Telling Stories/Taking Risks: Journalism Writing at the Century's Edge

Alice M. Klement, Carolyn Matalene

ISBN 10: 0534522726 / ISBN 13: 9780534522728

Published by Wadsworth Publishing, 1997

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[ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: first ] [ Water Damage: SLIGHT, doesn't affect use ] Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company Pub Date: 8/18/1997 Binding: Paperback Pages: 320 first edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Telling Stories/Taking Risks: Journalism Writing at the Century's Edge
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534522726
• ISBN 13: 9780534522728
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

Edited by a professor of journalism and a professor of English literature, this newswriting anthology focuses on the teaching of quality journalistic writing and the ways in which current writers approach the craft of storytelling. Through selected unabridged articles by nationally known writers (such as Dave Barry and Lisa Grunwald) as well as local journalists, this book investigates the question of how writers take risks--physical, psychological, stylistic, etc.--in the course of investigating and writing a story. The book deals with many of the standard issues of traditional journalism, such as objectivity, first-person vs. third-person accounts, reliability of sources, and the decision-making process of the writer, but with regard to the new challenges writers face in the nineties.