Writing the News
Subtitle: a guide for print journalists
By: Walter Fox.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; Iowa State University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Ames, Iowa
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9780813822488
Subjects: Journalism -- Authorship.; Report writing.
First sentence: 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.
Description: The third edition of WRITING THE NEWS continues the tradition of its predecessors by providing beginning journalists with a clear and concise introduction to the craft of newswriting. Along with updating and adding to the number of examples from the contemporary press, the new edition includes a section on the increasingly popular narrative form of the feature and an expanded chapter on news style. Covering all of the essential journalistic skills--from lead writing and story development to the handling of quotes and feature techniques--the book offers practical information to anyone involved in print journalism or interested in the rhetoric of news.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 151) and index.
Table of contents: label: 1.
title: Writing for Newspapers; label: 2.
title: Writing the Lead; label: 3.
title: Developing the Story; label: 4.
title: The Elements of News Style; label: 5.
title: The Spoken Word in Print; label: 6.
title: Varieties of the Basic Structure; label: 7.
title: News in Context; label: 8.
title: “Featurizing” the News; label: 9.
title: Writing the Feature Story; title: Suggested reading; title: Index