Writing for the Tube.

Lin, Sam Chu

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ERIC Number: EJ389796

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Publication Date: 1989

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Writing for the Tube.

Lin, Sam Chu

Social Education, v53 n3 p177-78 Mar 1989

Addresses the differences between reporting for print and reporting for television news. Suggests that television journalists must use a simple, conversational style, while print journalists must be more descriptive. Offers suggestions for taping interviews and writing news scripts. (LS)

Descriptors: Editing, Interviews, Journalism Education, News Media, News Reporting, News Writing, Scripts, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Television, Videotape Recordings, Writing Across the Curriculum

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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