Writing To Inform And Engage: The Essential Guide To Beginning News And Magazine Writing

Author:   Conrad C. Fink
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
ISBN:  

9780813340753


Pages:   400
Publication Date:   28 February 2003
Format:   Paperback
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Writing To Inform And Engage: The Essential Guide To Beginning News And Magazine Writing


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Designed with the beginning journalism student in mind, this undergraduate textbook for fledgling reporters is a reference guide and an instructive text full of real-world examples and writing exercises. Conrad C. Fink, a long-time reporter and bureau chief with the Associated Press, leads intro journalism students through the basics of news writing, followed by analytical, interpretive, and opinion writing, including specialty coverage, sports, science, business, technology, and profiles. This text makes use of a wide range of real-world examples and uses a direct, minimalist writing style developed by the author in 45 years of experience in journalism and teaching. Chapters include exercises that introduce students to a writing opportunity or problem, reproduce a real-life example of how a seasoned journalist handled it, then discuss the point made. In this wise and highly usable text, Fink will ease the path toward becoming a better writer, giving students the tools they need to communicate clearly and effectively in an ever-changing world.

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Author:   Conrad C. Fink
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Westview Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9780813340753


ISBN 10:   0813340756
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   28 February 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"Preface, Acknowledgments, PART ONE, GETTING READY, Know Your Audience, Know Your Subject, PART TWO, SHARPENING YOUR TOOLS, Achieving Precision and Clarity, Becoming a Stylist, PART THREE, CAPTURING-AND HOLDING-THEIR ATTENTION, Hey, Readers! Look at This!, Lead Readers Gently by the Hand, PART FOUR, GETTING STARTED IN SPECIALTY WRITING, Sports, Science, Business, PART FIVE, FEATURES, PROFILES AND ""SOFT"" PIECES, Handling Longer Narratives, PART SIX, WRITING THAT EXPLAINS AND ADVOCATES, Explanatory Writing in News, Writing Editorials, Writing Personal Commentary, PART SEVEN, ETHICS, THE LAW, AND YOU, Codes of Ethics, Rule(s) of Law, Index"

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Conrad C. Fink is William S. Morris Professor of Newspaper Strategy and Management at the College of Journalism at the University of Georgia. He was with the Associated Press for over 20 years, where he held a number of positions as reporter, foreign correspondent, bureau chief, and vice president and secretary of the corporation. He is the author of a number of textbooks on journalism, the media, and newspaper management. He is the recipient of the Freedom Forum's Journalism Educator of the Year Award for 2002.

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