Writing Broadcast News - Shorter, Sharper, Stronger: A Professional Handbook

Mervin Block- who has written for the best in the business- offers timeless advice, guiding both first-year...
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Author: Mervin Block
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Writing Broadcast News - Shorter, Sharper, Stronger: A Professional Handbook by Block, Mervin

Writing Broadcast News - Shorter, Sharper, Stronger: A Professional Handbook

CHF 151.37

Writing Broadcast News - Shorter, Sharper, Stronger: A Professional Handbook

CHF 151.37
Author: Mervin Block
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Mervin Block- who has written for the best in the business- offers timeless advice, guiding both first-year students and seasoned professionals through the essentials of writing for the ear. With countless scripts collected from writing workshops in newsrooms across the country, this resource is studded with insightful- and at times entertaining- comments, suggestions and much-needed corrections. Readers will find Block′s clear and incisive voice coming through in the expanded "Top Tips of the Trade" and the "Dozen Deadly Sins"--reminding us that mistakes can be our best teachers. New "WordWatcher" boxes highlight the challenges in writing for print versus broadcast.

Author: Mervin Block
Publisher: CQ Press
Published: 11/30/2010
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781608714179

About the Author
Block, Mervin: - Mervin Block is a broadcast writing coach and author. He has written news at three television networks: as a staff writer for the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite and the ABC Evening News with Frank Reynolds, and as a freelancer at NBC News. He has written news for Ed Bradley, Tom Brokaw, Walter Cronkite, Douglas Edwards, Charles Kuralt, Roger Mudd, Edwin Newman, Charles Osgood, Dan Rather, Harry Reasoner, Frank Reynolds, Diane Sawyer, Bob Schieffer, Robert Trout and Mike Wallace. Block teaches newswriting workshops at TV and radio newsrooms around the country. In 2004, the Chicago Press Veterans Association chose him as Press Veteran of the Year.

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