Reporting for the Media
ISBN: 9780195337433 | 0195337433
Edition: 9thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 3/24/2008
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Now in its ninth edition, Reporting for the Media continues to be anessential resource for journalism students and instructors. A comprehensiveintroduction to newswriting and reporting, this classic text offers astraightforward guide to crafting effective journalism. Moreover, it groundsstudents firmly in the basics of reporting--how to become more curious about theworld, generate provocative ideas, gather vital information and write incisivestories. The authors provide students with the skills they need to produce engagingjournalism by focusin... MORE
| Journalism Today | |
| The Basics: Format, Copyediting and AP Style | |
| Grammar and Spelling | |
| Newswriting Style | |
| Language of News | |
| Selecting and Reporting the News | |
| Basic News Leads | |
| Alternative Leads | |
| The Body of a News Story | |
| Quotations and Attribution | |
| Interviews | |
| ... MORE | |
| Speeches and Meetings | |
| Specialized Types of Stories | |
| Feature Stories | |
| Public Affairs Reporting | |
| Advanced Reporting | |
| Writing for Broadcast | |
| The News Media and PR Practitioners | |
| Libel, Privacy and Newsgathering Issues | |
| Ethics | |
| Becoming a Professional | |
| City Directory | |
| The Associated Press Stylebook | |
| Rules for Forming Possessives | |
| Answer Keys | |
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John R. Bender is Associate Professor of Journalism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Lucinda D. Davenport is Professor of Journalism at Michigan State University.
Michael W. Drager is Associate Professor of Journalism at Shippensburg University.
Fred Fedler is Professor of Journalism at the University of Central Florida.
