Scholastic Journalism

by Rolnicki, Thomas; Tate, C. Dow; Taylor, Sherri

• ISBN13: 9781405144155
• ISBN10: 1405144157
• Edition: 11th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-04-17
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

For more than 50 years, Scholastic Journalism has served as a comprehensive textbook and guide for high school journalism students, teachers, and advisors. This landmark 11th edition now includes updated information on the dynamic changes taking place in the field. It is the ideal textbook to teach students the basic skills of collecting, interviewing, reporting and writing in journalism. Has served as a comprehensive textbook and guide for high school journalism students, teachers, and advisors for more than 50 years Educates students on the basic skills of collecting, interviewing, reporting and writing in journalism Explores the ever-increasing concern with dissemination of information, and how new forms of media and media technology expand the potential for informing, entertaining and persuading audiences Eleventh edition features enhanced chapters on online writing and reporting, technology and new media, and broadcasting and its connections with traditional print journalism Extends the textbook's tradition of introducing students to the basics of good journalism and blends it with the methods and demands of contemporary media.

Author Biography

Tom E. Rolnicki is a journalism educator who resides in Minneapolis, Minn. For more than 34 years, he has taught journalism and spoken at journalism conferences throughout the United States, Canada, Germany, South Korea, Japan, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Croatia.

C. Dow Tate is a journalism teacher at Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, Kansas, and the director of the Gloria Shields All-American Publication Workshop sponsored by Dallas County Schools.

Sherri Taylor teaches graphic arts in the Visual & Interactive Communications Dept. of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. She is also the director of the Empire State School Press Association at Syracuse University, and director of the School Press Institute, a summer journalism workshop for high school students.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Note on Authors

Understanding News

Gathering News

Writing News Leads

Writing the News Story

Writing Specialty Stories

Writing Feature Stories

Sportswriting

Writing Editorials and Opinion Columns

In-depth Reporting

Covering Entertainment

Yearbook Reporting and Writing

Using Journalism Style

Editing Copy: Coaching Writers

Writing Headlines

Understanding Typography and Production

Newspaper Design and Layout

Yearbook Page Layout

Newsmagazines, Special Sections, Inserts and Supplements

Online Journalism

Visual Storytellling: Pictures, Art and Graphics

Advertising in Newspapers and Yearbooks

Ethics for Journalists

Student Press Law

Careers in Media

Professional and Student Organizations

Glossary

Other Resources

Index

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