Reporting for the Media

by Fred Fedler

Now in its seventh edition, Reporting for the Media by Fred Fedler, John R. Bender, Lucinda Davenport, and Michael W. Drager continues its outstanding tradition in journalism education, providing both students and instructors with a firm foundation on which to build journalistic success. It teaches readers the most important skills and characteristics of effective how to be engaged in and curious about the world around them and how to articulate a good story. New features of this updated edition include sections on prewriting, grammar and mechanics, using the Internet, computer-assisted reporting, and interviews. Like its previous editions, this book also contains reading lists, discussion questions, suggested projects, five useful appendices, end-of-chapter checklists, and hundreds of real-life examples and exercises from professionals and students.

Genres: Journalism

628 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1996

Reviews

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the best introductory journalism textbook I've encountered. Includes several great assignments for in-class work; also drives home the importance of factchecking (many of the assignments feature mispellings/contradictions that force students to verify the info). Effectively teaches nuts & bolts journalism while encouraging students to develop their news sense.

An all-porpose text for an intro class.

[Shannon · Rating 1 out of 5]

Surely there are better texts than this. I would have learned a ton more from Perry Parks' Making Important News Interesting. I hope that's the new JRN 200 text.