News Background and News Writing

Author: Yang Shanqing
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Publish Date: 2001-10-01
Features: In the field of applied journalism, news writing is an important discipline with strong practicality. In a sense, it can be considered the foundational course for other journalistic practice courses such as journalistic interviewing, journalistic editing, journalistic commentary, journalistic photography, journalistic broadcasting, journalistic television, and comparative journalism. This book is primarily written for amateur enthusiasts who are beginners in journalism. It contains rich material, has a rigorous structure, is well-organized, and is clearly expressed; it not only elaborates on the basic skills of using background material, including its types, functions, application methods, and various aspects, but also offers valuable insights on the special use of background material in in-depth reporting, economic information, foreign reporting, news headlines, and background material in broadcasting and television news. It even provides helpful guidance in retrieving literature and research materials related to background material, and some chapters demonstrate a certain theoretical depth. To understand society and social phenomena, as well as science, through rational thinking, is one of the rare qualities for a journalist.