This second edition of this guide to newswriting brings aspiring journalists up to date on what it takes to put together a news story, from conception to execution. Veteran journalist, editor and educator Fox walks the beginning writer through the principles and techniques of organizing a news story and writing it with style and depth. In nine chapters, he covers essential journalistic skills, from lead writing and story development to handling quotes and composing feature stories. Fox also pays special attention to questions of style and context, varieties of the basic newswriting structure and alternatives to traditional story forms. His approach should ground a reader in the basic "rules" of newswriting without allowing the process to become a straitjacket. More than a how-to manual, the text is also an appreciation of the craft of newswriting as a modern art form. As such, it should be a valuable source for anyone involved in print journalism or interested in the rhetoric of news.
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Walter Fox has more than four decades of experience as a professional journalist, editor, communications specialist and journalism professor.
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Walter Fox has more than four decades of experience as a professional journalist, editor, communications specialist and journalism professor. He has taught journalism at Temple and West Chester universities in Pennsylvania, and has worked as a reporter and editor for wire services and daily and national newspapers. His book, "Writing the News: A Guide for Print Journalists," has been published abroad in China, India and Bulgaria.
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Now in an updated and expanded third edition, Writing The News: A Guide For Print Journalists, Walter Fox continues to draw upon his more than forty years of experience as a professional journalist, editor, communications specialists, and journalism educator to provide aspiring journalists and news writers with an introductory primer for their trade. Among the issues covered are writing the lead; story development, handling quotes, varieties of the basic structure of writing, examples for the contemporary press, feature narratives, and an enhanced chapter on news style. Writing The News is very highly recommended for students of print and media journalism, as well as article and reportage writing for magazines and periodicals.
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Beginning journalists are often bewildered by the sheer number of rules they are asked to follow in constructing a news story, especially when these rules seem to contradict much of what they have learned about writing in composition classes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
inverted pyramid story, inverted pyramid form, beginning journalists, electronic journalism, advance text, lead writing, tax package, proposed ordinance, story angle, proper attribution Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Associated Press, Philadelphia Inquirer, San Francisco, Washington Post, World War, New York Times, City Manager Frank Gibson, Baltimore Sun, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, San Diego, Van Sork, Branch Davidian, Chicago Tribune, Councilman Greene, Elmwood Park, Father Berrigan, Greensburg Council, League of Women Voters of Rockville, Richard Williams New!
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Beginning journalists are often bewildered by the sheer number of rules they are asked to follow in constructing a news story, especially when these rules seem to contradict much of what they have learned about writing in composition classes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
inverted pyramid story, inverted pyramid form, beginning journalists, electronic journalism, advance text, lead writing, tax package, proposed ordinance, story angle, proper attribution Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Associated Press, Philadelphia Inquirer, San Francisco, Washington Post, World War, New York Times, City Manager Frank Gibson, Baltimore Sun, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, San Diego, Van Sork, Branch Davidian, Chicago Tribune, Councilman Greene, Elmwood Park, Father Berrigan, Greensburg Council, League of Women Voters of Rockville, Richard Williams New!
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- The Associated Press Stylebook by Norm Goldstein in Back Matter
- On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser in Back Matter
- A Tale of Two Cities (Signet Classics) by Charles Dickens on page 48
- Mask Of State: Watergate Portrait (Harvest Book; Hb283) by Mary McCarthy on page 99
- The Careful Writer by Theodore M. Bernstein in Back Matter
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- Real-World Newsletters to Meet Your Unreal Demands by Linda Jorgensen in Back Matter
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