Basic TV Reporting, 2nd Edition

Voice Production

With the ‘look’ goes the voice–and probably just as much controversy. Certainly in British broadcasting the idea of what speech is ‘acceptable’ has changed dramatically over the past thirty years. Before then it was rare to hear any regular broadcaster who did not speak with the tone and accent closely associated with the south-east of England. Since then the arrival of local radio and television has produced a wider variety of regional accents, allowing viewers to identify more comfortably with broadcasters from their own area. Whether this has contributed to the drastic drop in the standards of language usage is entirely subjective.

The wish to communicate

Although almost any voice will improve with training, not every one ...