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082	0	4	_a070.43 _2 22
100	1		_aItule, Bruce D. _97895
245	1	0	_aNews writing and reporting for today's media / _c Bruce D. Itule, Douglas A. Anderson.
260			_aBoston : _b McGraw-Hill College, _c c2007.
300			_axviii, 484 p. : _b ill. ; _c 24 cm.
500			_aPrevious ed.: 1997.
500			_aIncludes index.
520			_aDesigned for introductory news writing and reporting classes, this text focuses on real reporters in real situations. It presents up-to-date coverage of writing principles, with a wide variety of actual news stories from a variety of newspapers. The third edition includes a new chapter on multicultural reporting, expanded coverage of information gathering, and broader coverage of ethics. Its special features are as follows: it uses first-person accounts from working reporters and editors to give students a sense of the excitement of the profession and to show how concepts and principles work in real situations; it provides detailed, comprehensive discussions of the rudiments of news writing and reporting, including coverage on leads, story organization, interviewing,
520			_a quotations and attribution, and qualities of good writing and gathering of information; it integrates sections on broadcast writing and discusses the differences and similarities between print and broadcast reporting and writing; and it exposes students to a wide variety of current examples of news stories, such as writing excerpts and story sources from small daily newspapers to regional and metropolitan ones. Aspects new to this edition include: a new chapter on multicultural reporting, which stresses how important it is for students to be sensitive to cultures, ethnic groups, religions and lifestyles different from their own; a new chapter on developing a news story, which shows students how to develop a story from day to day and week to week; a chapter on specialized reporting, which now includes coverage of environmental writing and medical and science writing, and features examples and tips from environmental reporter Casey Bukro of "Chicago Tribune"; and it includes broader coverage of ethics and how the journalist's story impacts on society.
650		0	_aReporters and reporting. _97896
650		0	_aJournalism _x Authorship. _93126
650		0	_aMass media _x Authorship. _97897
650		0	_aReport writing. _97898
700	1		_aAnderson, Douglas A. _9142
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