A fundamental introduction to newswriting and reporting, this classic text focuses on the basics of reporting, including critical thinking, thorough reporting, excellent writing and creative visual communication skills for stories across all media. With digital journalism covered throughout, Writing & Reporting for the Media is the most up-to-date, realistic, and applied text available.Key FeaturesContains hundreds of examples from the work of students and professionals. Each new topic or discussion of errors includes examples, and students are also shown how to avoid or correct errorsIncludes practical exercises taken from or inspired by real events. To add to the realism, many exercises contain ethical problems: profanities, sexist comments, names of victims, or other materials many editors would be reluctant to publish requiring students to make decisionsProvides four appendices: a city directory, a summary of Associated Press style, rules for forming possessives and answer key for some exercisesEach chapter ends with a reporter's guide (e.g., 'Reporter's Guide to Accuracy' in Chapter 2) that summarises the major points covered in the chapter and helps students organise their writing assignments and make sure they are including all important informationNew to this editionDigital journalism consolidated into one chapterThe summary of Associated Press style has been returned to the textbook as Appendix BNew visuals and expanded captions reflect more recent events and supplement the textSidebars turned into 'Hot Tip' and 'From the News' boxes which provide students with important dos and don'ts and examplesThe text includes many new examples on current events that students will likely remember.This title is available as an eBook. Please contact your Sales and Learning Resource Consultant for more information.

Author Biography

John Bender is Associate Professor of Journalism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Lucinda Davenport is Professor of Journalism at Michigan State University. Michael Drager is Assistant Professor of Journalism at Shippensburg University.