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Reporting and Writing with the Audience in Mind

"Reporting and Writing with the Audience in Mind" provides journalism and public relations students with the skills needed to become professional communicators. It begins with basics such as news values, interviewing, the summary lede and the inverted pyramid. It includes formulas for common story types, such as speech stories and government meetings. The book introduces advanced concepts for longer stories, photography and multimedia. It concludes with guides to grammar, AP style and more.

Author
John Kroll
Publisher
Kent State University
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC
Language
EN
Category
English
Contents· 109 sections
  1. 01: Why This Course Matters
  2. 1.01: Why This Course Matters
  3. 1.02: Chapter Review
  4. 1.03: Optional Exercises
  5. 1.04: Anatomy of a News Story
  6. 02: What Is News
  7. 2.01: What Is News
  8. 2.02: Chapter Review
  9. 2.03: Optional Exercises
  10. 03: Reporting Essentials
  11. 3.01: Reporting Essentials
  12. 3.02: Chapter Review
  13. 3.03: Optional Exercises
  14. 04: How to Find Stories
  15. 4.01: How to Find Stories
  16. 4.02: Chapter Review
  17. 4.03: Optional Exercises
  18. 05: Interviewing Essentials
  19. 5.01: Interviewing Essentials
  20. 5.02: Chapter Review
  21. 5.03: Optional Exercises
  22. 06: News Writing Essentials
  23. 6.01: News Writing Essentials
  24. 6.02: Chapter Review
  25. 6.03: Optional Exercises
  26. 07: Summary Ledes
  27. 7.01: Summary ledes
  28. 7.02: Chapter Review
  29. 7.03: Optional Exercises
  30. 08: Inverted Pyramid
  31. 8.01: Inverted Pyramid
  32. 8.02: Chapter Review
  33. 8.03: Optional Exercises
  34. 09: Story Formulas
  35. 9.01: Story formulas for events
  36. 9.02: Story Formulas for Other News
  37. 9.03: Chapter Review
  38. 9.04: Optional Exercises
  39. 10: Scenes
  40. 10.01: Scenes
  41. 10.02: Chapter Review
  42. 10.03: Optional Exercises
  43. 11: Alternative Ledes and Endings
  44. 11.01: Alternative Ledes and Endings
  45. 11.02: Chapter Review
  46. 11.03: Optional Exercises
  47. 12: Writing About People
  48. 12.01: Writing About People
  49. 12.02: Chapter Review
  50. 12.03: Optional Exercises
  51. 13: Structure Essentials
  52. 13.01: Structure Essentials
  53. 13.02: Chapter Review
  54. 13.03: Optional Exercises
  55. 14: Alternative Story Forms
  56. 14.01: Alternative Story Forms
  57. 14.02: Specialized online reporting forms
  58. 14.03: Chapter Review
  59. 14.04: Optional Exercises
  60. 15: Photography Essentials
  61. 15.01: Photography
  62. 15.02: Chapter Review
  63. 15.03: Optional Exercises
  64. 16: Multimedia Essentials
  65. 16.01: Multimedia Essentials
  66. 16.02: Chapter Review
  67. 16.03: Optional Exercises
  68. 17: Headlines
  69. 17.01: Headlines
  70. 17.02: Chapter Review
  71. 17.03: Optional Exercises
  72. 18: Online Optimization
  73. 18.01: Online Optimization
  74. 18.02: Chapter Review
  75. 18.03: Optional Exercises
  76. 19: Social and Parasocial Media
  77. 19.01: Social Media
  78. 19.02: Parasocial media
  79. 19.03: Chapter Review
  80. 19.04: Optional Exercises
  81. 20: Grammar Essentials
  82. 20.01: Grammar Essentials
  83. 20.02: Chapter Review
  84. 20.03: Optional Exercises
  85. 21: AP Style Essentials
  86. 21.01: AP Style Essentials
  87. 21.02: Chapter Review
  88. 21.03: Optional Exercises
  89. 22: Wordiness
  90. 22.01: Wordiness
  91. 22.02: Chapter Review
  92. 22.03: Optional Exercises
  93. 23: Quotes
  94. 23.01: Quotes
  95. 23.02: Chapter Review
  96. 23.03: Optional Exercises
  97. 24: Grace Notes
  98. 24.01: Grace Notes
  99. 24.02: Chapter Review
  100. 24.03: Optional Exercises
  101. 25: Quality Control
  102. 25.01: Quality Control
  103. 25.02: Chapter Review
  104. 25.03: Optional Exercises
  105. 26: News Releases
  106. 26.01: News Releases
  107. 26.02: Chapter Review
  108. 26.03: Optional exercises
  109. 27: Closing Words