Getting and Writing News

Getting and Writing News

Author: Dix Harwood

Publisher:

Published: 1927

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13:

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This work is meant for anyone having relations with newspaper who wishes to know something of their methods of getting and writing news.


Getting the Whole Story

Getting the Whole Story

Author: Cheryl K. Gibbs

Publisher: Guilford Press

Published: 2002-08-08

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 9781572307957

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A textbook for a journalism course introducing the process of reporting. The topics include interviewing, observation, community as context, visual elements, and covering a beat. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Writing Right for Broadcast and Internet News

Writing Right for Broadcast and Internet News

Author: Sharyl Attkisson

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13:

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This book takes a nuts-and-bolts approach to news writing for radio, television and the Internet, emphasizing the unique, first-hand experiences of the authors. Writing Right for Broadcast and Internet News covers the basics of writing for all three electronic media-television, radio and the Internet-from terminology and how stories should look on the printed page to determining exactly what to write. This book will also show you how to gather news and will get tips for conducting effective interviews and developing your own writing style. For anyone interested in launching a career as a news writer.


The Elements of News Writing

The Elements of News Writing

Author: James Williamson Kershner

Publisher: Pearson

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780205781126

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Kershner's The Elements of News Writing 3/e is a concise handbook that presents the essential rules of journalism, while offering in-depth analysis of the evolving industry. With comprehensive coverage from history to how-to, and discussions of new media, online journalism, blogging, and social networking, this text covers news writing from a 360 degree view. The Elements of News Writing covers the basics of news writing without the extra verbiage that bogs down many textbooks. The author pays extra attention to grammar and usage, with easy-to-follow basic tips on writing for all types of mass media, new and old.


Writing and Reporting the News

Writing and Reporting the News

Author: Jerry Lanson

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780195306668

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A comprehensive and accessible introductory text for journalism students. Lanson and Stephens provide thorough instruction on writing and reporting, examples of good and bad writing and extensive opportunities to apply their advice through practical exercises. Based on the authors' careers as journalists and journalism professors--and on the experience of dozens of other reporters--this textbook/workbook gives students a clear, logical introduction to the craft of journalism. The book has three goals: to teach clear, concise and accurate writing; to teach students how to find reliable information about newsworthy events and issues and how to set this information within an understandable and meaningful context; to explain the workings of print, online and broadcast newsrooms and how the gathering and delivery of news are changing in today's increasingly digital and cross-media age.--From publisher description.


Writing and Reporting News You Can Use

Writing and Reporting News You Can Use

Author: Tammy Trujillo

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-12-06

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 1351979655

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Writing and Reporting News You Can Use instructs students on how to produce news that is informative, interesting, educational, and most importantly, compelling. It addresses roadblocks to student interest in writing news, using illustrative examples and exercises to help them understand how to write news that is interesting and accurate. Trujillo’s hands-on approach is based on real-world strategies that deal with audience and market characteristics. Students are writing from the very beginning while also getting the ethical and legal grounding necessary to understand the field. This textbook is a complete resource for students learning broadcast news, including how to get a job after leaving the classroom.


News Writing

News Writing

Author: Anna McKane

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2006-12-04

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9781412919159

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Anna McKane provides a step-by-step guide to constructing a good news story, with good and bad examples and a detailed analysis of style, language and grammar.


Dynamics of Writing

Dynamics of Writing

Author: Vincent F. Filak

Publisher: CQ Press

Published: 2017-12-14

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 1506347681

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Dynamics of Writing: An Exercise Guide gives you multiple opportunities to practice your writing skills in-class or as take-home assignments. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of the newswriting process and offers short-answer, multiple-choice, and writing-prompt activities to help you master the concepts and skills presented in Vincent F. Filak’s comprehensive book. Additional exercises built around the unique demands of online newswriting will prepare you to meet the demands of a changing media landscape. Key Features: “Writing Exercises” enable you to recall & demonstrate your understanding of various elements found in each chapter in Dynamics of News Writing and Reporting. “Practice Writing” exercises empower you to apply their knowledge in a safe, in-class environment. “Live-Action Exercises” encourage you to expand their knowledge and experience through out-of-class reporting and writing opportunities.


Enemy Women

Enemy Women

Author: Paulette Jiles

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-03-17

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 0061741698

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For the Colleys of southeastern Missouri, the War between the States is a plague that threatens devastation, despite the family’s avowed neutrality. For eighteen-year-old Adair Colley, it is a nightmare that tears apart her family and forces her and her sisters to flee. The treachery of a fellow traveler, however, brings about her arrest, and she is caged with the criminal and deranged in a filthy women’s prison. But young Adair finds that love can live even in a place of horror and despair. Her interrogator, a Union major, falls in love with her and vows to return for her when the fighting is over. Before he leaves for battle, he bestows upon her a precious gift: freedom. Now an escaped "enemy woman," Adair must make her harrowing way south buoyed by a promise . . . seeking a home and a family that may be nothing more than a memory.