Television and Radio Announcing, Ninth Edition

Contents 1. Announcing for the Electronic Media The Announcer for the Electronic Media Employment as an Announcer Education and Training Checklist: Courses to Build Your Career The Announcer's Responsibility Spotlight: Broadcast Ethics and the Announcer's Responsibility Practice: Practicing with Equipment 2. The Announcer as Communicator Principles of Effective Communication Interpreting Copy Checklist: Analyzing Broadcast Copy Analyzing Punctuation Marks Used in Scripts Marking Copy Verifying Meaning and Pronunciation Reading Aloud Conveying Interest in Your Material Spotlight: Learning to Sound Local Talking to the Listener Getting Background about Authors and Copy Employing Characterization Practice: Analyzing the Delivery of Professional Announcers Practice: Effecting Mood Changes Practice: Talking a Script Ad-lib Announcing Practice: Ad-lib Announcing Checklist: Improving Ad-lib Announcing Skills 3. Voice Analysis and Improvement The Importance of Voice Improvement Speech Personality Analyzing Your Speech Voice Analysis Voice Quality Breathing and Breathing Exercises Spotlight: Improving Your Voice Personality Common Voice Problems Practice: Achieving a Low Pitch Practice: Varying Your Pitch Practice: Varying Your Tempo Practice: Working on Nasal Resonance 4. Pronunciation and Articulation Variations in United States and Canadian Speech Causes of Mispronunciation Pronunciation Phonetic Transcription Spotlight: The Debate over Standard American Speech Articulation 5. Audio Performance Audience Rapport Microphone Fright Microphone Consciousness Performance Skills Checklist: Preparing to Perform Practice: Gauging Your Own Performance Checklist: Evaluating Audio Performances Spotlight: Breaking into the Announcing Field 6. Video Performance Audience Rapport Microphone Consciousness for Video Performers Camera Consciousness Instructions and Cues Performance Skills Checklist: Evaluating Television Performances Spotlight: Feature Reporting as Storytelling 7. Commercials and Public-Service Announcements In-House Production of Radio Spots The Announcer's Role Analyzing and Marking Commercial Copy Recording a Commercial in a Studio Spotlight: Tips from a Voice-Over Pro Radio Public-Service Announcements Television Commercials Checklist: Making Effective Television Commercials Practice: Delivering Radio Commercials and PSAs Practice: Producing Your Own Commercial Practice: Delivering Television Commercials 8. Interview and Talk Programs Talk and Interview Shows Today Principles of Effective Interviewing Tips for Conducting Successful Interviews Checklist: Becoming a Skilled Interviewer Spotlight: The Art of Interviewing Radio Talk-Show Hosts Hosting Television Talk Programs Practice: Interviewing Practice: Interviewing for Radio News 9. Radio News Anchoring Radio News Checklist: Writing Effective News Copy The Radio Field Reporter Spotlight: Philosophies of Radio and Television Journalism Preparing Feature Reports: Minidocs Checklist: Recording Interviews Successfully Practice: Reading News Copy Cold Practice: Rewriting News Copy Practice: Performing Commercials on the Side 10. Television News Television Reporters The News Anchor Spotlight: A Representative Television News Operation Weather Reporting Practice: Comparing Local and National Newscasts 11. Music Announcing Popular Music Announcing (DJ) The Realities of Music Radio Today Showprep for Music Announcers Spotlight: Showprep Is Everything and Everything Is Showprep Popular-Music Station Formats Announcing Styles Preparing for a Career as a DJ Checklist: Improving Your Popular Music Announcing Style Practice: Tracking Rate of Delivery of DJs The Classical-Music Announcer Checklist: Polishing Your Classical-Music Announcing 12. Sports Announcing Working Conditions of Sports Announcers Interviewing Athletes Sports Reporting The Play-by-Play Announcer Checklist: Becoming a Better Play-by-Play Announcer Checklist: Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Enter an Announce Booth to Call a Game Spotlight: Plea to Radio Sportscasters: Give Us the Details The Play Analyst Practice: Play-by-Play Announcing Practice: Getting Athletes' Names Right 13. Starting Your Announcing Career Preparing for Your Career Checklist: Assessing Your Career Potential Job-Hunting Tools Finding Job Openings Spotlight: Surviving Career Changes Applying for a Position at a Radio Station Interviewing for a Job Joining a Union Going Where Your Career Takes You Preparing a Scannable RÉsumÉ for Today's Standards Checklist: Format Tips to Maximize your Visibility Practice: Drafting Your RÉsumÉ Practice: Checking Out the Job Scene Appendixes: References for Broadcast Performers A. Scripts to Develop Performance Skills B. Phonetic Transcription C. American English Usage D. Suggested Resources E. Suggested Internet Resources Credits Glossary IndexStuart Wallace Hyde is the author of 'Television and Radio Announcing, Ninth Edition', published 2000 under ISBN 9780618042432 and ISBN 0618042431.