ENG is a comprehensive guide for aspiring broadcast journalists. It stresses the importance of good writing skills and of the need for an awareness of broadcast technology and equipment. The third edition covers digital editing and technology, increases its coverage of computers in the news room, and looks at the other equipment used on the information superhighway. The strong coverage of legal and ethical aspects of broadcast news, and of the career opportunities available in the industry, continues.

Eng: Television News

Politics & Social Sciences

Yoakam, Richard D.

Cremer, Charles F.

Keirstead, Phillip O.

Social Sciences

Mcgraw-Hill College

Both a text and a professional reference, ENG (electronic news gathering) illustrates and discusses the new technology and concepts that have revolutionized television news.
Combining an academic with a professional approach, this book deals extensively with the uses of electronic news gathering and electronic field production (EFP). It also features the latest in satellite news gathering (SNG) and the distribution of that material.
This book, which carries the endorsement of the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA), combines a comprehensive discussion of concepts with instruction in using the technology. It also deals with legal, ethical, operational, and organizational problems that technology has brought to the business of news gathering.
Essentially, the authors show how to apply the latest news gathering and microwave technology to researching, writing, reporting, photographing, editing, packaging, producing, and airing television news stories, news packages, newscasts, live reports, and special events.
Essays by established professionals supplement the text. These contributors include Tom Wolzien, NBC News, Larry Hatteberg, two-time NPPA News Cameraman of the Year, Lynn Cullen, WTAE-TV, Pittsburgh, and John Premack, WCVB-TV, Boston.
The authors have taken a potentially intimidating and complex subject and made it understandable to students and acceptable to practicing professionals. The book is a unique blend of academic and professional material with step-by-step instructions as well as case studies from actual news reporting events.

Eng: Television News and the New Technology

Both a text and a professional reference, ENG (electronic news gathering) illustrates and discusses the new technology and concepts that have revolutionized television news.Combining an academic with a professional approach, this book deals extensively with the uses of electronic news gathering and electronic field production (EFP). It also features the latest in satellite news gathering (SNG) and the distribution of that material.This book, which carries the endorsement of the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA), combines a comprehensive discussion of concepts with instruction in using the technology. It also deals with legal, ethical, operational, and organizational problems that technology has brought to the business of news gathering.Essentially, the authors show how to apply the latest news gathering and microwave technology to researching, writing, reporting, photographing, editing, packaging, producing, and airing television news stories, news packages, newscasts, live reports, and special events.Essays by established professionals supplement the text. These contributors include Tom Wolzien, NBC News, Larry Hatteberg, two-time NPPA News Cameraman of the Year, Lynn Cullen, WTAE-TV, Pittsburgh, and John Premack, WCVB-TV, Boston.The authors have taken a potentially intimidating and complex subject and made it understandable to students and acceptable to practicing professionals. The book is a unique blend of academic and professional material with step-by-step instructions as well as case studies from actual news reporting events.

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Southern Illinois University Press

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