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Books: Crafting Radio

Our reading list provides you with a comprehensive grouping of texts designed to help you learn, grow and produce radio. Books and articles are arranged alphabetically by title. With some book entries, we have indicated sections that might be of particular interest.

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Reading list compiled by Kerry Donahue, January 2004

Announcing: Broadcast Communicating Today by Carl Hausman, Lewis B. O'Donnell, and Philip Benoit. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2000. (pp 29-37, 45-53, 59-65, and 79-84)
Audiocraft by Randy Thom, San Francisco, CA: National Federation of Community Broadcasters, 1989. (pp 3-18, 23-24, 31-40, 57-62, 113-121, and 137-144)
Broadcast Voice Handbook by Ann Utterback, PhD, Bonus Books, 3rd Edition, 2000.
CBC Training And Development, CBC Radio Style Guide, 1999, Toronto.
CBC Training and Development, CBC Radio Skills, 2000, Toronto.
Championship Writing by Paula LaRocque, Oak Park, IL: Marion Street Press, 2000. (pp 18-21, 44-46, and 112-115)
Creating Powerful Radio by Valerie Geller, M Street Corporation, 1996.
Independence and Integrity: A Guidebook for Public Radio Journalism by Alan G. Stavitsky, New York, NY: NPR, 1995. (pp 12-52)
Modern Recording Techniques by David Miles and Robert Runstein, Boston, MA: Focal Press, 2001. (pp 177-188)
The Powerful Radio Workbook by Valerie Geller, M Street Corporation, 2000.
Radio Production: A Manual for Broadcasters by Robert McLeisch, Boston, MA: Focal Press, 2000.
Radio: An Illustrated Guide by Jessica Abel and Ira Glass, This American Life, PRI, WBEZ.
Reporting For Radio by Chuck Crouse, RTNDA and Bonus Books, 1998. Sound Reporting by Marcus D. Rosenbaum and John Dinges, Eds., Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., 1992. (pp 15-24, 49-63, and 81-128)
Teen Reporter Handbook: How to Make Your Own Radio Diary by Joe Richman, New York, NY: Radio Diaries Inc., 2000.
Telling the Story: The National Public Radio Guide to Radio Journalism. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co.,1983. Stamberg, Susan, and Josephson, Larry, "In Search of the Perfect Interview" (pp 25-37)