The Basics of Media Writing
The Basics of Media Writing

Author: Scott A. Kuehn

Publisher: CQ Press

Published: 2016-12-08

Total Pages: 729

ISBN-13: 1506308120

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The Basics of Media Writing: A Strategic Approach helps readers develop the essential writing skills and professional habits needed to succeed in 21st-century media careers. This research-driven, strategy-based media writing textbook digs deeply into how media professionals think and write in journalism, public relations, advertising, and other forms of strategic communication. Authors Scott A. Kuehn and Andrew Lingwall have created two comprehensive writing models to help students overcome their problems in finding and developing story topics by giving them “starting points” to begin writing. The Professional Strategy Triangle model shows students how to think critically about the audience, the situation, and the message before starting a news story or persuasive piece and the FAJA four-point model asks students a series of questions about their story type (Fact, Analysis, Judgment, or Action) to guide them to the right angle or organizational structure for their message. Rooted in classical rhetorical methods, this step-by-step technique enables readers to strategically approach each writing task, no matter the format.

Writing for Digital Media
Writing for Digital Media

Author: Brian Carroll

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010-06-01

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 1135851352

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Writing for Digital Media teaches students how to write effectively for online audiences—whether they are crafting a story for the website of a daily newspaper or a personal blog. The lessons and exercises in each chapter help students build a solid understanding of the ways that the Internet has introduced new opportunities for dynamic storytelling as digital media have blurred roles of media producer, consumer, publisher and reader. Using the tools and strategies discussed in this book, students are able to use their insights into new media audiences to produce better content for digital formats and environments. Fundamentally, this book is about good writing—clear, precise, accurate, filled with energy and voice, and aimed directly at an audience. Writing for Digital Media also addresses all of the graphical, multimedia, hypertextual and interactive elements that come into play when writing for digital platforms. Learning how to achieve balance and a careful, deliberate blend of these elements is the other primary goal of this text. Writing for Digital Media teaches students not only how to create content as writers, but also how to think critically as a site manager or content developer might about issues such as graphic design, site architecture, and editorial consistency. By teaching these new skill sets alongside writing fundamentals, this book transforms students from writers who are simply able to post their stories online into engaging multimedia, digital storytellers. For additional resources and exercises, visit the Companion Website for Writing for Digital Media at: www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415992015.

Media Writer's Handbook
Media Writer's Handbook

Author: George T. Arnold

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages

Published: 1995-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780697294050

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Writing on the Wall
Writing on the Wall

Author: Tom Standage

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2014-09-16

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1620402858

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Chronicles social media over two millennia, from papyrus letters that Cicero used to exchange news across the Empire to today, reminding us how modern behavior echoes that of prior centuries and encouraging debate and discussion about how we'll communicate in the future.

Dynamics of Media Writing
Dynamics of Media Writing

Author: Vincent F. Filak

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2021-07-22

Total Pages: 517

ISBN-13: 1544385668

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Dynamics of Media Writing Third Edition gives students transferable skills that can be applied across all media platforms—from traditional mass media formats like news, public relations, and advertising to emerging digital media platforms. Whether issuing a press release or tweeting about a new app, today’s media writers need to adapt their message for each specific media format in order to successfully connect with their audience. Throughout this text, award-winning teacher and college media adviser Vincent F. Filak introduces fundamental writing skills that apply to all media, while also highlighting which writing tools and techniques are most effective for specific media formats and why. User-friendly and loaded with practical examples and tips from professionals across mass media, this is the perfect guide for any student wanting to launch a professional media writing career.

An Introduction to Writing for Electronic Media
An Introduction to Writing for Electronic Media

Author: Robert B. Musburger, PhD

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2012-09-10

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 1136033149

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"Wonderfully practical....just what every media writer needs." Christopher H. Sterling George Washington University * Learn what it takes to write for commercials, news, documentaries, corporate, educational, animation, games, the internet, and dramatic film & video productions * Outlines the key skills needed for a successful media writing career The demand for quality and knowledgeable multi-platform writing is always in high demand. An Introduction to Writing for Electronic Media presents a survey of the many types of electronic media you can write for, and explains how to do it. Musburger focuses on the skills you need to write for animation versus radio or television news versus corporate training. Sample scripts help you learn by example while modeling your own scripts. Production files illustrate the integral role writers' play in the production process, and individual movie frames allow you compare these to the real scripts. Armed with the skills developed in this book, a media writer can apply for a variety of positions in newsrooms, advertising firms, motion pictures or animation studios, as well as local and national cable operations. Robert B. Musburger, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus and former Director of the School of Communication, University of Houston, USA. He has worked for 20 years in professional broadcasting, serving as camera operator, director, producer, and writer. Musburger has received numerous awards for his video work and teaching and he continues to work in electronic media with his Seattle, WA,. consulting firm, Musburger Media Services. "[An] authoritative and clearly written description of the processes involved in writing for film, radio and television production." Raymond Fielding, Dean Emeritus Florida State University

Writing New Media
Writing New Media

Author: Anne Wysocki

Publisher: University Press of Colorado

Published: 2004-03-15

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 1457174804

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As new media mature, the changes they bring to writing in college are many and suggest implications not only for the tools of writing, but also for the contexts, personae, and conventions of writing. An especially visible change has been the increase of visual elements-from typographic flexibility to the easy use and manipulation of color and images. Another would be in the scenes of writing-web sites, presentation "slides," email, online conferencing and coursework, even help files, all reflect non-traditional venues that new media have brought to writing. By one logic, we must reconsider traditional views even of what counts as writing; a database, for example, could be a new form of written work. The authors of Writing New Media bring these ideas and the changes they imply for writing instruction to the audience of rhetoric/composition scholars. Their aim is to expand the college writing teacher's understanding of new media and to help teachers prepare students to write effectively with new media beyond the classroom. Each chapter in the volume includes a lengthy discussion of rhetorical and technological background, and then follows with classroom-tested assignments from the authors' own teaching.

Writing for the Media
Writing for the Media

Author: Sandra Pesmen

Publisher: Contemporary Books

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 9780844230764

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A Handy Guide for Aspiring and Practicing Writers! Sandy Pesmen draws on her 20 + years of writing experience to explain how all the basic news vehicles work and how you can put them to work for you and your organization. News releases, feature stories, interviewing, and other informationgathering techniques--"Writing for the Media" explains them all. You'll learn how to: Target messages to specific audiences Use the 5Ws: Who, What, Where, When, and Why Develop key sources Conduct effective interviews Write a news release Organize ideas Write a personality profile Find the "lead" of the story Write other kinds of feature stories Here's What Writing Pros are Saying about "Writing for the Media." . . "If you are communicating in the business world you need this carefully organized and well written reference book. . . . No publicity department should be without it!" -- "Business Opportunities Digest" "A clean, simple, streamlined presentation, both verbally and visually. Excellent for public relations students, company spokespersons, and really any writing aficionado." -- "Writer's Update" ""Writing for the Media" is a useful reminder to the public relations professional of who's going to be reading--or tossing--that deathless prose." -- "Public Relations Journal" ""Writing for the Media" qualifies as a PR handbook on the level of Elements of Style. Lucid and concise, Ms. Pesmen's book is one you should have whether you're a student or professional communicator." -- "Chicago Ad Woman Newsletter" Sandra Pesmen, features editor of "Crain's Chicago Business" and author of a monthly magazine column for women executives, previously worked as a reporter and features writer for the "Chicago DailyNews." Having taught journalism at Northwestern University, Ms. Pesmen frequently lectures at Chicago area colleges and conducts seminars for academic and business groups.

The Basics of Media Writing
The Basics of Media Writing

Author: Scott A. Kuehn

Publisher: CQ Press

Published: 2016-12-08

Total Pages: 569

ISBN-13: 1506308090

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The Basics of Media Writing: A Strategic Approach helps readers develop the essential writing skills and professional habits needed to succeed in 21st-century media careers. This research-driven, strategy-based media writing textbook digs deeply into how media professionals think and write in journalism, public relations, advertising, and other forms of strategic communication. Authors Scott A. Kuehn and Andrew Lingwall have created two comprehensive writing models to help students overcome their problems in finding and developing story topics by giving them “starting points” to begin writing. The Professional Strategy Triangle model shows students how to think critically about the audience, the situation, and the message before starting a news story or persuasive piece and the FAJA four-point model asks students a series of questions about their story type (Fact, Analysis, Judgment, or Action) to guide them to the right angle or organizational structure for their message. Rooted in classical rhetorical methods, this step-by-step technique enables readers to strategically approach each writing task, no matter the format.

The Basics of Media Writing
The Basics of Media Writing

Author: Scott A. Kuehn

Publisher: CQ Press

Published: 2016-12-08

Total Pages: 505

ISBN-13: 1506308112

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The Basics of Media Writing: A Strategic Approach helps readers develop the essential writing skills and professional habits needed to succeed in 21st-century media careers. This research-driven, strategy-based media writing textbook digs deeply into how media professionals think and write in journalism, public relations, advertising, and other forms of strategic communication. Authors Scott A. Kuehn and Andrew Lingwall have created two comprehensive writing models to help students overcome their problems in finding and developing story topics by giving them "starting points" to begin writing. The Professional Strategy Triangle model shows students how to think critically about the audience, the situation, and the message before starting a news story or persuasive piece and the FAJA four-point model asks students a series of questions about their story type (Fact, Analysis, Judgment, or Action) to guide them to the right angle or organizational structure for their message. Rooted in classical rhetorical methods, this step-by-step technique enables readers to strategically approach each writing task, no matter the format.