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September 2024 | 480 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
With a focus on how the modern newsroom runs and operates, News Writing and Reporting: A Strategic Approach to Storytelling prepares students to become successful journalists in today's competitive news industry. Author Chris Vaccaro applies an audience-centered and business-minded approach, discusses emerging media trends, and guides students through strategic thought in multiplatform reporting and storytelling. The book offers practical career tips, interviews with reporters, and full career and product development guides, while each chapter concludes with strategies and writing exercises to equip students with tactics for planning, structuring, and editing content across various platforms.
 
Chapter 1 What is News?
 
Chapter 2 The News Story
 
Chapter 3 Multiplatform Journalism
 
Chapter 4 Subjects, Sourcing, and Records
 
Chapter 5 Interview Skills
 
Chapter 6 Beat Coverage
 
Chapter 7 Writing Strategy and Style
 
Chapter 8 Story Structure, Sentence Construction, and Word Choice
 
Chapter 9 How News Organizations Work Today
 
Chapter 10 Longform and Feature Writing
 
Chapter 11 Journalism Jobs
 
Chapter 12 Writing for Video and Audio Platforms
 
Chapter 13 Media Law and Ethics
 
Appendix 1: Code of Ethics
 
Appendix 2: Product Development and News Technology
 
Appendix 3: Entrepreneurial Journalism
 
Appendix 4: List of Professional Journalism Groups

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A real-world look at today's journalism. It is a blend of theory and practice, and it includes practical tips for navigating the complex issues contemporary reporters encounter.

Donna Halper
Lesley University

Vaccaro understands journalism and its quick changes thoroughly. He presents this knowledge to students in an academic yet conversational way.

Kristine R. Dassinger
Genessee Community College

Lots of good practical advice for journalism students entering the field today, with a focus on multimedia journalism, multi-platform reporting, and digital first convergence.

Leona Gould-McElhone
Western Michigan University

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Chris R. Vaccaro

Chris R. Vaccaro is a media executive, professor, and author from Long Island. A multiple Emmy Award and Murrow Award winner, he has served as Vice President of Digital News at Altice USA and Director of Graduate Journalism and Assistant Adjunct Professor at Hofstra University. Vaccaro is a former editor at the New York Daily News, AOL and The Topps Company (yes, baseball cards!), and former reporter at the Southampton Press. His work has been published in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, ESPN, The Athletic, Sports Illustrated, Associated Press, and more. He is the author of eight books and has produced eight documentaries. In 2022 he... More About Author

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ISBN: 9781071848081
$166.00