Writing and Reporting News: A Coaching Method - Softcover

Rich, Carole

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534559808 ISBN 13: 9780534559809

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

This practical text introduces students to the basic skills required of a news reporter (conceiving, researching, organizing and writing the news story), emphasizing the fundamentals as well as emerging issues, such as technology and ethics, in journalistic writing.

About this title

About the Author

Carole Rich is a retired journalism professor, formerly at the University of Alaska Anchorage, where she was the Atwood professor before accepting a full-time position. She also served as chair of the journalism department at Hofstra University in New York for two years, taught journalism at the University of Kansas for 11 years, and worked for 16 years in the newspaper industry. She was a reporter for the former PHILADELPHIA EVENING BULLETIN, city editor of the SUN-SENTINEL in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and deputy metropolitan editor of the HARTFORD COURANT in Connecticut. In addition to serving as a visiting writing coach at newspapers throughout the United States, Professor Rich has conducted many writing seminars for journalism organizations, including a group of professional journalists in Spain. She is the author of multiple highly regarded media and reporting textbooks.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534559808
• ISBN 13: 9780534559809
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 640