Reporting for the Media: Canadian Edition - Softcover

Bender, John R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195430190 ISBN 13: 9780195430196

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Synopsis

This new Canadian edition is a comprehensive and confidence-boosting introduction to journalism. Helping students develop a solid journalistic skill set, it offers straightforward instruction on the basics - newswriting style, story structure, interviewing techniques, reporting on speeches and meetings, common ethical dilemmas, grammar - and practical guidance on more advanced topics such as broadcast writing, Canadian law, and public relations. Lively end-of-chapter exercises encourage hands-on application of new skills. Checklists recapping main points, boxed features that highlight specific topics, as well as suggested readings and useful websites support student learning. Accessible and engaging, the new Canadian edition of Reporting for the Media is an indispensable guide for journalists in training.

About this title

About the Author

Maxine Ruvinsky is a former journalist and professor of journalism. She is the author of two other Oxford University Press textbooks: Practical Grammar, 3e, 2014; and Investigative Reporting in Canada, 2008. Charles Hays is assistant professor and internship coordinator at the School of Journalism at Thompson Rivers University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195430190
• ISBN 13: 9780195430196
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576