Sound Reporting

FOREWORD
PREFACE

1 SOUND AND STORIES

2 FAIRNESS
     Fair, Accurate, Complete, and Honest | The Echo Chamber | Verifying Assertions | Getting Both Sides | Avoiding Loaded Language

3 WRITING FOR BROADCAST
     Write the Way You Speak | How to Sound Like a Real Person | Other Newswriting Tips

4 REPORTING
     The Reporter's Personality Skills | Developing News Sources | Other Sources of Original Stories | Getting People on Tape | Getting Great Actualities | Working on Tight Deadlines | Beyond Acts and Tracks | A Storytelling Sampler

5 FIELD PRODUCING
     Getting Started | In the Field | Finding Sound and Scenes | Putting the Story Together | Filing from the Field | Taking Responsibility

6 STORY EDITING
     The Editor's Role | The Ingredients of a Story | Structuring the Story | Editing by Ear | The Intro | The First Track | Copyediting | The Ending | When to Stop Editing | Finding New Approaches to Old Stories

7 THE REPORTER-HOST TWO-WAY
     The Problem with Scripted Two-Ways | Going Scriptless | Two-Way Tips

8 READING ON THE AIR
     Sounding Conversational | Marking up a Script | Getting Physical | The Need for Feedback

9 HOSTING
     The Host's Day | The Host Interview | Reading Scripts Other People Write | Hosting Live Programming

10 NEWSCASTING
     What Is News? | Public Radio Newscast Values and Principles | Composing the 'Cast | Newscast Writing | The NPR News Spot | The Reporter Q&A | On the Air

11 BOOKING
     Booking Well-Known People | Booking Everyday People | The Booker as Detective | The Pre-interview | Final Steps

12 PRODUCING
     Finding and Pitching Stories | Producing Interviews | Editing Interviews | Mixing Reporter Pieces | Producing Music Pieces

13 PRODUCTION ETHICS
     The Unkindest Cuts | Other Production Issues

14 PROGRAM PRODUCING
     The Art of the News Program | Creating the Lineup | Producing Live Programs

15 PROGRAM EDITING
     Setting the News Agenda | Error Checking | Massaging the Script | Sitting In on Interviews | The Editor as Manager

16 COMMENTARIES
     Finding Commentators | Topical Commentaries | Personal Commentaries | Editing Commentaries | Coaching Commentators | Commentary Intros | To Comment or Not to Comment

17 STUDIO DIRECTING
     The Director as Number Cruncher | The Director as Conductor | Directing Live Events | The Joy of Directing

18 BEYOND RADIO
     The Web-Radio Relationship | The Manifold Media of the Web | Podcasting | Editorial Issues Online | The Future

APPENDIX I. GLOSSARY
APPENDIX II. PRONOUNCERS
INDEX