Math Tools for Journalists [Paperback]

Kathleen Woodruff Wickham (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0966517652 | ISBN-13: 978-0966517651 | Edition: illustrated edition

This is a concise guide to mathematics from a journalist's perspective. The book explains basic mathematical concepts from multiplication to percentages to statistics, with examples of how these concepts apply to journalism.

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About the Author

Kathleen Woodruff Wickham EdD is an associate professor of journalism at the University of Mississippi. She previously worked for 10 years as a daily newspaper reporter for papers in New Jersey.

Product Details

• Paperback: 157 pages
• Publisher: Marion Street Press; illustrated edition edition (April 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966517652
• ISBN-13: 978-0966517651
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,119,344 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Handy, smart book for biz journalists, April 21, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Math Tools for Journalists (Paperback)

It's a pleasure to read a math book written with the journalist in mind. Every section contains something useful for journalists, from how to properly handle numbers in your text to how to figure property taxes. It belongs on every journalist's desk.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Handy Guide for Beginning Journalists, June 25, 2003

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Tania Cantrell (BYU, Provo, UT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Math Tools for Journalists (Paperback)

I have gone through the book Math Tools for Journalists and am envigored by
what I have seen.

The book offers a brief, to-the-point, clear explanation of some basic math
points for journalists as well as for the average person. I appreciate the
inclusion of basic math computations, statistics, business concepts, etc. The
summation of useful formulas at the end of the text is a nice touch as well.
The Skill Drills at the end of each section is very helpful, and it's great to
have an answer key as well. Also impressive is the inclusion of actual news
articles for each section demonstrating how journalists have used the math
concept covered by the chapter in their reporting.

I have a fairly strong math background (relatively speaking, for a
communications professional) and yet have found the text helpful in reviewing
some basic math principles. In addition, I have learned concepts I feel I have
needed to understand for some time just by going over the text and seeing the
simply stated explanations.

Math Tools for Journalists is definitely a handy-guide for any beginning journalist!

5.0 out of 5 stars apljacker, June 16, 2011

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This review is from: Math Tools for Journalists (Paperback)

I bought this book years ago, and still refer to it today. I am the editor of a weekly newspaper and it always helps each year with budget stories to review the formulas for percentages and whatnot. Everyone in the newsroom likes to use it. Handy little book.