Author : Richard D. Yoakam
Publisher : Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis ENG, Television News and the New Technology by : Richard D. Yoakam
Download or read book ENG, Television News and the New Technology written by Richard D. Yoakam and published by Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a time, print has caught up with technology. Here are all the elements of ENG (Electronic News Gathering) technology and its uses, strengths, and weaknesses in the researching, writing, editing, photojournalism, and production of television news, including a chapter devoted to the implications of ENG for communications law. The text is supplemented by essays written by well-established professionals, including Tom Wolzein, NBC News, Larry Hatteberg, two-time NPPA News Cameraman of the Year, Lynn Cullen, WTAE-TV, Pittsburgh, and John Premack, WCVB-TV, Boston, who consider the ethical, esthetic, editorial, operational, and organizational problems the current technology has brought to television news. The authors make extensive use of the results of a nationwide survey of News Directors, News Producers, and Broadcast Station Managers in describing the impact of ENG on the jobs broadcast journalists do, the new jobs ithas created, and the kinds of skills and knowledge that future broadcast journalists will need. (This book is endorsed by the Radio-Television News Directors Association).