Broadcast Announcing Worktext

Mary E. Beadle, PhD Mary E. Beadle is a professor of Communication in the Tim Russert Department of Communication at John Carroll University in Cleveland Ohio. She previously served as Chair of the department and as Dean of the Graduate School and Director of Faculty Research, Development, and Grants. She has held numerous leadership positions in professional organizations, including the Broadcast Education Association, National Communication Association, and Central States Communication Association. Her teaching areas include media ethics, media history, diversity in media, and film. She publishes in the areas of media history and international media. Recent publications include two articles published online by SAGE Research Methods which compared a local TV and newspaper account of a local murder and trial. She and co-author Reed Smith appeared as co-authors in a roundtable discussion about the importance of teaching news in Historiography in Mass Communication. Her book Indelible Images, co-edited with Michael D. Murray, documents the work of women who established local television in the US. She has given communication seminars in South America, Hungary, and Russia, and her research has taken her to Vietnam, Belgium, Italy, Argentina, Lithuania, and Paraguay. Reed W. Smith, PhD Reed W. Smith is a professor in the Department of Communication Arts at Georgia Southern University. Following a career as a DJ, newscaster, and manager in commercial and public broadcasting, he began his teaching career at Ohio University, the institution from which he holds the PhD. He was the Multimedia Sequence Coordinator for 20 years at Georgia Southern, where he also formed and directed the Professional Media Advisory Board, has served on the American Journalism Historian Association’s Board of Directors, and is the book review editor of American Journalism: A Journal of Media History. He has published multiple journal articles, two books, and a monograph, all concerning media history. The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication honored him with the Covert Award for his monograph concerning news coverage of lynchings in the US South, and his most recent book is about one of the unsung members of the renowned World War II CBS radio news team (Cecil Brown: The Murrow Boy Who Became Broadcasting’s Crusader for Truth). He currently teaches courses in sports broadcasting, media ethics, history of mass communication, broadcast announcing, and audio production for journalists. Alan R. Stephenson, PhD Alan R. Stephenson was a Professor of Communications at John Carroll University (JCU), where he taught classes in television production and performance, supervised the JCU Media Archives, and directed the graduate program. Prior to his academic work, he spent 20 years in broadcasting and cable in virtually all phases from documentary production to performance and management. His work included regular coaching of professional talent. He authored numerous articles related to the media field.

CONTENTS

Preface

xxiii

Acknowledgments

xxv

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL ANNOUNCING

1.1

Introduction

1.2

Announcer, Talent, or Personality?

1.3

Announcing: An Historical Perspective

1.4

Announcing: An Employment Perspective

1.5

Announcer Specialization

1.6

Is a College Degree Necessary for a Broadcast Announcer?

1.7

Key Physical Requirements for Announcers

1.8

Key Emotional Requirements for Announcers

1.9

Is Practical Experience Necessary for a Broadcast Announcer?

1.10

Announcer Responsibilities

1.11

Role Model Announcers

1.12

Conclusions

Self-Study

Questions

Answers

Projects

Project 1 Interview a Local Announcer

Project 2 Profile a Renowned Announcer

Project 3 Complete a Self-Evaluation

CHAPTER 2 THE AUDIO PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENT

2.1 Introduction

2.2 The Audio Studio

2.3 Microphones

2.4 Working With a Microphone

2.5 Mic Fright and Why Broadcast Performers Get It

2.6 The Broadcast Console or Audio Mixer

2.7 Music Playback Sources

2.8 Digital Audio Equipment

2.9 Podcasting (On-demand Audio)

2.10 Conclusions

Self-Study

Questions

Answers

Projects

Project 1

Record a 60 second commercial

Project 2

Practice Microphone Technique

Project 3

Investigate "Mic fright"

CHAPTER 3 THE TELEVISION PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENT

3.1 Introduction

3.2 The Television Studio

3.3 The Television Production Crew

3.4 Television Terminology

3.5 Camera Panic

3.6 Working With a Camera

3.7 Communicating in the Studio: The IFB, Hand Signals, Cue Cards, and Prompters

3.8 Makeup

3.9 Conclusion

Self-Study

Questions

Answers

Projects

Project 1

Practice Camera Performance

Project 2

Practice Taking Hand Signals in the Television Studio

Project 3

Record a Movie Review Utilizing a Teleprompter Script

CHAPTER 4 VOCAL DEVELOPMENT

4.1

Introduction

4.2

How Sound Is Produced

4.3

Diaphragmatic Breathing Technique

4.4

Proper Breathing Posture

4.5

Key Elements of Vocal Development

4.6

Volume

4.7

Pitch

4.8

Rate

4.9

Tone

4.10

Articulation of Sounds

4.11

Pronunciation

4.12

Substandard Pronunciation

4.13

Common Vocal Problems

4.14

Maintaining a Healthy Voice

4.15

Conclusions

Self-Study

Questions

Answers

Projects

Project 1

Practice Articulation

Project 2

Practice Proper Pronunciation and Avoidance of Substandard Enunciation

Project 3

Practice Pronunciation

CHAPTER 5 PERFORMANCE DEVELOPMENT

83

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Developing a Media Delivery Style

5.3 Performance Elements

5.4 Copy Marking

5.5 Word Usage

5.6 Language Changes

5.7 Avoiding Amateurish Announcing and Inept delivery

5.8 Audience Rapport

5.9 Internet Performance

5.10 Conclusions

Self-Study

Questions

Answers

Projects

Project 1

Copy Mark and Record a Script

Project 2

Compile Jargon, Cliché, and Redundant Word Lists

Project 3

Practice Pronunciation

Project 4

Practice Inflection (Pitch Variation)

Practice Material

One Liners (Deliver With Lots of Energy)

More Quickies

CHAPTER 6 COMMERCIAL ANNOUNCING

6.1

Introduction

6.2

Sources of Commercials

6.3

Commercial Forms: Radio

6.4

Commercial Forms: Television and Cable

6.5

Considering the Basic Structure of the Commercial

6.6

Other Factors to Consider When Analyzing a Commercial

6.7

Importance of Timing

6.8

Energy: Hard Sell Versus Soft

6.9

Gestures and Expressions

6.10

Ad-lib Commercials

6.11

Acting

6.12

Commercial Voice-Overs

6.13

Public Service and Promotional Announcements

6.14

Conclusions

Self-Study

Questions

Answers

Projects

Project 1

Analyze and Record a Radio Commercial

Project 2

Record a Television Commercial

Project 3

Ad-lib a Radio Commercial From a Fact Sheet

Practice Material

Fact Sheets: Ad-lib Commercials

Commercial Copy

Dialogue Copy

CHAPTER 7 INTERVIEWING

7.1

Introduction

7.2

Types of Interviews

7.3

Basic Structure of the Media Interview

7.4

The Interview Setting

7.5

Research and Preparation

7.6

Preparing Interesting Guests and Topics

7.7

Developing Interviewing Skills

7.8

Dressing for an Interview

7.9

Keeping Control

7.10

Keeping a Neutral View

7.11

Talk Radio

7.12

Talk Television

7.13

Special Interview Situations: Politicians and Athletes

7.14

Other Interview Settings

7.15

Conclusions

Self-Study

Questions

Answers

Projects

Project 1

Record a Radio Interview

Project 2

Record a TV Interview

Project 3

Plan an Interview

CHAPTER 8 NEWS ANNOUNCING

8.1

Introduction

8.2

Determining News Value

8.3

Newscaster Criteria

8.4

News Sources

8.5

Writing the News for Electronic Media

8.6

News Operations

8.7

Social Media in News

8.8

The Radio News Anchor

8.9

The Radio News Reporter

8.10

The Television News Team and Newscast

8.11

The Television Field Reporter

8.12

Preparing the Field Report

8.13

Other Ad-lib Situations Within News

8.14

Conclusions

Self-Study

Questions

Answers

Projects

Project 1

Record Radio News

Project 2

Record TV News

Project 3A

Record On-location News as a Backpack Journalist

Project 3B

Record On-location News

Practice Material

Suggestions

CHAPTER 9 MUSIC ANNOUNCING

9.1

Introduction

9.2

The Duties of the Radio Announcer

9.3

Developing the Ability to Ad-lib

9.4

How to Be an Effective Music Announcer

9.5

Radio Program Formats

9.6

Adult Contemporary

9.7

Contemporary Hit Radio

9.8

Country

9.9

Smooth Jazz

9.10

Rock

9.11

News/Talk/Information

9.12

Urban Contemporary

9.13

Oldies

9.14

Alternative

9.15

Classical Music Announcing

9.16

Announcing According to Daypart

9.17

Announcing for Satellite Radio

9.18

Announcing for Podcasts

9.19 The Music Video Jockey

9.20

The Internet Disc Jockey

9.21

Conclusions

Self-Study

Questions

Answers

Projects

Project 1

Ad-lib Song Introductions

Project 2

Record a Disc Jockey Show

Project 3

Compare Traditional Radio, Internet Radio, and Satellite Radio

CHAPTER 10 SPORTS ANNOUNCING

10.1

Introduction

10.2

Sports Announcing

10.3

Sports Reporting

10.4

What a Sports Reporter Covers

10.5

The Sports Anchor

10.6

Play-by-Play, Sideline Reporting, and Play Analysis

10.7 Women In Sportscasting

10.8

Road Trips

10.9

Sports Talk Host

10.10

Conclusions

Self-Study

Questions

Answers

Projects

Project 1

Be a Radio Sports PBP Announcer

Project 2

Watch a Sports Broadcast

Project 3

Prepare for a Sports/Talk Show

CHAPTER 11 SPECIALTY ANNOUNCING

11.1

Introduction

11.2

Weather Reporting

11.3

The Chromakey System for Weather

11.4

Weather Reporting Styles

11.5

Traffic Reporting

11.6

Financial Reporting

11.7

What a Financial Reporter Covers

11.8

Features Specialist

11.9

Host Selling

11.10

Voice-Over and Narration

11.11

Developing Voice-Over Skills

11.12

Voice Characterizations

11.13

Program Hosting

11.14

Conclusions

Self-Study

Questions

Answers

Projects

Project 1

Be a Television Selling on a Shopping Channel

Project 2

Record a Voice-Over Public Service Announcement

Project 3

Record a Stock Market Report for Television

CHAPTER 12 LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES FOR MEDIA PERFORMERS

12.1

Introduction

12.2

Codes of Ethical Standards

12.3

Payola and Plugola

12.4

Staged News

12.5

Hoaxes and Pranks

12.6

Payment for News Stories

12.7

Political Coverage

12.8

Sports Coverage

12.9

Sensationalism

12.10

Conflict of Interest

12.11

Privacy

12.12

Libel and Slander

12.13

Contests and Lotteries

12.14

Protection of Sources

12.15

Access to Government Information

12.16

Fairness Doctrine

12.17

Section 315

12.18

Copyright

12.19

Profanity, Indecency, and Obscenity

12.20

Ethical and Legal Issues for "Online Performers"

12.21

Conclusions

Self-Study

Questions

Answers

Projects

Project 1

To Think and Discuss an Ethical Media Issue and the Implications for Personal Responsibility

Project 2

To Discuss a Legal Media Issue and Understand the Implications of Your Actions as a Reporter

Project 3

To Discuss the Ethical Dilemmas Faced by Electronic Journalists Based on Real Incidents That Occurred in the Media

CHAPTER 13 BEGINNING AN ANNOUNCING CAREER

1 3.1

Introduction

1 3.2

Writing Your Resume

1 3.3

Electronic Resumes

1 3.4

Adding a Cover Letter

13.5

Making Your Air Check or Demo Recording

1 3.6

Networking Developing a Contact List

1 3.7

Interviewing for a Job

13.8

Responding to a Job Offer

13.9

Unions, Agents, and Contracts

13.10

Losing That First Job: A Fact of Broadcast Performance Life

13.11

Conclusions

Self-Study

Questions

Answers

Projects

Project 1

Prepare Your Professional Resume

Project 2

Write a Cover Letter

Project 3

Record an Audition for Radio

Project 4

Prepare an Electronic Resume

Project 5

Record an Audition for Television

Chapter 14 Media Performance: A Global Perspective

14.1 Introduction

14.2 Culture

14.3 Overview of global media freedom

14.4 Use of radio transmitted to global community

14.5 News

14.6 Sports

14.7 Advertising

14.8 Music

14.9 Conclusions

Self-Study

Questions

Answers

Projects

Project 1

Write a report on an international media organization to understand the function of the organization.

Project 2

Compare how a transnational news source reports a new story to a US news source report on the same story.

Project 3

View and compare an international media performance to a US media performance

GLOSSARY see website

WEATHER TERMS see website

INDEX

COMPANION WEBSITE

Please visit the companion website page to listen to instructional audio tracks:

http://www.routledge.com/cw/stephenson








Practical Experience



Paul Harvey



4.1A Announcer Talks at Listener

4.1B Announcer Vocal Variety

4.2 160 Words Per Minute

4.3 Breathing

4.4 Whining

4.5 Husky

4.6 Breathless

4.7 Sibilance

4.8 Plosives

5.1 Announcer Reads with Little Inflection

5.2 Announcer reads with Inflection

5.3 Announcer Pauses

6.1 Straight Read

6.2 Music Bed

6.3 Dramatization

6.4 Style Variety

6.5A Hard Sell Copy

6.5B Soft Sell Copy

6.6 Audition

6.7 PSA

6.8 Promo

7.1 Listening

7.2 Talk Show

7.3 Questions

8.2 Know Your Community

8.3 Interview

9.2 Contemporary Hit Music Announcing

9.3 Country Music Announcing

9.4 Alternative Music Announcing

9.5 Classical Music Announcing

10.1 Sports Feature 1

10.2 Sports Feature 2

10.3 Pre-Game

10.4 Radio Play-By-Play

10.5 Soccer Play-By-Play

10.6 Basketball Play-By-Play1

10.7 Basketball Play-By-Play2

10.8 Sports Analysis

10.9 Sports Talk

11.1 Going Wrong

11.2 Student Ad-Lib

THE PROFESSIONALS’ COMMENT BANK

On the website, you will find a large collection of comments, experiences, and advice from many working pros who took the time to sit down and share their knowledge with you. They were honest, straightforward, and in some cases quite humorous. Many of the clips are referenced in chapters where they are particularly appropriate, but it is worth your time to view everything they have to say. Most of the clips are around a minute long. We have tried to guide you with an appropriate title or question for each clip, so you will know to what each pro is responding. If you start at the first clip and go through them in order, you will get most of the interview.

SONYA THOMPSON (NEWS DIRECTOR)

1. Breaking In: You Can Be the Exception

0:45:09

2. Hiring: It Depends on Your Voice

1:30:14

3. Hiring: The Importance of Internships

0:36.13

4. Hiring: The Importance of the Internet

0:34:08

5. Hiring: What Do You Want to Do?

0:48:20

6. Hiring: What to Do When Applying

0:29:20

7. Hiring: Applications — Be Truthful

1:04:03

8. Hiring: You Have to Be Aware

1:03:07

9. Hiring: You Need to Be Able to Shoot

1:05:19

10. Hiring: You Need to Keep Up With Developments

0:35:24

11. Hiring: Video Journalists’ Job and Responsibilities

1:55:02

LINDA THOMAS (RADIO NEWS ANCHOR)

1. Why Radio?

0:38:22

2. How Did You Start?

0:34:26

3. How Do You Learn to Ad-Lib

0:13:09

4. How Do You Build a News Story?

0:32:19

5. How Long Is a News Story?

0:51:01

6. How Do You Feel About Social Media?

1:33:23

7. How Do You Use Social Media?

0:34:01

8. Do You Have Any Television Experience?

1:09:02

9. Do You Blog?

0:37:18

10. Radio: You Can’t Do Just One Thing

1:28:26

11. Social Media’s Effect on One Story

0:50:05

12. It’s a Great Time to Be in Broadcasting

0:43:09

13. You’ve Got to Know the Story

0:34:20

14. Learn The Local Names

0:35:11

15. How Do You Get a Professional Sound?

0:39:01

16. How Do You Handle a Mistake?

1:00:12

17. How Do You Plan a Question?

0:31:10

18. How Do You Plan an Ad-Lib?

0:44:17

ANGELICA CAMPOS (WEATHERCASTER)

1. Weather: How Did You Get Started?

1:50:09

2. Weather: How Do You Plan a Report?

0:21:26

3. Weather: How Do You Handle All the Information?

0:39:24

4. Weather: How Much Do You Use Notes?

1:11:07

5. Weather: How Did You Learn Chroma-key?

1:01:03

6. Weather: Who Produces Your Graphics?

1:21:14

7. Weather: The Challenge of Multitasking

1:27:09

8. Weather: How Did You Handle the Fact You Spoke Spanish First?

1:20:05

9. Weather: What’s the Challenge of Forecasting in a Complex Weather Area?

1:22:24

10. Do You Have Some Advice for those Considering a Career in Weather?

0:49:22

ANNE SILBERMAN (PRODUCER AND TRAFFIC REPORTER)

1. Radio: What Have You Done?

0:49:01

2. What Can Happen When You Take a Radio Job?

0:54:25

3. When Doing Country Music, Did You Use a Twang?

0:33:24

4. Traffic: What Is It Like Doing Traffic Reporting?

1:35:00

5. Traffic: How Do You Keep Up With Developments?

0:55:02

6. Traffic: It’s All Improvised

0:50:16

7. Traffic: Get To Know the Area

0:45:10

8. Traffic: Dealing With Consolidation

0:29:02

9. Traffic: Matching Audience Expectations

0:51:08

10. Traffic: How Long Are Reports?

0:53:27

11. Traffic: Why Do It?

1:05:20

LARRY RICE (WEATHERCASTER)

1. Weather: Situational Awareness

0:36:16

2. Weather: How Do You Go About a Report?

0:48:14

3. Weather: Are You Ever Asked to Change Length of the Report?

0:26:26

4. Weather: How Do You Prompt Your Ad-Libs?

0:44:16

5. Weather: How Often Do Weathercasters Get the Forecast Right?

1:15:12

6. Weather: When You Started How Did You Become Conversational?

0:41:22

7. Weather: Any Tricks to Control Speaking Rate?

0:43:04

8. Weather: Can You Plan a Career in Weather Today?

1:18:13

JESSICA GOTTESMAN (HOST ON SIRIUS XM RADIO)

1. Radio: How Do You Use Twitter for News?

1:00:18

2. Television: How Do You Handle Reading From a Teleprompter?

0:39:18

3. How Do You Improve Your Delivery?

1:09:11

4. Do You Have a Tip on Teleprompter Reading?

0:38:10

JOHN SHARIFY (TV STATION GENERAL MANAGER AND FORMER TV REPORTER)

1. How Have You Spent Most of Your Career?

0:45:17

2. Voice-Over: It’s Important To Read It Out Loud

1:30:00

3. Voice-Over: How Loud Do You Speak?

1:32:13

4. Teleprompter: How Do You Do It Effectively?

1:23:13

5. Live Stand-ups: How Do You Handle It?

1:17:11

6. Picking Stories: Pitch Some of Your Own

1:09:02

7. Live Stand-ups: Practice, Practice, Practice

2:26:01

8. Live Stand-ups: In Terms of Energy

1:37:17

9. News: The Way I Think About Writing

1:07:19

10. News: Finding Stories

0:55:12

STEFANI SCHAEFER (TV MORNING ANCHOR)

1. How Do You Speak Conversationally on The Air?

0:30:16

2. How Did You Improve Your Pitch?

0:43:58

3. Do You Still Mark Your Copy?

0:38:17

4. How Important Is Writing?

1:13:24

5. Tell Me About Your Workload

1:13:24

6. Please Talk About the Challenges of a Field Reporter

1:02:01

7. How Does Social Media Fit in?

0:31:24

8. Do You Use Facebook During the Show?

0:49:29

9. How Do You Become a Good Ad-Libber

0:52:18

10. What Was It Like When You First Went on the Air?

1:10:21

11. Do Your Emotions Get Into Your Stories?

1:03:10

12. How Have You Managed Your Career?

0:52:25

13. A Final Word of Advice

0:15:10

WAYNE DAWSON (TV MORNING ANCHOR)

1. How Did You Get Started?

0:55:04

2. Do You Write Most of Your Copy?

1:19:14

3. How Much Do You Read the Scripts in Advance?

0:37:02

4. How Did You Practice at First?

0:44:03

5. Any Other Thoughts on Delivery?

0:37:18

6. Do You Mark Your Scripts?

0:30:05

7. Any Thought on the Matter of an Ethnic Sound?

1:09:14

8. How Do You Use Facebook?

0:25:04

9. Whom Do You Focus on When You’re on the Air?

0:51:04

10. What’s The Hardest Part of Your Job?

1:05:16

11. How Do You Prepare for Interviews?

0:39:28

12. What’s Your Final Advice?

1:04:07

JOHN KATSILOMETES (RADIO TALK HOST AND MEDIA WRITER)

1. How Did You Get Started?

1:22:05

2. Tell Me About Being a Multimedia Journalist

1:00:04

3. What Aspects Have You Learned About Interviewing?

1:25:00

4. Tell Me About the Kind of Interviews You on Your Radio Show

1:43:09

5. How Does Being a Journalist Help Your Broadcast Interviews?

1:42:25

6. How Do You Handle Unusual Interview Situations?

1:46:19

7. How Do You Deal With Losing Your Train-of-Thought in a Radio Interview?

1:20:19

8. Working Across the Media, Does One Provide Ideas for Another?

1:08:24

9. Is Your Writing for Print and Online Similar or Different?

1:23:08

10. Your Job Makes You Sound Like You Are Both a Freelancer and Committed to a Company

1:41:00

11. Any Other Tips for Career Preparation?

0:39:29

SCOTT SABOL (WEATHERCASTER)

1. Weather: Do You Still Watch Your Tapes to Improve?

1:08:00

2. Weather: How Has the Changing Technology Affected You?

1:00:27

3. Weather: Do You Do Online Reports Too?

0:39:28

4. Weather: Have the Changes in Technology Changed Your Performance?

1:11:03

5. Weather: How Did You Learn the Chroma-key?

1:25:23

6. Weather: Please Tell Me About Manipulating All the Maps

1:27:28

7. Weather: How Do You Handle Last Second Requests to Shorten or Lengthen Your Reports?

1:01:06

8. Weather: How Do You Prepare for the Unexpected?

1:46:25

9. Weather: What Is It Like Having so Much Going on?

0:32:08

10. Weather: What Does the Producer Say to You in Your Earpiece?

1:01:16

11. Weather: Please Tell Me About the Seal of Approval

1:17:15

12. Weather: How Do You Handle All the Things Going on Around You?

1:01:02

13. Weather: How Has the Atmosphere in the Studio Changed?

0:47:16

14. Weather: How Do You Use Nonverbals in Front of the Camera?

1:32:27

15. Weather: Can You Suggest Other Ways to Improve?

0:49:08

16. Weather: Do You Have Any Other Tips for Success?

1:31:05

DAN JOVIC (SPORTS AND NEWS REPORTER)

1. How Did You Get Started? What Role Did Writing Have?

0:48:11

2. What Do You Feel Are the Most Important Abilities to Succeed Today?

1:05:10

3. Sports: What Do You Have to Do to Be Successful?

1:31:06

4. Sports: It Seems That the Job of a Sportscaster Has Changed

0:44:12

5. Sports: How Do You Compete With the National Sources?

1:28:17

6. Sports: How Do You Plan a Program?

1:18:11

7. News: How Do You Stimulate Interactivity?

1:04:02

8. News: How Do You Integrate the Internet With Your News Broadcasts?

1:36:12

9. News: Could You Tell Me About How You Use a Webcam?

1:36:06

10. News: How Do You Connect With the Audience on the Webcam?

1:08:09

11. News: How Do You Prepare for a Webcam Report?

0:51:29

12. News: How Do You Stay Focused With so Much Going on?

1:05:02

13. Do You Have Any Final Advice for Someone Interested in Broadcasting?

0:51:12

KENNY CRUMPTON (TV FEATURE REPORTER)

1. How Did You Get Interested in Broadcasting?

1:08:05

2. What Did You Do in College?

0:59:17

3. What Were Your Biggest Surprises When You Started Working?

1:36:07

4. At The Beginning, How Did You Practice Your Pacing, Inflection, and Pronunciation?

2:04:07

5. Please Tell Me More About Eye Energy

0:40:10

6. How Do You Plan the Ad-Lib for Your Feature Interviews?

2:08:08

7. What Do You Do if Someone Doesn’t Show Up for an Interview?

1:11:25

8. News: How Do You Handle It When You’ve Only Been on the Scene a Few Minutes?

1:03:07

9. News: How Do You Prepare for All The Different Things You Might Have to Cover?

1:06:20

10. News: How Do You Connect With the Audience When Doing a Story?

1:33:29

11. News: Please Talk About Coming Across With Energy

0:55:27

12. News: How Do You Go about Visualizing a Story?

1:44:15

13. News: Do You Have Any Tips on Reading Teleprompter?

0:40:00

14. News: What Are Your Tips for Success in This Business?

1:20:16

NATHAN TANNENBAUM (WEATHERCASTER AND MULTIMEDIA PRODUCER)

1. What Are You Doing in Media Today?

0:28:05

2. How Does a Video Newscast Over the Web Differ From Traditional Broadcasts?

0:45:28

3. What Skills Do You Need to Be a "One-Man-Band" in a Video Newscast?

1:16:06

4. How Does Your Work Differ From a Traditional TV Station?

0:54:00

5. Please Speak About the Writing for Your Webcast? Is It Different?

0:35:15

6. Do You Do Any Shooting With all Your Other Skills?

0:25:24

7. What Is the Role Of Print Reporters in Your Webcast?

0:38:06

8. Weather: How Do You Build a Connection With the Viewers?

0:29:08

9. Weather: How Much Time Should You Expect to Devote to Preparing a Weathercast?

0:42:02

10. Any Thoughts on Ad-Libbing?

0:40:03

11. Any Final Tips or Suggestions for Prospective Media Specialists?

0:29:25

LISA BROOKS CRAZE (RADIO NEWS ANCHOR AND TALK HOST)

1. What Kind of Media Work Have You Done?

0:30:16

2. Please Tell Me About Being a Field Reporter

0:47:07

3. Field Reporting: Did You Write Out Your Stories or Always Ad-Lib?

0:50:19

4. What’s Your Secret to a Good Ad-Lib?

0:43:03

5. How Do You Prepare for a News Ad-Lib?

0:53:27

6. How Have Computers Affected Your News Reporting?

2:15:29

7. News: How Big a Factor Is Time in Your Work?

1:44:15

8. What Is the Role of Your Board Operator in a Three Hour Music Show?

0:49:01

9. Please Talk About Mood And Energy in an Hour Newscast

0:49:09

10. Where Does Your Energy Come From?

0:35:24

11. Could You Discuss the Importance of Enunciation?

1:01:11

12. Do You Gesture While You’re on Radio?

0:30:12

13. Could You Give Me Some Tips on Managing Time?

1:00:17

14. Could You Tell Me That Story About Tigers and Its Significance for a Newscast?

1:08:03

15. How Do You Feel About Breaking Character While on the Air?

0:44:25

16. Do You Have Any Approaches for Relating To Your Audience?

0:50:12

17. Do You Have Any Special Approaches With Microphones?

0:21:12

18. What Are Your Views on Writing?

0:20:18

19. You’ve Said You Believe in Helping Others in the Business

1:14:09

20. Could You Talk About the Different Styles Related to Station Formats?

1:20:07

21. Commercials: How Do You Approach Doing a New Commercial Message?

0:59:06

22. Commercials: How Do You Judge the Number of Words and Your Reading Rate?

0:51:06

23. News: Do You Have Any Trips For Adjusting the Copy to the Time Available?

0:39:09

24. Talk and Call-Ins: How Do You Manage Guests on a Call-In Show?

2:55:28

25. Talk and Call-Ins: How Do You Handle a Rude Caller?

0:28:22

26. Talk and Call-Ins: How Do You Identify Topics for a Call-In Show?

0:52:06

27. Social Media: What Has Been the Impact Of Social Media?

1:40:05

AL PAWLOWSKI (TV SPORTSCASTER AND TALK HOST)

1. How Did You Become a Sportscaster?

1:01:17

2. You’re Going to Work, What Will You Be Doing Today?

2:21:16

3. What Do You Mean By "Using Your Voice?"

1:08:28

4. Please Talk About Your Techniques for Interviewing Athletes

2:12:04

5. How Do You Handle Your Delivery Rate?

1:18:29

6. Do You "Change Gears" When Reporting News?

1:28:29

7. Please Tell Me About Your Restaurant Show

2:39:14

8. What Is It Like Being an Independent Contractor?

2:14:26

9. Please Talk About Being on the Road In Sports

3:05:03

10. How Much Writing Do You Do?

1:55:21

11. Please Talk About the Experience of Someone Talking in Your Ear

1:26:26

12. What’s Your Best Advice For Finding a Job In Sports?

2:04:19

13. Please Talk About Your Use of Your Website (see Pawlowski’s webpage on YouTube, enter AlPawowski)

1:25:26

EDWARD SEIBOLT (FREQUENT QVC GUEST HOST)

1. How Do You Prepare For An Appearance On QVC?

0:48:01

2. Please Speak On The Process Of Presenting A Product?

0:33:27

3. Do You Have A Specific Style For Delivery When Selling?

0:49:18

4. Could You Speak some more On The Delivery Style You Use?

0:52:06

5. Any Other Performance Tips?

0:27:02

6. Could You Tell Me What It’s Like At QVC?

1:01:06

7. What’s Your Experience With Having Someone Talking In Your Ear While You’re On The Air?

0:44:19

8. Is The On-Air Environment A Bit Overwhelming At First?

0:38:06

9. Have You Ever Made Any On-Air Mistakes?

0:41:00

10. Have You Witnessed Any On-Air Mistakes?

0:30:28