Authors: Janet Ewell, Michelle Balmeo, Ellen Austin, and Randy Hamm

Table of Contents

Abbreviated Contents

Journalism: Publishing Across Media, 2nd Edition, eBook

• Dedication
• About the Authors
• Contributors
• • On the cover
  • Inside the textbook
• Reviewers
• Brief Contents
• Contents
• Features
• • Journalism Style
  • Writers’ Workshop
  • And Now…Closer to Home
  • And Now…Closer to Home (Continued)
  • For the Record:  
  • MEET THE PROFESSIONALS:
  • CASE STUDY
• To The Student
• Chapter One Bringing Information to an Audience What does a journalist do?
• • Chapter Objectives
  • Key Terms
  • Before You Read…
  • Introduction
  • Are You Already a Journalist?
  • What Is Different About Journalism?
  • Who Is a Journalist?
  • The Audience: Who They Are, Why They Matter
  • How Do You Learn About Your Audience?
  • Avoiding Implicit Bias
• Chapter One Review and Assessment
• • Recall
  • Critical Thinking
  • Application
• Chapter One Journalism Style
• • Stylebooks
• Chapter One Writers’ Workshop
• • WORKSHOP 1.1 Observation and the Objective Point of View
  • WORKSHOP 1.2 Observing, Writing and Rereading
  • WORKSHOP 1.3: Playing With Tense
• Chapter Two News Values and Story Ideas What do we cover?
• • Chapter Objectives
  • Key Terms
  • Before You Read…
  • Introduction
  • News Values
  • Story Ideas
• Chapter Two Review and Assessment
• • Recall
  • Critical Thinking
  • Application
• Chapter Two Journalism Style
• • Look It Up!
• Chapter Two Writers’ Workshop
• • WORKSHOP 2.1 The “ing” That Describes
  • WORKSHOP 2.2 Congratulations! It’s Triplets!
• Chapter Three Media Law May we cover that?
• • Chapter Objectives
  • Key Terms
  • Before You Read…
  • Introduction
  • The First Amendment and Journalists
  • Shield Laws
  • Traditional Privileges
  • Freedom of Information Act—Everyone’s Right
  • Laws That Limit Rights and Privileges
• Chapter Three Review and Assessment
• • Recall
  • Critical Thinking
  • Application
• Chapter Three Journalism Style
• • How to Proofread
• Chapter Three Writers’ Workshop
• • WORKSHOP 3.1 The Power of Short
  • WORKSHOP 3.2 Shorten in the Middle
• Chapter Four Media Ethics Should we cover that?
• • Chapter Objectives
  • Key Terms
  • Before You Read…
  • Introduction
  • Ethical Dilemmas
  • Codes of Ethics
  • What You Owe Your Audience
  • Copy Editing, Revising and Rewriting
  • What You Do and Do Not Owe Your Subjects and Sources
  • What You Do and Do Not Owe Your Advertisers
  • What Do You Owe Your Publication and the Journalism Profession?
  • Who Is Responsible for Guarding Against Ethical Breaches?
• Chapter Four Review and Assessment
• • Recall
  • Critical Thinking
  • Application
• Chapter Four Journalism Style
• • Composition Titles
• Chapter Four Writers’ Workshop
• • WORKSHOP 4.1 Put Your Writing on a To Be -Free Diet
• Chapter Five Writing Breaking News and Developing Stories Is it timely?
• • Chapter Objectives
  • Key Terms
  • Before You Read…
  • Introduction
  • A Journalist’s Job
  • Your News Cycle
  • Five W’s Leads
  • How Long Should a Lead Be?
  • What Comes First?
  • The Inverted Pyramid
  • Developing Stories
  • Avoid Editorializing
• Chapter Five Review and Assessment
• • Recall
  • Critical Thinking
  • Application
• Chapter Five Journalism Style
• • Attribution
• Chapter Five Writers’ Workshop
• • WORKSHOP 5.1 Finding the Right Lead
• Chapter Six Writing General News Stories It’s news, but it’s not breaking.
• • Chapter Objectives
  • Key Terms
  • Before You Read…
  • Introduction
  • Reporting for General News Stories
  • Finding a Focus for Your General News Story
  • Drafting the Lead
  • The Nut Graf
  • Crafting the Closing
  • Finding a Shape for the Story
  • It’s Not All Bad News: Writing Brights
• Chapter Six Review and Assessment
• • Recall
  • Critical Thinking
  • Application
• Chapter Six Journalism Style
• • Direct Quotations: Using What Your Sources Tell You
• Chapter Six Writers’ Workshop
• • WORKSHOP 6.1 News Patterns
• Chapter Seven Writing Headlines and Captions Why will they read it?
• • Chapter Objectives
  • Key Terms
  • Before You Read…
  • Introduction
  • Headlines
  • Captions
• Chapter Seven Review and Assessment
• • Recall
  • Critical Thinking
  • Application
• Chapter Seven Journalism Style
• • Paraphrases
  • WORKSHOP 7.1 Avoiding Libel and Editorializing in Large Type
• Chapter Eight Researching and Evaluating Sources How do we know that?
• • Chapter Objectives
  • Key Terms
  • Before You Read…
  • Introduction
  • Preliminary Research
  • Collaboration
  • Deeper Research
  • Evaluating Sources
• Chapter Eight Review and Assessment
• • Recall
  • Critical Thinking
  • Application
• Chapter Eight Journalism Style
• • Brand Names and Trademarks: Do Not Say It Unless You Mean It!
• Chapter Eight Writers’ Workshop
• • WORKSHOP 8.1 Hurrah for the One-Sentence Paragraph!
• Chapter Nine Interviews and Attributions Whom do we ask? How do we quote them?
• • Chapter Objectives
  • Key Terms
  • Before You Read…
  • Introduction
  • Interviews
  • Handling Quotations
• Chapter Nine Review and Assessment
• • Recall
  • Critical Thinking
  • Application
• Chapter Nine Journalism Style
• • Names and Titles
• Chapter Nine Writers’ Workshop
• • WORKSHOP 9.1 Finding the Specific That Shows the General
  • WORKSHOP 9.2 When You Speak, You Reveal Yourself
• Chapter Ten Feature Stories When it’s time to go deeper
• • Chapter Objectives
  • Key Terms
  • Before You Read…
  • Introduction
  • Types of Features
  • Feature Photos
  • Writing Feature Stories
  • Organize the Body
• Chapter Ten Review and Assessment
• • Recall
  • Critical Thinking
  • Application
• Chapter Ten Journalism Style
• • Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Chapter Ten Writers’ Workshop
• • WORKSHOP 10.1 Parallels for Clarity
  • WORKSHOP 10.2 Parallels for Power
• Chapter Eleven Sports Who won and why?
• • Chapter Objectives
  • Key Terms
  • Before You Read…
  • Introduction
  • Why Does the Sports Section Matter?
  • Is It a Sport?
  • Getting Started with Strong Sports Reporting
  • Sports Coverage Work Plan
  • Sports Features
  • Visual Journalism and Sports
  • Sports Columns
• Chapter Eleven Review and Assessment
• • Recall
  • Critical Thinking
  • Application
• Chapter Eleven Journalism Style
• • Using Numerals
• Chapter Eleven Writers’ Workshop
• • WORKSHOP 11.1 A Lot Is a Place to Park Cars
  • WORKSHOP 11.2 Let Me Count the Ways
• Chapter Twelve Editorials, Opinion Pieces, Columns, Blogs and Cartoons What do you think?
• • Chapter Objectives
  • Key Terms
  • Before You Read…
  • Introduction
  • Journalists Wear Two Hats
  • The Staff Editorial
  • Signed Opinion Pieces
  • Columns
  • Journalistic Blogs
  • Editorial Illustrations and Cartoons
• Chapter Twelve Review and Assessment
• • Recall
  • Critical Thinking
  • Application
• Chapter Twelve Journalism Style
• • Plurals of Letters and Abbreviations
• Chapter Twelve Writers’ Workshop
• • WORKSHOP 12.1 How Do They Do That?
  • WORKSHOP 12.2 How Did the Op-Ed Writer Do That?
• Chapter Thirteen Reviews–of Everything If you want my expert opinion ...
• • Chapter Objectives
  • Key Terms
  • Before You Read…
  • Introduction
  • Earning Your Audience’s Respect
  • Providing Meaningful Information
  • Organizing Your Review
  • Writing Well: People Want to Read Your Work
• Chapter Thirteen Review and Assessment
• • Recall
  • Critical Thinking
  • Application
• Chapter Thirteen Journalism Style
• • Comma Usage
• Chapter Thirteen Writers’ Workshop
• • WORKSHOP 13.1 Avoid Clichés Like the Plague
  • WORKSHOP 13.2 The Hardest Part Comes Before You Write
• Chapter Fourteen Letters to the Editor, Online Responses and Community Forums Is it good if they talk back to you?
• • Chapter Objectives
  • Key Terms
  • Before You Read…
  • Introduction
  • The Audience and the News
  • Using Journalism to Create Community
  • Gate-Keeping: Protecting Your Publication’s Journalistic Integrity
  • Blogs and Other Communications with Your Audience
  • The Audience as the Eyes and Ears of Your Publication or Broadcast
• Chapter Fourteen Review and Assessment
• • Recall
  • Critical Thinking
  • Application
• Chapter Fourteen Journalism Style
• • Using Commas to Set Off Introductory and Nonessential Matter
• Chapter Fourteen Writers’ Workshop
• • WORKSHOP 14.1 Varying Sentence Length
• Chapter Fifteen Designing with Purpose How do we pull the reader in with design?
• • Chapter Objectives
  • Key Terms
  • Before You Read…
  • Introduction
  • Eye-Tracking Research
  • Smart and Pretty Design
  • Planning Your Design
  • Aiming for Smart Design
  • Bringing the Design Concept to Life
  • Alternative Story Forms
  • Alternative Story Forms
  • Executing the Design
• Chapter Fifteen Review and Assessment
• • Recall
  • Critical Thinking
  • Application
• Chapter Fifteen Journalism Style
• • Possessives and Apostrophes
• Chapter Fifteen Writers’ Workshop
• • WORKSHOP 15.1 Controlling Long Sentences
• Chapter Sixteen Visual and Multimedia Storytelling How do we show them the story?
• • Chapter Objectives
  • Key Terms
  • Before You Read…
  • Introduction
  • Photojournalism
  • Video Journalism
  • Ethical Visual Journalism
  • Online Multimedia
• Chapter Sixteen Review and Assessment
• • Recall
  • Critical Thinking
  • Application
• Chapter Sixteen Journalism Style
• • Spelling
• Chapter Sixteen Writers’ Workshop
• • WORKSHOP 16.1 Using Comparisons for Clarity
• Chapter Seventeen Advertising How do we pay the bills?
• • Chapter Objectives
  • Key Terms
  • Before You Read…
  • Introduction
  • Selling Ads
  • Designing Ads
• Chapter Seventeen Review and Assessment
• • Recall
  • Critical Thinking
  • Application
• Chapter Seventeen Journalism Style
• • Oft-Confused Words
• Chapter Seventeen Writers’ Workshop
• • WORKSHOP 17.1 It’s Not Really Yours Until You Use It Four Times
• Photo Credits
• • Front Cover
  • Back Cover
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 9
  • Chapter 10
  • Chapter 11
  • Chapter 12
  • Chapter 13
  • Chapter 14
  • Chapter 15
  • Chapter 16
  • Chapter 17
• Glossary
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