PART ONE TELEVISION NEWS WRITING BASICS 1 Introduction to Television News Stories Favored by TV Good TV Journalism Television Writing Tools 2 Characteristics of Broadcast News Writing News Writing: Print VS. Broadcast Characteristics of Broadcast News Writing 3 Writing for Television Forms of TV News Components of TV News Packages Writing for the Ear PART TWO WRITING NEWS PACKAGES 4 Writing Lead-ins Functions of Lead-ins Secret to Strong Lead-ins Conversational Style 5 Writing Narration Writing Process Writing to Visuals Writing Conversationally 6 Using Soundbite Functions and Contents of Soundbites Using Soundbites E ectively Writing Soundbite Introductory Sentence 7 Doing Stand-Up Functions of Stand-Ups and Background Choices Guidelines for Writing Stand-Ups Types of Stand-Ups and Writing Tips PART THREE TV NEWS STRUCTURES 8 The Chronological Structure The Structure Explained Sample 1—Analysis Sample 2—Analysis 9 The Logical (PBS) Structure The Structure Explained Sample 1—Analysis Sample 2—Analysis 10 The Wall Street Journal Structure The Structure Explained Sample 1—Analysis Sample 2—Analysis 11 The Nail Structure The Structure Explained Sample 1—Analysis Sample 2—Analysis Sample 3—Analysis 12 The Parallel Structure The Structure Explained Sample 1—Analysis
Sample 2—Analysis Sample 3—Analysis 13 The Inverted Pyramid Structure The Structure Explained Sample 1—Analysis Sample 2—Analysis 14 The Sandglass Structure The Structure Explained Sample—Analysis
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