Writing Like a Journalist

Good writing is at the heart of journalism. Journalists write for a living. They use words precisely and efficiently. They present accurate, verified information in a way that a mass audience will understand it by reading or hearing it only once. Such writing takes skill, discipline and practice. Writing Like a Journalist will give the reader some of the basic concepts of how journalists achieve good writing -- writing that an audience can understand and will pay for.
Chapters topics in this volume include:. The discipline of good writing. Mastering the language. Tools of writing: Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling. Why journalistic writing is different. The inverted pyramid structure. Headlines. Writing for audio and visual journalismThe book also contains a bonus chapter on the First Amendment with sections on each of the five freedoms protected by the amendment and a section on the history and development of the amendment.