Reporting for the media / (Record no. 4643)
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fixed length control field | 08415nam a2200157 4500 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9780195169997 (pb) |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
Transcribing agency | CUS |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 070.43 |
Item number | FED/R |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Fedler, Fred |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Reporting for the media / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. | Fred Fedler, John r. Bender, Lucinda Davenport and Michael W. Drager |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | OUP, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2005. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | xvii, 679 p. |
Other physical details | ill. ; |
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
Formatted contents note | CHAPTER T The Basics; Format, Copy Editing and AP Style i<br/>Producing Copy 2<br/>News Story Format 2<br/>Copy-editing Symbols 4<br/>The Associated Press Style book and Briefing on Media Law 8<br/>Accuracy of Names and Facts 9<br/>The Writing Coach—The Lucky 13 Ways to Become a Good Writer 10<br/>Checklist for Copy Preparation 11<br/>Suggested Readings 11<br/>Useful Web Sites 11<br/>Exercises 12<br/>CHAPTER 2 Grammar and Spelling 29<br/>The Parts of Speech 29<br/>Basic Sentence Structure 36<br/>Active and Passive Voice 38<br/>Agreement 38<br/>Ambiguous Pronouns 40<br/>Plurals and Possessives 40<br/>"That" and "Which" 41<br/>"Who" and "Whom" 42<br/>Misplaced Modifiers 42<br/>Dangling Modifiers 43<br/>Personification 43<br/>Parallel Form 44<br/>"Because" and "Due To" 44<br/>Spelling 44<br/>Grammar Checklist 45<br/>The Writing Coach—Acronyms Lift Your Writing<br/>Suggested Readings 47<br/>Useful Web Sites 48<br/>Exercises 49<br/>CHAPTER 3 Newswriting Style 59<br/>Prewriting 59<br/>Simplify Words, Sentences and Paragraphs 62<br/>Remain Objective 66<br/>Checklist for Newswriting Style 71<br/>The Writing Coach-Find the Clear Path to Writing Glory 72<br/>Suggested Readings 74<br/>Exercises 76<br/>CHAPTER 4 The Longuage of News 90<br/>The Effectiveness of Words 90<br/>Be Precise 91<br/>Use Strong Verbs 93<br/>Avoiding Problems in Your Writing 94<br/>Words to Avoid 94<br/>Other Problems to Avoid 99<br/>Checklist for the Language of News 103<br/>The Writing Coach—Become a Power Lifter When Picking Verbs 103<br/>Suggested Readings 104<br/>Exercises 105<br/>CHAPTER 5 Selecting and Reporting the News 122<br/>The Characteristics of News 123<br/>Two Views of 9/11 126<br/>Types of News 131<br/>Public/Civic Journalism 133<br/>Applying the Principles of News Selection 135<br/>The Concept of Objectivity 135<br/>Details Newspapers Are Reluctant to Publish 136<br/>The Importance of Accuracy 138<br/>Suggested Readings 141<br/>Exercises 143<br/>CHAPTER 6 Basic News Leads 146<br/>The Summary News Lead 146<br/>Sentence Structure in Leads 148<br/>Guidelines for Writing Effective Leads 149<br/>Avoiding Some Common Errors 154<br/>Apply the Guidelines to Other Kinds of Leads 157<br/>Checklist for Writing Leads 158<br/>The Writing Coach—Oh Where, Oh Where Does the Time Element Go'' 159<br/>Suggested Readings 160<br/>Exercises 161<br/>CHAPTER 7 Alternative leads I8I<br/>Criticisms 182<br/>"Buried" or "Delayed" Leads 183<br/>Multiparagraph Leads 184<br/>Using Quotations 184<br/>Using Questions 185<br/>Suspenseful Leads 186<br/>Descriptive Leads 186<br/>Shockers—Leads With a Twist 187<br/>Ironic Leads 187<br/>Direct-Address Leads 187<br/>Words Used in Unusual Ways 188<br/>Other Unusual Leads 188<br/>The Writing Coach—Too Many Words Can Muddle Writing 189<br/>Exercises 192<br/>CHAPTER 8 The Body of a News Story 200<br/>The Inverted-Pyramid Style 200<br/>The Hourglass Style 206<br/>The Focus Style 208<br/>The Narrative Style 211<br/>Using Transitions 215<br/>Explain the Unfamiliar 217<br/>The Importance of Examples 219<br/>The Use of Description 219<br/>The Use of Humor 221<br/>The Need to Be Fair 221<br/>The Final Step: Edit Your Story 222<br/>Checklist for Writing News Stories 222<br/>The Writing Coach—How to Find the Endings to Stories 223<br/>Suggested Readings 223<br/>Exercises 224<br/>CHAPTER 9 Quotations ond Attribution 239<br/>Quotations 239<br/>Blending Quotations and Narrative 243<br/>Attribution 246<br/>Guidelines for Capitalizing and Punctuating Quotations 253<br/>Checklists for Quotations and Attribution 255<br/>A Memo From the Editor—Descriptive Writing: Turning a Good Story Into<br/>a Great Story 256<br/>Suggested Readings 258<br/>Useful Web Sites 259<br/>Exercises 260<br/>CHAPTER 10 Interviews 269<br/>Why Am I Interviewing? 269<br/>Whom Should I Interview? 270<br/>When Should I Conduct My Interviews? 272<br/>Where Should I Conduct the Interview? 273<br/>What Questions Should I Ask? 274<br/>How Should I Conduct Interviews? 275<br/>Writing the Interview Story 277<br/>The Writing Coach—Figure It: Poetry Can Be in Newspaper St(M les 278<br/>Suggested Readings 279<br/>Useful Web Sites 279<br/>Exercises 280<br/>CHAPTER n Writing Obituaries 292<br/>Types of Death Reports 293<br/>Jim Nicholson: No. 1 in Obituaries 297<br/>Obituary Writing Considerations 301<br/>Checklists for Reporting and Writing Obituaries 302<br/>Suggested Readings 302<br/>Useful Web Sites 302<br/>Exercises 303<br/>CHAPTER 12 Speeches and Meetings 312<br/>Advance Stories 312<br/>Covering the Speech or Meeting 313<br/>Follow Stories 314<br/>Internet Brings Pornography to Children, Researcher Says 317<br/>Remember Your Readers 320<br/>Adding Color 321<br/>Checklists for Reporting Speeches and Meetings 322<br/>The Writing Coach—Go Beyond the Stick 323<br/>Suggested Readings 323<br/>Useful Web Sites 323<br/>Exercises 324<br/>CHAPTER 13 Spcdolized Types of Stories 343<br/>Brights 343<br/>Follow-ups 345<br/>Roundups 347<br/>Sidebars 347<br/>Checklists for Writing Specialized Stories 348<br/>A Memo From the Editor—History, Traditions and Culture:<br/>Old Glory and Noodle 349<br/>Suggested Readings 351<br/>Useful Web Sites 351<br/>Exercises 352<br/>CHAPTER 14 Feature Stories 368<br/>Selecting a Topic and Gathering Information 368<br/>Types of Feature Stories 370<br/>Types of Feature Leads 380<br/>The Body of a Feature Story 381<br/>The Ending of a Feature Story 382<br/>What does It Take to Be a Top-Notch Writer? 383<br/>Suggested Readings 384<br/>Useful Web Sites 384<br/>Exercises 385<br/>CHAPTER 15 PublU Affairs Reporting 393<br/>Crime and Accidents 394<br/>Covering the Search for a Serial Killer 395<br/>Local Government 403<br/>Courts 410<br/>Checklists for Public Affairs Reporting 416<br/>r<br/>A Note About This Chapter's Exercises 417<br/>The Writing Coach—^The "Knows" Have It for Police and Court Reporters 417<br/>Suggested Readings 418<br/>Useful Web Sites 418<br/>Exercises 419<br/>CHAPTER 16 Understanding and Using the Internet 446<br/>A Brief History 446<br/>Journalists and the Internet 447<br/>E-Mail 447<br/>Internet Addresses, Web Sites or URLs (Universal Resource Locators) 448<br/>Search Engines and Subject Directories 451<br/>Mailing Lists and Newsgroups 453<br/>Ethical Considerations 456<br/>Suggested Readings 457<br/>Useful Web Sites 457<br/>Exercises 458<br/>CHAPTER 17 Advanced Reporting 467<br/>Using Statistics 468<br/>Conducting Informal Polls 469<br/>Using Computers to Get Answers 471<br/>Converging Media 472<br/>Checklist for Using Statistics 473<br/>Checklist for Conducting Informal Polls 473<br/>A Memo From the Editor—Good Writing's Great, but It's Not Enough 473<br/>Suggested Readings 475<br/>Exercises 476<br/>CHAPTER 18 Writing for Broadcast 498<br/>Writing for Your Listener 498<br/>Writing for Your Announcer 501<br/>Leads for Broadcast Stories 502<br/>The Body of a Broadcast News Story 504<br/>Updating Broadcast News Stories 505<br/>Guidelines for Copy Preparation 505<br/>Editing Copy 507<br/>Putting Together a Newscast 508<br/>Sources for Broadcast News 509<br/>The Newsroom Environment 510<br/>Checklists for Broadcast News Writing 511<br/>Suggested Readings 511<br/>Useful Web Sites 511 .<br/>Exercises 512<br/>CHAPTER 19 The News Media and PR Practitioners 524<br/>What Is Public Relations? 524<br/>Becoming a Public Relations Practitioner 526<br/>Working with News Media 526<br/>Elements of a News Release 527<br/>Types of News Releases 530<br/>The Journalist's Perspective: Working with Press Releases 533<br/>The No. I Problem: Lack of Newsworthiness 534<br/>The No. 2 Problem: Lack of Objectivity 536<br/>Other Problems with News Releases 538<br/>Some Final Guidelines 540<br/>Checklist for PR Practitioners 540<br/>Checklist for Handling News Releases 541<br/>Guest Column—Transparency Is Paramount 541<br/>Suggested Readings 543<br/>Exercises 544<br/>CHAPTER 20 Communications Law 561<br/>Libel 561<br/>12 Steps for Avoiding Libel Suits 572<br/>Privacy 572<br/>Newsgathering 578<br/>Bar-Press Guidelines 583<br/>Checklists 584<br/>Suggested Readings 586<br/>Useful Web Sites 586<br/>Exercises 587<br/>CHAPTER 21 Ethics 593<br/>Media Credibility 594<br/>Ethical Decision-Making 594<br/>Ethics Issues 596<br/>Codes of Ethics 610 ~<br/>Checklist for Improving Media Credibility 610<br/>A Memo From the Editor—Some Thoughts on Plagiarism 611<br/>Suggested Readings 613<br/>Useful Web Sites 614<br/>Exercises 615<br/>CHAPTER 22 Careers 622<br/>A Journalist's Attributes 623<br/>Be the Applicant Who Gets Hired 624<br/>The Industry Needs More Women and Minorities 628<br/>Freelance Writing 629<br/>Checklist for Finding the Right Journalism Job 629<br/>Suggested Readings 630<br/>Useful Web Sites 630 |
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Keyword | Reporters and reporting problems, exercises etc. |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
Koha item type | GN Books |
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Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 12/07/2016 | 070.43 FED/R | P14934 | 05/02/2020 | 05/02/2020 | General Books |