News English Writing: From Examples to Practice

Author: Ma Jianguo
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: This book, through numerous case analyses, reminds us of the "traps" that are easily fallen into in English news writing, undoubtedly providing a great learning platform for beginners in English news writing. "News English Writing," co-authored by Ma Jianguo and Ma Huaihua, two journalists with years of experience in English foreign reporting at Xinhua News Agency, offers a targeted textbook for students learning English news writing from a Chinese perspective. The value of "News English Writing," co-authored by the two senior Xinhua News Agency journalists, Ma Jianguo and Ma Huaihua, lies in its comparative analysis of two ways of thinking—Chinese-style and English-style—through the dissection of examples, providing different handling methods under various writing models.
The Director of the Center for International Communication at Tsinghua University, Li Xiguang, "News English Writing" collects a large number of highly targeted examples and provides detailed critiques of them, aiming to combine both introductory and "prescription-based" functions. The book covers continuous reporting, sports news, conference news, the use of data and background, as well as the interpretation and analysis of bias, with many insights drawn from the authors' own learning and reflections on English news writing, demonstrating strong practicality.
Of course, as an attempt, there are many aspects of this book that could be refined further and are worth further consideration. This also leaves space and room for them to continue exploring and researching. As the subtitle of the book states, "From Examples to Practice," it is hoped that they will continue their summarization and research work on English news writing in their future work and studies, and provide more theories and experiences for learners and practitioners of English news writing, so that they can draw on them and integrate them into news practice.
The book primarily introduces traditional English news editing and reporting theories and summarizes years of learning news theory and conducting news practice through numerous case analyses, explaining news writing in an interactive manner. The explanations of difficulties in sports news and conference news, as well as the use of data and background, are all based on the authors' practical research on their own and their colleagues' works. It provides a targeted learning platform for students studying English news writing from a Chinese perspective.