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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Review by Choice Review