Writing for the Media /
Raman, Usha.
Writing for the Media / Usha Raman - New Delhi: Oxford university press, 2010. - xv; 400p. ; Soft-Bound, 24cm.
SECTION ONE: NEWS THINKING:
1. Understanding what makes news;
2. Putting together the newspaper;
3. Beginning to write;
SECTION TWO: NEWS GATHERING:
4. Laying the foundations for stories: Collecting information;
5. Developing sources;
6. Interviewing: Drawing information from people;
7. Putting it all together;
8. From 'Fits' to 'Starts';
9. Building body into a story;
10. Taking it to the field;
11. Press conference, press releases, and managed events;
12. Development and social issue reporting;
13. Feature genres;
SECTION FOUR: NEWS EDITING:
14. From copy to printed page.
Writing for the media is a comprehensive textbook designed for students of mass communication and journalism courses.It provides guidelines for writing news and features for newspaper and magazines, and writing for the web.
Readers are introduced to the dynamics of news production for print: from editorial decision making to reporting, editing, and layout.Broadly, the writing process is divided into four stages: conception, collection of information,construction of stories, and correction or editing. In addition, the various genres of newspaper/magazine writing are dealt with in detail: basic news stories, features of various kinds,profiles, investigative and research-based stories, and special interest stories. The approach in each of these cases is to study the 'anatomy' of a published story and follow it through from inception to publicatio, using first-hand reports from the writers.
The book covers the basics of various areas of media such as reporting, editing, newspaper management, layout of stories, etc. in a comprehensive manner with Indian examples. With its practice-based approach and lucid style of presentation, the book would be equally useful for working media professionals.
Includes a language refresher, with examples of how writing can be made more crisp and correct.
Uses examples drawn from newspaper and magazines
Provides interviews with working journalists across the print media to give a hand-on perspective
Contains critical thinking questions throughout the text for classroom discussions
Provides project ideas at the end of each chapter for practical assignments.
0195699386
659.2 / RAM
Writing for the Media / Usha Raman - New Delhi: Oxford university press, 2010. - xv; 400p. ; Soft-Bound, 24cm.
SECTION ONE: NEWS THINKING:
1. Understanding what makes news;
2. Putting together the newspaper;
3. Beginning to write;
SECTION TWO: NEWS GATHERING:
4. Laying the foundations for stories: Collecting information;
5. Developing sources;
6. Interviewing: Drawing information from people;
7. Putting it all together;
8. From 'Fits' to 'Starts';
9. Building body into a story;
10. Taking it to the field;
11. Press conference, press releases, and managed events;
12. Development and social issue reporting;
13. Feature genres;
SECTION FOUR: NEWS EDITING:
14. From copy to printed page.
Writing for the media is a comprehensive textbook designed for students of mass communication and journalism courses.It provides guidelines for writing news and features for newspaper and magazines, and writing for the web.
Readers are introduced to the dynamics of news production for print: from editorial decision making to reporting, editing, and layout.Broadly, the writing process is divided into four stages: conception, collection of information,construction of stories, and correction or editing. In addition, the various genres of newspaper/magazine writing are dealt with in detail: basic news stories, features of various kinds,profiles, investigative and research-based stories, and special interest stories. The approach in each of these cases is to study the 'anatomy' of a published story and follow it through from inception to publicatio, using first-hand reports from the writers.
The book covers the basics of various areas of media such as reporting, editing, newspaper management, layout of stories, etc. in a comprehensive manner with Indian examples. With its practice-based approach and lucid style of presentation, the book would be equally useful for working media professionals.
Includes a language refresher, with examples of how writing can be made more crisp and correct.
Uses examples drawn from newspaper and magazines
Provides interviews with working journalists across the print media to give a hand-on perspective
Contains critical thinking questions throughout the text for classroom discussions
Provides project ideas at the end of each chapter for practical assignments.
0195699386
659.2 / RAM