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 long-time reporter and bureau chief with the Associated Press, leads journalism students through the basics of news writing, fo

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429982569
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/18/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	962 KB

About the Author

CONRAD C. FINK is William S. Morris Professor of Newspaper Strategy and Management at the College of Journalism at the University of Georgia. He was with the Associated Press for over 20 years, where he held a number of positions as reporter, foreign correspondent, bureau chief, and vice president and secretary of the corporation. He is the author of a number of textbooks on journalism, the media and newspaper management. He is the recipient of the Freedom Forum's Journalism Educator of the Year Award for 2002.

Table of Contents

Preface, Acknowledgments, 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, Index

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