Newswriting Guide: A Handbook for Student Reporters by Bard Rachel (1992-12-01) Paperback

by Rachel Bard

"Newswriting Guide" has been an invaluable reference tool for journalism students and teachers for 20 years. In this updated fourth edition, you'll find quick answers to all your questions about the ten basic areas that are vital to student reporters. Style, format, punctuation, quotations, how to write a lead, interviewing techniques-it's all here, in concise, well-organized sections to make it easy to find what you need. It's not just for publicity writers, newsletter editors and almost any writer will find it useful and user-friendly. Whether you wonder whether to use an apostrophe in 'its" or you need ideas on starting a feature story, "Newswriting Guide" has the answers. 'This is a mini-text that effectively summarizes what the texts have to say. It can be used not only by school paper staffs but by club publicity staffs too, in fact by anyone who has to deal with media on a regular basis. And after a student has read the 'regular' text, this is a handy reminder of the material covered there." -Ed Eaton, Former Head, Journalism Department, Green River Community College.

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Rachel Bard had written eight nonfiction books from cookbooks to travel guides to histories when she began her series of historical novels about medieval queens. Her first, Queen Without a Country, was about Berengaria, wife of King Richard the Lionheart. In Isabella, she examines the life of Isabella of Angoulme, who succeeded Berengaria on the English throne. Her next, A Reed in the Wind, stars Joanna, Queen of Sicily, sister of Richard. Research for her novels has taken the author to England, France, Cyprus, Sicily, Spain the whole panorama of medieval Europe.

Her careers include advertising, journalism education and travel writing. She currently lives on Vashon Island, near Seattle.