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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Journalism

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I'd taken journalism courses in college and had experience in magazine writing and book writing, but after being hired for a newspaper, I wanted to brush up on my skill level, specifically powerful leads. I browsed this book initially just to remind myself of formatting (who, what, when, where, why), but by me being a Web Editor, I found the Internet chapter more interesting than the writing chapter, although the writing chapter was good. I ended up finishing this book after checking it out from the library and buying it to keep as reference material. It covers all areas of journalism: magazine, TV, newspaper, radio, and Internet. The glossary and the different top lists are excellent information to have onhand. The "Idiot's Guide" title may make people a little put off about reading it at first, but I think I'll try other "Idiot's Guide" books because if they're anywhere near as informative as this one, I'd like to see what else is out there.

Don't be tricked by the "The Complete Idiot's Guide to" title: people who are not beginners (or 'idiots') will certainly find this book very helpful. Journalism has many diferent fields to work, each one with it's own challenges. Newspaper, Radio, TV, Online, Magazines. All of these are explained in a descomplicated way.

The book is wonderful. Too often we go off blindly dreaming of a career only to end up back in college because we didn't realize "glamour" only makes a camio in the movies and rarely in real life. Journalism is one of those fields. The text in this book should be a summer read for the high school grad dreaming of being a journalist in any field. It explains, in an easy to read manner, the heart break you'll recieve(as well as little pay)if you don't understand the game. It is a game. Knowledge is power and this book can be great in a budding writers arsinal. 1 star for the price of the kindle addition. it is MORE THAN THE ACTUAL BOOK. This is why pople torrent!!!!