Journalism Matters creates classrooms of budding journalists and conscientious consumers of news-media. It teaches journalism techniques through creative, hands-on activities, analyzes media techniques with an eye towards developing independent thinkers, and imparts the importance of journalistic ethics and community-building activities.
CONTENTS
PREFACE SECTION 1: THINKING LIKE A JOURNALIST CHAPTER 1 — COMMUNITY VOICES CHAPTER 2 — MAKING ETHICAL CHOICES CHAPTER 3 — WHAT IS NEWS?
SECTION 2: GATHERING THE NEWS CHAPTER 4 — SEARCHING FOR SOURCES CHAPTER 5 — INTERVIEWING
SECTION 3: WRITING THE NEWS CHAPTER 6 — WRITING A NEWS STORY CHAPTER 7 — WRITING WITH QUOTATIONS CHAPTER 8 — WRITING IN JOURNALISTIC STYLE CHAPTER 9 — IN-DEPTH REPORTING
SECTION 4: BEYOND PAGE ONE CHAPTER 10 — WRITING FEATURES CHAPTER 11 — EDITORIALS CHAPTER 12 — COLUMN WRITING AND REVIEWING CHAPTER 13 — SPORTS WRITING
SECTION 6: MIXED MEDIA CHAPTER 18 — YEARBOOKS AND MAGAZINES CHAPTER 19 — BROADCAST NEWS CHAPTER 20 — NEW MEDIA IN JOURNALISM CHAPTER 21 — PUBLIC RELATIONS
THE STYLEBOOK THE EDITOR’S HANDBOOK GLOSSARY GLOSARIO INDEX