News Reporting and Writing (9th Edition)

Author: NinthEdition
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Publish Date: 2003-10-19
Features: This book is a standard textbook used in mainstream journalism and communication programs worldwide, remaining popular for 25 years. Author Melvin Mencher is a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Based on his contributions to journalism education, the American Educational Association's Newspaper and Mass Communication Division awarded him the "Outstanding Educator of the Year" award in 2002. Mencher systematically explains the structure of news reporting in newspapers, broadcast media, and online media by combining case studies from his students who work in different media industries. The photocopied version here is the new edition, discussing recent events happening around us, with fresh and representative case studies. The textbook is accompanied by teaching materials such as a teacher's manual, making it a well-chosen, rigorously compiled, and comprehensive textbook suitable for upper-level undergraduate and graduate teaching in journalism.