Australian Broadcast Journalism combines theory and practice to provide students with the knowledge required to work in a changing media landscape. The third edition has been extensively updated to provide a current overview of the industry with a focus on social media and citizen journalism, and includes up-to-date coverage of media regulation and legal issues. From this firm theoretical grounding, students are given a comprehensive introduction to critical production skills in both video and audio for broadcast and online.

Written in close collaboration with industry practitioners and educators, Australian Broadcast Journalism takes students inside broadcast studios, newsrooms and new production spaces to give them valuable insight into current Australian media practice.

New to this edition:

• New chapter 12: Television News and Current Affairs has been rewritten to cover the latest developments in the field
• Comprehensively updated, with a focus on social media and citizen journalism and the latest information about ethics and regulation
• Online broadcasting is integrated throughout the text.

Part I: Radio and television in Australia
1. Radio in Australia
A short history
Regulating radio
Going digital

2. Television in Australia
Commercial television
Public broadcasting
Community television
Regulating television in the digital age
Challenges for television

Part II: Radio craft skills
3. Using the voice
The mechanics of the voice
Using the voice for meaning
Talking into the microphone 
Keeping your voice in trim 
Voice tips

4. Writing for radio
The characteristics of a radio script
Types of radio scripts
Writing the radio script
Writing tips 

5. Interviewing
What is the interview?
The technique of the interview
Questions
The ethics of interviewing
Interviewing tips

6. Audio production
What is sound?
Working with sound
Location recording
Editing
The live broadcast studio

Part III: Radio production formats
7. The radio story
Story planning
Collecting story material
Assembling the story
Journalistic challenges in radio story production

8. Radio ads and promos
The promo: short-form production
Selecting the story and angle 
Selecting the sound 
Writing the copy 
Preparing your plan 
Recording your sound 
Assembling your material

9. Live radio
The live radio program
Programming tactics
Doing talkback
The production team
Journalistic challenges in live radio

Part IV: Radio and television news
10. Broadcast newsSetting the news agenda
What is ‘news’?
Finding news
The broadcast newsroom
The broadcast news reporter

11. Radio News and Current Affairs
Planning a radio news story
Radio news story structure
Radio news scripting
Radio current affairs
Technical skills for radio reporters

12. TV News and Current Affairs
The TV news reporter
The TV newsroom
The TV news story
Television current affairs 
Videojournalism
Working with pictures
Making a TV news story

13. Broadcast News Bulletins
News bulletin formats
Radio news bulletins
Television news bulletins

14. The mobile reporter
Smartphones in the field
Producing video for online
Producing audio for online
Hyperlocal journalism
Community storytelling with ABC Open

Part V: A Broadcast Journalist’s Guide to Law and Ethics
15. Broadcast journalists and the law
Defamation
Contempt
Copyright
Other laws impacting on journalists
Defensive journalism and the importance of note-taking

16. Broadcast journalists and ethics
Do ethics matter?
Broadcasting codes of ethics
Ethics online
Avoiding discrimination—protocols for journalists
Reporting suicide and mental illness

Appendix: Regulations and codes of practice

Gail Phillips - Emeritus Associate Professor of journalism in the School of Arts, Murdoch University
Mia Lindgren - Head of the School of Journalism, Australian and Indigenous Studies, Monash University
Russell Bishop - Lecturer in TV journalism in the School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts, Curtin University

The following resources are available for students using Australian Broadcast Journalism:

• Online access to videos and audio demonstrating broadcasting techniques, accompanied by questions and activities.

The following resources are available for lecturers who prescribe Australian Broadcast Journalism for their course:

• Online access to videos and audio demonstrating broadcasting techniques, accompanied by questions and activities. 

For more information about the resources for Australian Broadcast Journalism, please contact your Oxford Territory Manager.

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Chapter 1: Radio in Australia