Best Newspaper Writing [Paperback]

Poynter's renowned facultyincluding Roy Peter Clark, Karen Dunlap, Tom French, Kenny Irby, Chip Scanlan, and Keith Woodstake your students Behind the Story with the book's much heralded features. In-depth interviews with the winners let readers benefit from unique insight into how these reporters developed their stories into, in some cases, Pulitzer Prizewinning pieces. Ethical challenges are tackled, as are discussions of how to report and present news online. Sources Say features offer students perspective on a piece from those at the heart of the story, while the ever-popular X-Ray Readings are back, dissecting articles to show students exactly how writers ply their craft, sentence by sentence.Poynter's renowned facultyincluding Roy Peter Clark, Karen Dunlap, Tom French, Kenny Irby, Chip Scanlan, and Keith Woodstake your students Behind the Story with the book's much heralded features. In-depth interviews with the winners let readers benefit from unique insight into how these reporters developed their stories into, in some cases, Pulitzer Prizewinning pieces. Ethical challenges are tackled, as are discussions of how to report and present news online. Sources Say features offer students perspective on a piece from those at the heart of the story, while the ever-popular X-Ray Readings are back, dissecting articles to show students exactly how writers ply their craft, sentence by sentence.I. REPORTING ON DEADLINE
II. COLUMN WRITING
III. INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
IV. FEATURE WRITING
V. EDITORIAL WRITING
VI. COVERING DIVERSE COMMUNITIES: IMMIGRATION, RACE AND ETHNICITY
VII. LOOKING BEYOND CONFLICT: REPORTING ON HUMAN CONNECTIONS
VIII. COMMUNITY SERVICE PHOTOJOURNALISM