Scholastic journalism

The new 12th edition of Scholastic Journalism is fully revised and updated to encompass the complete range of cross platform multimedia writing and design to bring this classic into the convergence age. Incorporates cross platform writing and design into each chapter to bring this classic high school journalism text into the digital age Delves into the collaborative and multimedia/new media opportunities and changes that are defining the industry and journalism education as traditional media formats converge with new technologies. Continues to educate students on the basic skills of collecting, interviewing, reporting, and writing in journalism. Includes a variety of new user-friendly features for students and instructors Features updated instructor manual and supporting online resources.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Understanding news -- Where does news come from? -- News value -- Timeliness -- Proximity -- Prominence -- Audience impact -- Surprise or oddity -- Human interest -- Conflict and drama -- Visual impact -- The importance of audience -- Beat reporting -- Featurizing news -- News in other contexts -- Sourcing news -- Primary sources -- Secondary sources -- Other factors affecting coverage -- Conclusion -- 2. Interviewing and reporting -- Interviewing -- Developing questions -- Organizing the interview -- Setting up the interview -- Conducting the interview -- Observation -- Reliability of sources -- Internet research -- Conventional research -- Conclusion -- 3. News writing -- News writing -- The news lead -- Alternative news lead approaches -- Feature leads -- Contrast lead -- Vignette lead -- The descriptive lead -- Developing a news story -- Body of a news story -- Flow and organization -- Potential weaknesses in news writing -- Vagueness.

Contents note continued: Wordiness -- Jargon and pretentious vocabulary -- Editorializing -- Numerical distortions -- Passive voice -- Online news coverage -- Using quotes and attribution -- A news writer's c…