Main topics of study:

PART A

News Gathering:

• What is News
• News Sources
• Getting the Story

Writing for Broadcast:

• Conversational Writing
• Newswriting
• Broadcast Style Book

Interviewing:

• The Interview
• Setting Up the Interview

The News Programme:

• Presenting the News
• Duties & Dilemmas

PART B - Radio

BBC World Service

Radio News Coverage:

• Story Treatment

Equipment:

• Principles of recording
• Using Sound Recorders
• Editing
• Future of Radio

PART C - Television

Television News:

• Getting the News
• Studio Roles
• Fieldwork
• Chasing the Story
• Chasing Pictures
• Piece to Camera
• Compiling the Report
• Fieldwork

TV Scriptwriting:

• Writing the Script

Compiling the Report:

• Editing the Image
• Visuals

News Studio:

• The Set
• Control Room
• Fieldwork

News Media:

• Satellite TV
• Cable TV
• Digital TV
• Teletext
• Internet Journalism
• Computerised
• Newsroom

Reading List

Main Text:
Broadcast Journalism - Andrew Boyd (Focal Press)

Alternative Texts and Further Reading:
Broadcast News, Radio Journalism & An Introduction to Television - Mitchell Stevens (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)