Writing and Reporting News

This reviewer-praised text uses a practical coaching method to introduce students effectively to the basic skills required of a journalist — from conceiving and researching to organizing and writing news. It emphasizes writing fundamentals and ethics in journalism. After using this motivational and engaging text, your students will be well prepared to write effectively in every news medium. This edition is enhanced with a CD-ROM that provides your students with a virtual news lab where they can put the texts concepts to practice as they write their own news stories.

Carole Rich is a retired journalism professor, formerly at the University of Alaska Anchorage, where she served as the Atwood professor before accepting a full-time position. She also served as chair of the journalism department at Hofstra University in New York for two years, taught journalism at the University of Kansas for 11 years, and worked for 16 years in the newspaper industry. She was a reporter for the former Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, city editor of the Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and deputy metropolitan editor of the Hartford (Connecticut) Courant. Rich has been a visiting writing coach at newspapers throughout the United States and has conducted many writing seminars for journalism organizations, including a seminar for professional journalists in Spain. She is the author of multiple well-regarded media and reporting textbooks.