A Guide for Newspaper Stringers
1st Edition
Published on 1. August 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-8058-0765-3 (ISBN)
Description
First Published in 1990. Written by an editor and now Journalism Professor, who when directing stringers in New York state, who was struck by the tremendous desire of those correspondents to learn and grow in their job, despite the paltry pay they received for their efforts. This guide has been prepared to help meet the stringer's need for constructive criticism. It assumes that all places are interesting and full of newsworthy activities for a professional writer with a good nose for news.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
332 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8058-0765-3 (9780805807653)
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Margaret Davidson
A Guide for Newspaper Stringers
E-Book
11/2013
1st Edition
Routledge
€31.49
Available for download
Margaret Davidson
A Guide for Newspaper Stringers
E-Book
11/2013
1st Edition
Routledge
€31.49
Available for download
Margaret Davidson
A Guide for Newspaper Stringers
Book
09/1990
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc
€78.17
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Person
Jennings Bryant, Margaret Davidson University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Content
Chapter 1 Getting Ready to Write; Chapter 2 Keeping an Eye out for News; Chapter 3 Journalistic Style; Chapter 4 The Lead is Half the Battle; Chapter 5 And Now the Rest of the Story; Chapter 6 Effective Interviewing; Chapter 7 Working on Deadline; Chapter 8 Covering Speeches; Chapter 9 Meetings; Chapter 10 Police, Court, and Fire News; Chapter 11 Using Press Releases, Reports, Surveys; Chapter 12 News Conferences; Chapter 13 Obituaries; Chapter 14 Feature Attractions; Chapter 15 Style and Pacing; Chapter 16 Technical Problems; Chapter 17 Legal and Ethical Concerns; Chapter 18 Should You Buy a Computer?; Chapter 19 The Life of a Stringer; Chapter 20 Stringers at Work;