Writing & Reporting News: A Coaching Method

by Carole Rich

WRITING AND REPORTING NEWS prepares students for the changing world of journalism by emphasizing traditional basic skills while also stressing new trends in the convergence of print, broadcast and online media. With new information about blogs, multimedia writing, and other skills students will need for careers in the media, the Fifth Edition retains its emphasis on writing fundamentals and ethics in journalism, as well as the coaching method, which features tips and techniques from writing coaches and award-winning journalists. The text's strong "storytelling" approach with stories about journalists and its built-in instructional material make it accessible and easy for students to learn effective writing and reporting techniques for every news medium.

Genres: Journalism, Writing, Nonfiction, Textbooks, School

544 pages, Paperback

First published October 28, 1993

Reviews

[Stuart Lenig · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rich's book is a great introduction to the variety and occupation of writing and more importantly, accurately reporting news. Rich is contemporary, but more serious than what we see in the media. If the people on CNN, Fox, MsNBC, and Good Morning America all read Rich we would have better news less conflated with overly large personalities and purple rhetoric.

[Sarah Taffet · Rating 5 out of 5]

The way I actually read this whole textbook for class… goodbye 😎🤠😵‍💫

[Lee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not particularly useful. Surprisingly, this journalism textbook had a lot of fluff that could have been edited out...perhaps it is a reminder that those who can, do and those who can't, do textbooks.

[Dhimas · Rating 4 out of 5]

it's good book, i read this because this book is linear with my class

[Ei Thant · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best textbook for a working journalist, print or in broadcast

[Alyssa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was using this book to prepare me for the Introduction to News Reporting TECEP. I enjoyed the topic, as it is something that I will probably use in the future. However, the book itself became a bit repetitive; sometimes the author would repeat things that she had said earlier in the book... three or four more times. However, overall, the book was well written and interesting. I especially enjoyed reading the clips from real news articles that were sprinkled throughout the book -- they definitely helped me see the practical application for the ideas I had just learned. I will also be reading this book for an upcoming TESC class, so it will be interesting to work through the exercises then. 4/5 stars.