Writing and Reporting News: A Coaching Method, Media Enhanced Edition (with InfoTrac) - Softcover

Rich, Carole

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534633331 ISBN 13: 9780534633332

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2004

Synopsis

This reviewer-praised text uses a practical coaching method to introduce students effectively to the basic skills required of a journalist -- from conceiving and researching to organizing and writing news. It emphasizes writing fundamentals and ethics in journalism. After using this motivational and engaging text, your students will be well prepared to write effectively in every news medium. This edition is enhanced with a CD-ROM that provides your students with a virtual news lab where they can put the texts concepts to practice as they write their own news stories.

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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: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534633331
• ISBN 13: 9780534633332
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 592