Updated and condensed, the new edition has been streamlined to provide students with essential reporting and writing content while maintaining the classic Mencher narrative.
Chapter 4, The Internet and Other Tools of the Trade, has been revised to include a wide array of Internet sources used by reporters in gathering material for stories and describes the latest tools journalists use.
Chapter 26, Taste--Defining the Appropriate, includes controversies over the use of graphic Iraq War photos and the increasing latitude for questionable language in print and broadcast journalism.
Chapter 27, The Morality of Journalism, discusses the ethical imperatives journalists adhere to in their reporting and writing.
The Online Learning Center features interactive supplements including "NRW Plus," complete articles accompanied by the reporters' comments on how they reported and wrote their stories; "Brush Up: A Quick Guide to Basic Writing and Math Skills," provides self guided exercises for essential grammatical and mathematical practice; "News Reporting and Writing Online Workbook" includes reporting and writing exercises, assignments, and quizzes with answers; and a "News Reporting Simulation: A Fire Scenario." The workbook is accompanied by an Instructor's Manual available online to instructors.
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