Basic Radio Journalism

by Peter Stewart, Peter Stewart

Basic Radio Journalism is a working manual and practical guide to the tools and techniques necessary to succeed in radio journalism. It will be useful both to students starting a broadcasting career as well as experienced journalists wishing to develop and expand their skills.

Based on the popular Local Radio Journalism, this book covers the core skills of news gathering, writing, interviewing, reporting and reading with extensive hints and tips. It outlines working practices in both BBC and commercial radio. There are revamped legal and technical sections as well as a new chapter on the journalist as programme producer. For the student, there is extensive advice about getting a job, marketing yourself and dealing with job interviews.

The Foreword is by Lord Ryder of Wensum, vice chairman of the BBC.

288 pages, Paperback

First published June 23, 2003

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[Bryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I highly recommend it for anyone interested in the subject. Although the emphasis is on the word "Basic" I found it a difficult book to put down.