Gail Phillips

Australian Broadcast Journalism combines theory and practice to provide students with the knowledge required to work in a changing media landscape. The third edition has been extensively updated to provide a current overview of the industry with a focus on social media and citizen journalism, and includes up-to-date coverage of media regulation and legal issues. From this firm theoretical grounding, students are given a comprehensive introduction to critical production skills in both video and audio for broadcast and online. Written in close collaboration with industry practitioners and educators, Australian Broadcast Journalism takes students inside broadcast studios, newsrooms and new production spaces to give them valuable insight into current Australian media practice.

Summary: Various journalists describe how their book aims to provide students with a useful handbook that can help them in practical terms with the difficult choices they often have to make as journalists. Their book is the product of direct collaboration with current industry professionals, reflects up-to-date industry perspectives and practice and the relevance of their book lies most strongly in getting up-to-date examples from journalists and editors along with some people whose lives were affected by media reporting, who shared their views.