The N. I. A. Handbook for Writers: The Texts and Reference Manual of a Training Course in Modern Writing, Applying Metropolitan Journalistic Practices, and Employing the Copy Desk Method. (Together with Additional Printed Lectures by Other Authors)

*May ship at extra cost due to weight." Black cloth binding with gilt embossed lettering and small gilt insignia with a winged horse on front. Faded light lettering on spine. All of the pages are bound in by two metal fasteners. 9" x 11 1/4" x 3." 428 pages, complete. Additional pages in back comprise the additional printed lectures (see below). Pages are clean and intact overall but some are coming loose and there are, throughout the publication, small stains, pencil and colored pencil annotations, moderate age toning, and pages with darkening. One leaf, which looks like a syllabus, is very loose and has significant chipping and closed tearing along edges. Covers are clean and intact overall but have significant rubbing on spine, tiny white stains on front, and moderate wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. A comprehensive textbook about newspaper journalism and recommended writing and journalistic practices in the newspaper industry. Intended for use by students of the Newspaper Institute of America (NIA) who, upon completing the required assignments and coursework, will be awarded a certificate by NIA and given placement by NIA in the newspaper industry. The main handbook is authored by Carrol Baker Dotson. Following his handbook are a printout resembling a syllabus for NIA students and a series of brief publications by other authors. Many subtopics about journalism, newspaper writing, and the industry at large are included in Dotson's manual. The following are the nine sections of Dotson's handbook and a sampling of subjects discussed in each section: 1) " A Code of Newspaper Ethics"; "The Staff"; "Getting It Into the Paper"; "How to Read Newspapers"; "Outline of Study and the Copy Desk Method"; Dictionary of Newspaper Shop Terms"; "What Is News"; "Sources of News"; "Traditions and Ethics of the Reporter." 2) "Newspaper Story Structure"; "Storm Stories"; "Crime Story"; "Ship News"; "Wreck Story"; "Political Story"; "Labor News"; "Sports Writing"; "Financial Writing"; "Religious News"; "Motion Picture Review"; "Book Review"; "Opinions of Celebrities." 3) "Words"; "The Five W's to the Fore"; "Emphatic Lead Sentence Beginnings"; "Emphatic Paragraph Beginnings." 4) "Sentence Structure"; "Common Errors of Syntax and Grammar"; "Casual Reminder Do's and Dont's"; "Newspaper Punctuation"; Stylebook of the New York Times." 5) "Feature Writing"; "The 'Heart Throb' Story"; "The Humorous Twist"; "The Interview." 6) "The Copy Desk"; Boiling and Fattening"; "Headings"; "Proof-Reading"; "Libel." 7) "The Country Newspaper"; "The Local Correspondent." 8) "Dramatizing the News"; "Conflict, Suspense"; "Heroic Values"; "Plot"; "Coherence"; "Thirty-Six Human Emotions"; "The Illusion of Reality"; "The Value of Reading." 9) "Finding Your Bearings"; "Preparation of Manuscript"; "Copyright and Author's Rights"; "Concerning Yourself, Your Attitude and Your Reading." The following are the additional lectures in back: "Editing a Woman's Page" (1937; 8 pages) by Eleanor W. Stanton, "Taking It Off the 'Phone" (1938; 6 pp.) by Courtenay Terrett, "Finding a Newspaper Job By Making It" (1941; 8 pp.) by Edward Mott Woolley, "Tips from the Copy Desk" (1937; 8 pp.) by Earl P. Rowe, " "One Way to Write a Newspaper Story" (1939; 7 pp.) by E. G. Rich, "The Woman Editor" (1939; 8 pp.) by Kay Austin, "What The News Editor Expects of His Men" (1938; 12 pp.) by Walter W. R. May, "Make-Up" (1938; 11 pp.) by Charles McD. Puckette, "Publicity--its uses, abuses and opportunities as one of the new professions" (1941; 15 pp.) by Elmore Leffingwell, "The Financial Beat" (1938; 8 pp.) by Frank H. McConnell, "Off the Beaten Path" (1939; 6 pp.) by Russel M. Crouse, "Covering City Hall" (1940; 7 pp.) by Maurice G. Postley, "The Foreign Correspondent" (1937; 6 pp.) by G. A. McD. Elliot, "The Dramatic Critic" (1941; 8 pp.) by Herbert Drake, and "'Brevier'" (1940; 8 pp.) by Dotson. At very end: "Supplementary Fiction Guide" (n. d.; 8 parts; 55 pp.).…