Newswriting in Transition

Name: Newswriting in Transition
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ISBN: 9780830413478

ISBN-10: 0830413472

ISBN-13: 9780830413478

Edition: 1st 1995

Authors: Ray Laakaniemi

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This breakthrough text teaches students how to become successful newswriters in a complex scoiety with a changing new media. Laakaniemi begins with an introduction to newswriting, including the nature of news, the newsroom, reader habits, and writer habits. Next, he provides step-by-step instructions on media writing: putting words, sentences, and paragraphs together; organizing stories in the inverted pyramid and other formulas; writing feature stories; and writing for radio and television. Finally, Laakaniemi explores the role of the rewrite.

Book details

List price: $133.95
Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 1/1/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 425
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English




Before You Write



The Nature of News



Newsroom Pressures and Pleasures



Reader Habits: Why News Is Written the Way It Is



Writer Habits



Understanding Process in Writing



Gathering News: Reporting and Writing Go Hand-in-Hand



Libel: Respect for the Individual



Developing Your Own Philosophy of Newswriting



Media Writing



Building Blocks: The Elements of Newswriting - Proper Words, Sentences, and Paragraphs



Organizing Straightforward News Stories: The Inverted Pyramid and RElated Systems



Organizing a Complex Single-Event Story



Meetings, Speeches, and Roundup Stories



Feature Stories: Looking at News from a Different Angle



Writing for the Eye and Ear: Radio and Television



The Business of Public Relations: Writing to Explain



Rewrite - Turning a Good Story Into an Even Better One



After You Write: The Role of Rewrite



Refining Leads



Organizing the Rest of the Story: Between the Lead and the Ending



Attribution and Verification: Who Said That and Can You Prove It?



One More Time: Editing Your Final Copy and Catching Errors Before You Release Your Story



Personalizing, Foreshadowing, and Localizing: Adding Life and Depth to Your Stories



First Person Stories: The Cutting Edge



Reporting Cultural Diversity: The World as We See It Versus the World as It Is



The Visual Attitude: Help Me to Understand