Best Newspaper Writing 2003 [Deluxe Edition] (Paperback)

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Editorial Reviews

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Best Newspaper Writing 2003, the 25th anniversary of this prestigious series’ publication, celebrates the winners of the ASNE Distinguished Writing Awards, including the Jesse Laventhol Prizes honoring deadline reporting, and featuring the Community Service Photojournalism Award on a companion CD-ROM.

David Barham’s clever, homespun editorials, a trademark of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, combine a conversational style and unflinching, on-point criticism effectively to take on, among others, the head of the Southern Baptist Convention and the Catholic Church, proving that there are no sacred cows in the Razorback state.

Andrew Malcolm of the Los Angeles Times adds a whimsical voice to journalism’s stodgiest pages with editorials that are equal parts satire, concise storytelling, and unbridled shtick. His way with words is never so evident as when he tackles the tough (difficult, grueling) task of writing an obituary for a thesaurus editor.

Jonathan Tilove of the Newhouse News Service takes readers on an eye-opening tour of America’s Martin Luther King streets. In lyrical, vivid language, he shows how family, history, and shared experience link generations of black Americans to a common heritage and the ubiquitous street called King.

Amy Ellis Nutt of the Star-Ledger in Newark, N.J., pursues some of the most complicated questions confronted by humans in her series "The Seekers." Her informal, unassuming tone helps make science accessible and offers a peek into the world of scientists with fascinating, if peculiar, interests.

Dan Barry of the New York Times revisits the World Trade Center site on the one-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks, marching readers past the microphones, beyond the speeches, and into the pit where families met to remember.

Michael Kelly’s columns for the Omaha World-Herald combine the sharp eye and ear of a veteran writer with the sometimes-raw emotion of a father outraged after the rape and shooting of his daughter. He challenges readers to break the devastating silence that surrounds the subject of rape.

The Palm Beach Post team of Joel Engelhardt, Elizabeth Clarke, Christine Stapleton, and Gary Kane rallied on deadline to offer an insightful, disquieting picture of the Catholic Church and its embattled clergy on the day a well-respected bishop resigned in shame.

James H. Smith, executive editor of the Record-Journal in Merideu, Conn., proves to be a passionate defender of the First Amendment, whether those attacking it are politicians seeking cover, police officers arresting a reporter, or readers who’d rather that the newspaper not tell the whole story of a fire chief’s suicide.

Ted Jackson of the Times-Picayune brings to life with his photographs the heart-wrenching story of David Pinchon, a New Orleans eighth-grader who struggles to hurdle the test that stands between him and high school. The winning series, "Leap Year," is a tightly focused look at the true challenges facing those who would reform education.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Bonus Books (August 25, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566252105
• ISBN-13: 978-1566252102
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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