Roll! Shooting TV News

Part non-fiction drama, part trade publication, part text book, this title gives the reader a look through the viewfinders of the very best television photojournalists. Suitable for photojournalists, videographers and tv photojournalists, it features interviews with successful, professional TV photojournalists. It also includes photographs.

Rich Underwood teaches Advanced Cinematography at San Diego State University in California. He is a working director and cinematographer. More about the author's production work can be found on www.filmspot.tv.

The History of Television Photojournalism - From the Beginning; John DeTarsio, A Storyteller's Story; Larry Hatteberg, The Chain Of Command; Eric Kehe, The Photographic Department - People and Equipment; The Language of Lenses; Stephen Hooker, Camera Techniques for Spot News; Christian Parkinson, General News - From Kings to Commoners; Ray Farkas: Interviews - Talking Heads and Voyeurism; Corky Scholl, Feature Stories, B-Roll, Sequencing and Great Moments; Lisa Berglund, Truth and Filmmaking, Objective and Subjective Camerawork; Ian Pearson, Legalities and Ethics - Do the Right Thing; Mitchell Wagenberg, Covert Camera - The Fangs of the Fourth Estate; Heidi McGuire, The One - Woman - Band; Greg Stickney, Live - What TV News Does Best; Sam Allen, Get Into the Game - Athletic Photography; Brian Weister, Editing - A Cut Above; Mike Elwell: Embed - War Coverage; Bart Noonan, World Coverage - From the Top Down; David Hands, Freelancing in TV News; Rustin Thompson, From News to Independent Documentaries; Kevin Sites, The Future of Journalism Parting Shots; Appendix A Video Formats; Appendix B Setting Up a Video Monitor; Appendix C More on Lighting; Appendix D RCFP First Amendment Handbook; Appendix E RTNDA Code of Ethics; Appendix F NPPA Code of Ethics; Appendix G Sound