Acknowledgments

We would first like to acknowledge the contributions of authors who are no longer involved in this project. Lynne Gross, who guided this book since the retirement of original author Tom Burrows, has retired from formal involvement with the text, although many of her words and ideas remain in this edition. We thank Lynne, Tom, and former co-author Don Wood for their many years of dedicated service and for their contributions to previous editions of this book.

We have also had the advice and assistance of many colleagues, professionals, and students in putting this text together. We would like to especially thank Jim Barnes, Jose Cardenas, Jim Driscoll, Jason Schmitt, and Ken Garland.

We also wish to thank those who reviewed the book for us in its various stages. Their comments helped us to revise and update, and the book is better as a result. They are (for the twelfth edition): Juliet Dee, University of Delaware; Peter Iversen, KMEG/KPTH/NMEG/NPTH, Sioux City, Iowa; Ralph Merkel, University of Louisville; and Mel Strait, Sam Houston State University. For the eleventh edition, they are: Mac Aipperspach, Del Mar College; Marie Elliott, Valdosta State University; Rick Marks, College of Southern Nevada; Barbara Naylor, Pasadena City College; Tanya Person-Irby, Bethune-Cookman University; David Reeder, Suffolk University; Don Schroder, Loyola Marymount University; Lydia Timmins, University of Delaware; and Jane Winslow, State University of New York at Oswego. As always, our goal is to provide a text that serves as an efficient teaching and learning vehicle for introductory and secondary courses in television production. As part of that endeavor, we welcome suggestions and corrections from our colleagues.