Heat and Light

by WALLACE, MIKEKNOBEL, BETH

• ISBN13: 9780307464651
• ISBN10: 0307464652
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2010-07-13
• Publisher: Broadway Books

Summary

Packed with practical wisdom, rubber-on-the-road tips, and never-before-heardanecdotes, this guide to creating good journalism is required reading for anyaspiring reporter and editor.

Author Biography

MIKE WALLACE has won nearly every prize a television journalist can, including twenty-one Emmys and three Peabodys, most of them for his work on CBS News’s 60 Minutes.
 
BETH KNOBEL, currently teaching journalism at Fordham University, spent twenty years as a producer and reporter, including a seven-year stint as Moscow bureau chief for CBS News.   

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Our View of Journalism	p. 1
Why This Book?	p. 5
The Fundamentals of Great Journalism	p. 9
The Gospel of Journalism	p. 10
The Right Personality for a Journalist	p. 13
The Right Education	p. 18
Information Versus Drama	p. 21
What is Objectivity?	p. 24
Do We need Objectivity Anymore?	p. 29
Fairness and Balance	p. 34
The Question: The Art of Story Generation and Research	p. 39
Deciding What's Newsworthy	p. 40
Finding a Story	p. 46
Research	p. 52
Finding Interview Subjects	p. 54
Preparing for the Interview	p. 61
The Talk: The Art of the Interview	p. 67
The Nature of Interviews	p. 68
Establishing Rapport	p. 70
Interviewing Styles	p. 76
Intimidation in Interviews	p. 83
When an Interview Turns Sour	p. 86
The Words: Creating Great Reporting in Print	p. 93
Standards to Meet	p. 93
Choosing a Focus	p. 99
The Basics of Writing Hard News	p. 101
Writing Feature Stories	p. 107
Writing Ledes with Style	p. 112
To Quote, or Not to Quote	p. 120
Understanding Attribution	p. 124
The Sound and the Pictures: Creating Great Reporting for Broadcast or Internet	p. 131
The Essentials of Broadcasting	p. 132
The Joys of Radio	p. 135
Planning for Success in Broadcasting	p. 137
Recording	p. 142
Culling Your Material	p. 147
Writing for Broadcast	p. 150
Assembling Your Report	p. 161
Lead-ins and Attribution in Broadcasting	p. 164
Reading for Broadcast	p. 166
How News Works on the Internet	p. 168
The Soul of Journalism: Law and Ethics	p. 175
The Essentials of Ethics	p. 176
Ethical Dilemmas of the Internet Age	p. 192
The Legal Underpinning of Journalism	p. 195
If you Get into Trouble	p. 209
The Future: Advice for the Next Generation of Journalists	p. 212
The Current Landscape	p. 213
The Future of Journalism	p. 219
What Does This Mean for Journalists Today?	p. 225
Immortal Rules for Success in Journalism	p. 230
Reporters' Toolbox	p. 237
Checklists	p. 237
TV Script Formats and Sample Broadcast Script	p. 241
Structure for a Basic 1:30 Broadcast Piece	p. 244
Glossary of Terms in Journalism	p. 245
To Go Furtherà	p. 248
Journalism Resources	p. 254
General	p. 254
For Student Journalists	p. 255
For Your Career	p. 255
For Industry News and Information	p. 257
For Writing a Story	p. 258
Journalism Groups and Associations	p. 261
Contributors	p. 263
Acknowledgments	p. 265
Index	p. 269
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