Aim for the Heart
eBook - ePub

Aim for the Heart

Write, Shoot, Report and Produce for TV and Multimedia

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eBook - ePub

Aim for the Heart

Write, Shoot, Report and Produce for TV and Multimedia

About this book

Al Tompkins teaches students about broadcast journalism using a disarmingly simple truth—if you aim for the heart with the copy you write and the sound and video you capture, you will compel your viewers to keep watching. With humor, honesty, and directness, award-winning journalist and author Al Tompkins bottles his years of experience and insight in a new Third Edition that offers students the fundamentals they need to master journalism in today's constantly evolving media environment, with practical know-how they can immediately put to use in their careers. Aim for the Heart is as close as you can get to spending a week in one of Tompkins's training sessions that he has delivered in newsrooms around the world, from which students:

 

•       Learn how to build compelling characters who connect with the audience

•       Write inviting leads

•       Get memorable soundbites

•       See how to light, crop, frame, and edit compelling videos

•       Learn how to leverage social media to engage audiences

•       Gain critical thinking skills that move your story from telling the "what" to telling the "why"

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Information

Publisher
CQ Press
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781506315256
eBook ISBN
9781506315263
Edition
3
Topic
Languages & Linguistics
Subtopic
Journalism
Index
Languages & Linguistics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Brief Contents
  7. Detailed Contents
  8. Preface
  9. About the Author
  10. Introduction
  11. Chapter 1 Aim for the Heart
  12. Chapter 2 The Shape of the Story
  13. Chapter 3 Find Memorable Characters
  14. Chapter 4 Write Inviting Leads
  15. Chapter 5 Verbs and Adjectives
  16. Chapter 6 The Art of the Interview
  17. Chapter 7 Why Pictures Are So Powerful
  18. Chapter 8 The Vital Role of Lighting
  19. Chapter 9 Video and Visual Techniques
  20. Chapter 10 Caution, This May Get Graphic: Thinking Visually
  21. Chapter 11 The Sound of the Story
  22. Chapter 12 What Every Journalist Should Know About Guns, Ammunition and Armed Violence
  23. Chapter 13 Field Tricks From the Pros
  24. Chapter 14 Tell the Story With Social Media and Online
  25. Chapter 15 Ethics and Broadcast Journalists: Seek Truth and Report It as Fully as Possible
  26. Chapter 16 Ethics and Broadcast Journalists: Act Independently
  27. Chapter 17 Ethics and Broadcast Journalists: Minimize Harm
  28. Chapter 18 Let’s Get Critical
  29. Chapter 19 The Power of Enterprise Reporting
  30. Chapter 20 Surviving and Thriving in Today’s TV Newsroom
  31. Index
  32. Publisher Note