Writing to Deadline: The Journalist at Work

Murray, Donald

ISBN 10: 0325002258 / ISBN 13: 9780325002255

Editore: Heinemann Educational Books, 2000

Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G0325002258I5N10

Riassunto:

Writing to Deadline takes the reader into the mind of the nonfiction writer, demystifying the process by which journalists clarify confusion and present significant information under demanding restrictions of time and space. This is an essential book for working journalists, professors and students of journalism, directors of newspaper inservice writing programs, and anyone who wants to learn more about:

• the news-writing process
• reporting and writing for surprise
• focusing your story
• draft writing
• editing and fine-tuning
• case studies of real journalists at work.

Combining his knowledge as a composition researcher and theorist with his practical experience as a teacher and journalist, Donald Murray both explains and demonstrates the writing process as he allows the reader to look over his shoulder - and the shoulders of other journalists - as they practice the craft of the immediate.

Informazioni sull'autore: A Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, DONALD MURRAY is a columnist for The Boston Globe and Professor Emeritus of English at the University of New Hampshire. He has been a writing coach for several national newspapers, written poetry for many journals, including Poetry, and has authored several books on the craft of writing and teaching writing, including Learning by Teaching (Heinemann, 1982), Expecting the Unexpected (Heinemann, 1989), and Crafting a Life in Essay, Story, Poem (Boynton/Cook, 1996).

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Titolo: Writing to Deadline: The Journalist at Work
Casa editrice: Heinemann Educational Books
Data di pubblicazione: 2000
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Fair
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket