About the Authors

Bruce D. Itule is an editor and writer in Phoenix and also the Weil Professor of Journalism in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. He has been a visiting professor of journalism at Penn State University. Mr. Itule has taught reporting to two generations of students. He also has been night city editor of the Chicago Tribune. He has been a reporter or copy editor at the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, The Phoenix (Ariz.) Gazette, the Boulder (Colo.) Daily Camera, The Denver Post and the Minneapolis Star. He earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at the University of Arizona and a master’s degree in journalism at the University of Colorado. He is the coauthor of several textbooks: “Contemporary News Reporting,” “News Writing and Reporting for Today’s Media,” “Writing the News” and “Visual Editing.” His first novel, a mystery, is titled “The Gold of San Xavier.” Mr. Itule is a frequent contributor to regional and national magazines, and also has written articles for numerous professional journals. He has been honored by The Freedom Forum as a journalism teacher of the year.

Douglas A. Anderson is professor of journalism and dean of the College of Communications at Pennsylvania State University. He is author or coauthor of “A ‘Washington Merry-Go-Round’ of Libel Actions,” “Contemporary Sports Reporting,” “Electronic Age News Editing,” “Contemporary News Reporting,” “News Writing and Reporting for Today’s Media” and “Writing the News.” He also has written articles that have appeared in such academic and professional publications as Journalism Quarterly, Newspaper Research Journal, American Journalism, APME News, Journalism and Mass Communication Educator and Grassroots Editor. His teaching specialties are reporting, communication law and editing, and he was formerly the managing editor of the Hastings (Neb.) Daily Tribune. Professor Anderson was a graduate fellow at Southern Illinois University, where he received his Ph.D. A former president of the Nebraska Associated Press Managing Editors Association, the Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication, and the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication, he has been honored by The Freedom Forum as a journalism administrator of the year.