Words matter : writing to make a difference /

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Imprint:Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, 2016.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 348 pages)
Language:English
Subject:Journalism -- Authorship.
Authorship.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
REFERENCE -- Writing Skills.
Authorship.
Journalism -- Authorship.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11383574
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors:Dahling, Amanda, editor.
Blakely, Mary Kay, 1948- editor.
ISBN:9780826273642
0826273645
0826220894
9780826220899
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 12, 2016).
Summary:Newspapers and magazines have been steadily shrinking, and more and more former subscribers have gone to digital and internet sources for the news. Yet it has become increasingly clear that zshort takesy don't satisfy many readers, who still long for nuanced, long form journalism. By providing examples of classic magazine articles by professional writers, all of whom are graduates of the Missouri School of Journalism, this book fulfills the need for more sophisticated, thought-provoking essays that will resonate with both the general reader and students. The book is divided into three broad categories: profiles, first person journalism, and personal memoirs, and includes the original articles as well as a zpostscripty by the writers in which they discuss what they've learned about writing, journalism, and the business of getting published. Useful for students and instructors in writing programs, the book also appeals to writers interested in both the art and the craft of successful writing. -- Provided by publisher.
Other form:Print version: Words matter. Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, 2016 0826220894 9780826220899
Review by Choice Review

Dahling (Univ. of Missouri Extension) and Blakely (emer., Missouri School of Journalism) offer an accessible collection that showcases three styles of journalistic writing: profiles, first-person journalism, and personal memoir. Each style receives a section of its own, and each section provides example texts by contributing authors (all of whom studied journalism at the University of Missouri). After each selection, the contributor provides a brief piece that emphasizes a particular aspect of writing and offers advice about how to improve in that particular area. Some pieces focus on aspects of writing, for example, transitions, voice, humor, differentiating good stories from great stories, the difference between revision and rewriting. Others provide advice aimed directly at novice journalists--working as a young writer, standing up for oneself and one's stories, succeeding as a freelance writer, using digital technology. Students in journalism programs and schools will appreciate this volume. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; graduate students. --Jason Dockter, Lincoln Land Community College

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