and Canadian) media is a crime of sorts: the media's claim to be reporting "news" isa fraud.This is a shocking book, not likely to be reviewed in your local newspaper, or in other commercial media.

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Best Book in Town
This book is perfect for preteens and teens! Even adults can read this to younger children. This book is the bomb!!! ... Read more

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A thematic collection of Lake Wobegon monologues, Faith contains “Rotten Apples”; “O Death”; “The Wise Men”; “A Trip to Grand Rapids”. ... Read more

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Great!Love disc, Homecoming story is what I bought it for, Very Funn;y
I bought the discs for one story, Homecoming, in the Love disc.I laugh every time I hear it.

four more great stories by the best storyteller alive
On this cassette, Garrison Keillor writes four stories that range from the absurd "Pontoon Boat", to the poignant "O death", to the delightfully real "Smokes" to the irreverent "Let Us Pray". They are definitely all keepers, and if you have the appreciation for Keillor's unquestioned genius, then you will enjoy these stories as much as I do. ... Read more

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A thematic collection of Lake Wobegon monologues, Love includes "Truckstop," "Uncle Al's Gift," "Rotten Apples," and "The Wise Men." ... Read more

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Great, as always.
I purchased this instead of flowers for my daughter who was recovering from surgery. She is a great fan of anything Lake Wobegon and tells me this is also wonderful. If you appreciate the wit and delivery style of Garrison Keillor, you will appreciate this CD. That is what she tells me. After she has listened to it for the thousandth time, perhaps I can borrow it and find out for myself.

Ranking as high as any of Keillor's stories
The four stories of "Love", are quite simply genius, capturing the perfect balance between humor and poignancy. "Truckstop" is as good a story as Keillor has ever come up with, profiling the events both before and after Florian Krebsbach leaves his wife Myrtle at a truckstop. "Uncle Al's gift" provide side splitting humor as well as an excellent moral. "Rotten Apples" gives us another insight from Keillor into a child's weord, wonderful mind. And "The Wise Men" provides a glimpse into the difficulties of being a minister, especially at Christmastime. Personally, I would recommend that those considering buying this tape buy the whole "More News From Lake Wobegone" series, but if you're going to buy just one cassette, this is the one! ... Read more

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Originally available only to Associated Press members, this is the definitive guide to writing and delivering the news on radio, television, and other broadcast media. While the focus throughout is on the art of finding, researching, writing, editing, producing, and delivering authoritative, accurate, and exciting news stories, it also provides a wealth of information on key technical aspects involved, such as how to handle a microphone and how many tape recorders to carry in the field. An indispensable resource for students and experienced broadcast journalists alike, this Handbook also includes a comprehensive, quick-reference style guide covering the established norms and practices in punctuation, tone, diction, use of foreign terms, references, and much more. ... Read more

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Great Companion for the Broadcast Journalist
Most journalists would be familiar with the Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, better known as the "AP Stylebook". Well, this is the broadcast version.

The back half of this book will look very familiar to those of us who have seen the stylebook, but the front half is all new, giving good tips on how to write good broadcast stories. As a broadcast journalism student myself, I would especially recommend this for broadcast journalism students, it will REALLY help you out. ... Read more

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Class and News is a multidisciplinary collection of essays examining how the news media treats or neglects social structure in everyday reporting. Are certain stories chosen for their appeal to the upper or middle classes? Are stories of interest to lower class readers/viewers avoided? How are issues of social order reported or reflected in stories that aren't about class? This in-depth work will be a valuable resource for students, scholars, and general readers interested in the dynamics of class and news in the United States. ... Read more

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Beginning with the 1988 presidential election and now updated through 2004, The Nightly News Nightmare shows how network news coverage of what is arguably the nation's most important political event has declined. ... Read more

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Written for activists, nonprofit organizations, or any concerned citizen, Making the News explains how to combine creativity with nuts-and-bolts media skills to score news coverage for important issues or nonprofit causes.

At a time when more and more people are becoming activists, this thoroughly revised and updated edition of Making the News explains how to generate news coverage of any important issue or nonprofit cause - and to do so within a reasonable budget. Based on interviews with professional journalists and media-savvy activists, this easy-to-use handbook describes how to stage media events, write distinctive news releases, contact reporters, deliver soundbites, and much more. Now including the latest information about online media coverage - including news Web sites, viral e-mail, and more - this new edition will also insure a media edge in the Internet age. The handbook's expanded sections on aggressive tactics, including extensive tips on how to create newsworthy visual imagery, provides everything needed to transform standard media events into spectacles that reporters won't ignore. ... Read more

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Tactics? Yes. Strategy? No so much.
Making the News - A Guide for Activists and Nonprofits is an OK book.

About one-third of the book covers strategic aspects of an activist media plan. That was the part in which I had an interest. I am always seeking a little more insight into the thinking behind the activist communications plan. However, the other two-thirds of the book was concerned with tactical matters.

If you're an activist and you're looking for a "how-to" book on media tactics, then this work can help you. If you're looking for strategic insights, then probably other books will be what you seek. ... Read more

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In Tonight at Six, veteran journalist Michael Olesker paints an intimate, behind-the-scenes picture of local television news as few have ever seen it. He describes the long slide of a medium that was once assumed to be the golden future of American journalism, but is now widely considered an afterthought for viewers seeking serious news coverage.In his two decades as a nightly on-air commentator at Baltimore's WJZ-TV, Olesker watched as the station tumbled from pre-eminence as one of the country's top-rated local affiliates-where the on-air news personalities included the two top-ranked anchors in the country, plus a young woman named Oprah Winfrey-to inglorious runner-up in its own market.Tonight at Six offers a personal look at many of those public news personalities. But it's also a story about the decline of all TV news: how commercial considerations, short-sighted management, and the constant pressure of ratings forced the dumbing-down of local news programs around the country. It's the true story of how television stations purporting to cover the stories of huge metropolitan areas-their governors, mayors, city and county councils, school systems, police, criminal courts, neighborhoods, and more-quietly attempt this with no more than a handful of reporters.How do they do it? As Olesker explains, they don't."While this account eviscerates three Baltimore network affiliates, the sad truth is that they are no worse-and no better-than all local TV news operations. Olesker paints a high-definition picture of the façade beneath the façade."Ira R. AllenFormer UPI Reporter and White House Correspondent ... Read more

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Outrage Over News as Entertainment
This author's shtick is that local TV news has deteriorated to the point where it is nothing more than a sham, a farce and a mere showcase for pretty faces who read us the news without any genuine investment or skill in investigative journalism or original fact-finding. Yet, is this really something we didn't already know?Nonetheless, the author pounds it home page after page until we want to say, "Okay, I get it! Enough already !"Despite the redundancy, the outrage seems genuine, and the writing is often amusing and entertaining. Especially if you are a native Baltimorean or longterm resident. In that case, you will have a special interest in the candid exposes and (sometimes sympathetic) portrayals of well-know local news personalities and politicians. Many of whom are revealed as pompous and vapid. This is not to minimize Olesker's point that we are being misserved by bottom line organizations that are ignoring their social obligations and mission.Truth be told, this book is worth a bit of your time and makes for a pretty good read. ... Read more

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The third edition of Television News is ideal for preparing future reporters, who are increasingly called on to do it all. From the basics of reporting; to writing in broadcast and web style; to shooting, editing and producing broadcast--this text is an invaluable handbook. It can be used for classroom instruction and as a reference or instructional tool for those who continue to learn the craft in advanced classrooms and newsrooms. The authors know that truthful information presented ethically and accurately is a requirement of news reporting in our democratic society, and this book provides a foundation for skilled reporting that meets those objectives. Chapters on legal considerations and broadcast careers round out this comprehensive guide to the industry. An accompanying Web site will help students learn and review with writing, shooting and editing activities, web links and an introductory video.

Television News can be used in stand-alone broadcast courses or across multiple specialized courses, thus providing consistency and a lower cost for students. Whether students plan to work in more traditional newsroom roles or operate as a one-man-band, this book will prepare them for creating television news that is ready for the air or for the Internet.

Features of the third edition include a new producing chapter, which introduces students to what it takes to keep a news room running successfully; updated examples that reflect and address the changing world of broadcast news (with topics such as the DTV transfer, social networking and how to shoot a standup when it s just the reporter and the camera); and a DVD/video available to adopters for classroom use, demonstrating principles of shooting and editing. Other ancillaries include an instructor's manual and PowerPoint presentation. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Performing Arts & Entertainment in Canada, published by Performing Arts and Entertainment in Canada on September 22, 1995. The length of the article is 742 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Television news expert Tim Knight believes that television news needs to be presented with greater emphasis on the feminine aspect of the human psyche. Broadcast news since the 1940s has presented the masculine aspect to such a degree that it has removed itself from the true social make-up of the world.

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Title: Urgently needed in TV news: the Anima Factor. (television news needs a feminine aspect)
Author: Ben Viccari
Publication: Performing Arts & Entertainment in Canada (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1995
Publisher: Performing Arts and Entertainment in Canada
Volume: v29Issue: n4Page: p26(1)

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This book offers the most in-depth analysis of journalistic attention to the Supreme Court (primarily television) currently available.It combines penetrating and remarkably frank interviews with prominent Supreme Court journalists with extensive examination of videotapes of network television news coverage of the Court, to provide a comprehensive picture of how numerous constraints faced by reporters covering the Court (imposed by the nature of the television news industry and the Court itself) contribute to the pattern of infrequent, brief, and in too many instances, incorrect and misleading stories that are aired about the Court.The implications of this situation for the American public are explored. ... Read more

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Excellent Book!!!
Elizabeth Trotta has spent her entire career in television news. You will not find a better qualified opinion of the current state of that media. She has exposed CBS and NBC (where she has plenty of personal experience) for what they have become. Since she has "blown the whistle" on the mass media, they have attacked her non stop. I also give her an A for putting up with the constant onslaught of criticism for having done so. She tells it like it is.

SHE WANTS SOMEONE TO MURDER OBAMA
Why would anyone buy her book if she is such a racist devil pig?
How does she sleep at night?

A true pioneer
Trotta was one of the first female war correspondents on television.This book is a must read for her Vietnam reflections as well as her story of what it was like to be a woman in the network "boys club".

Trailblazing Journalist
Liz was an awesome reporter in Vietnam; she could get down and dirty in the mud with the troops in an era where talking heads reported from mahogany desks in NYC thousands of miles away. She was honest and conservative in an industry which was devaluing both. Finally she was a woman, one of the first to go into the jungle to get the tough stories. This is a compelling book of a great reporter's life,and the story of an amazing woman.

Who is this frau?
Gee, I think Ms. Trotta would like to be given credit for the assassination of an American senator, eh?She would have felt right at home in Nazi Germany, where calling for the death of a political opponent was completely acceptable.

Why are we stuck with these monsters?How can we get them to climb back under their rocks??? ... Read more