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Reporting US Politics: The Local TV Perspective

Reporting US Politics: The Local TV Perspective

Calfano, Brian

Hardcover

General ReferenceWriting InstructionGeneral Science

ISBN10: 1032514124
ISBN13: 9781032514123
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 13 2025
Pages: 220
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

With a particular focus on the United States, this book offers a practical guide to writing and delivering sound political TV news coverage.

Beginning with a historical overview of political reporting, and contextualizing political journalism and local TV news within wider industry issues, this book goes on to offer an essential understanding of the complex decision-making inherent in this critical form of journalism today. In accessible and engaging language, Calfano introduces students to all the basics of local political TV reporting--writing, shooting, editing, and producing--touching on long-form interviewing, political talkbacks, election coverage, using data, and investigative journalism as a means of uncovering political stories. Readers will learn about working the political beats, from the City Hall to the Statehouse and from policy to budgets, in a way which is both compelling and ethical. A chapter on local, state, and federal government acts as a quick reference primer to the US political landscape. Each chapter includes a series of reflection exercises and ideas for exploring political coverage from the perspectives introduced, and case studies help readers translate what they've learned into real-world practice. This book also features a list of quick hacks for political reporters and a political resource list which TV news reporters and producers can go to for sources and government information.

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