Air Words: Writing for Broadcast News

By John N. Hewitt

Book Overview

Praised by both students and journalists for its no-nonsense instructional approach, accessible writing style, and extensive supply of practical exercises, Air Words is a comprehensive newswriting text that is designed to help students learn the fundamental sentence structure and grammar required to write for broadcast news. It is carefully designed to guide students through a progression of news situations, from a simple lead story to a complex remote video field report. The fourth edition brings the book up to date with numerous changes that have occurred in the last decade of broadcast journalism.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199760039
• ISBN13: 9780199760039
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.4" x 10.7"