Writing To Inform And Engage: The Essential Guide To Beginning News And Magazine Writing

by Conrad C. Fink

Overview

Designed with the beginning journalism student in mind, this undergraduate textbook for fledgling reporters is a reference guide and an instructive text full of real-world examples and writing exercises. Conrad C. Fink, a longtime reporter and bureau chief with the Associated Press, leads intro journalism students through the basics of news writing

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367314057
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/28/2019
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Conrad C. Fink received the Freedom Forum's Journalism Educator of the Year Award in 2002.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: GETTING READY, Know Your Audience, Know Your Subject, PART TWO: SHARPENING YOUR TOOLS, Achieving Precision and Clarity, Becoming a Stylist, PART THREE: CAPTURING-AND HOLDING-THEIR ATTENTION, Hey, Readers! Look at This!, Lead Readers Gently by the Hand, PART FOUR: GETTING STARTED IN SPECIALTY WRITING, Sports, Science, Business, PART FIVE: FEATURES, PROFILES AND "SOFT" PIECES, Handling Longer Narratives, PART SIX: WRITING THAT EXPLAINS AND ADVOCATES, Explanatory Writing in News, Writing Editorials, Writing Personal Commentary, PART SEVEN: ETHICS, THE LAW, AND YOU, Codes of Ethics, Rule(s) of Law

Editorial Reviews

The book shines for its style, its techniques and its message.

Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver

Finally, a textbook that recognizes how journalism will be practiced in the 21st Century.

Judith Serrin