News Reporting and Writing

by George Kennedy, Daryl R. Moen, Don Ranly

This text covers topics of concern to introductory news reporting and writing classes. A new four-colour insert on the future of newspaper design is accompanied by suggested readings and exercises at the end of each chapter.

Genres: School, Writing, Nonfiction, Journalism

579 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1999

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Reviews

[Eva]

- No Rating

Textbook for my COMM 260 News Writing Class that I took during my spring semester of my junior year of college, 2022. Solid text, more explanations/examples then information but was reliable to study from for tests.

What you get out of this all depends on how your professor uses this book, therefore I didn’t rate it.

[Jaime]

I read this back in 1989 when I was toying with the idea of writing for a living. It was a decent basic writing book with an emphasis on getting noticed and writing to be memorable. I would recommend this as a beginner's journalism book.

[Jenna]

Its a textbook, and for a textbook really not so bad. For a 100 level class, I think it provided a good deal of detail and a decent overview of the subject, journalism.

There were some nice sidebar hints, tips and tricks, and all that. The only thing lacking was a bit more depth to the discussion of AP Style, but I imagine the authors assumed you would receive that part of the discussion in class.

I purchased a separate book to help with the AP style sides of things - it turned out to be the one recommended in the text, so that was rather nice.

Not a bad read if you are interested in learning more about the art of being a journalist.

[Annalisa]

Great textbook for my journalism class. Excellent examples. To the point. Easy to read. (And doesn't use fragments like I do; I promise .). The accompanying workbook is also quite good, though a bit dense.

[George]

What didn't I know already? A good starting point/foundation, but not a bible.

[Jaen]

thankful for this book!

[Trang Ngo]

Đọc sách dạy viết tiếng Anh mà bằng tiếng Việt nên hơi chán.
Kiến thức thì ok, nhưng đa phần bỏ qua mấy đoạn ví dụ về cách viết vì đọc tiếng Việt chả hiểu gì.

[Lindsay]

buy if your field, borrow if not

[casetheplace]

Impeccable leads! Inverted pyramid! High five!

[La Trưởng]

chắc là một cuốn sách hay