This volume can be used by anyone, whether from an audio engineering, musical or music technology perspective. It has been organised into several free standing parts, which can be dipped into at random. The authors have also provided flow lines to suggest alternative paths through the book depending on the primary interest of the reader.

Covering various aspects of the reporter's job, this guide considers: what is news; how the modern newsroom operates; how facts are gathered and checked; the reporter and picture ideas; techniques of interviewing; news writing and newspaper language; reporting the courts; aspects of sportswriting; feature writing and arts reviewing; and more.

This title encompasses the growing range of stereo systems and techniques that are now possible, and gives particular emphasis to the increasing importance of multichannel surround sound and 3D audio, including binaural approaches. The author has tackled the subject from both a principles and practice point of view. The book covers the basic technical and systems information in this relatively new field, including things like standards relating to multichannel sound, track allocations, studio acoustics and programme interchange.

This guide to all aspects of the reporter's job, has been extensively revised and updated for a third edition. It considers: What is news?How the modern newsroom operatesHow facts are gathered and checkedThe reporter and picture ideasDistrict reportingTechniques of interviewingNews writing and newspaper languageHow to summarizeReporting the courtsPolitical and industrial reportingAspects of sportswritingFeature writing and arts reviewing The book also includes an important new chapter on the place of local government in newspaper coverage and it examines a newspaper's internal structure and...