Editing.: The Essential Guide to Better Writing Across Today's Media - Softcover

Ryan, Buck; O'Donnell, Michael

 
9798823303361: Editing.: The Essential Guide to Better Writing Across Today's Media
Softcover
ISBN 13: 9798823303361
Verlag: Cognella Academic Publishing, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

Editing is needed now more than ever. So is this book. The authors offer practical advice to save you from making cringe-worthy mistakes.

Want to take your writing to new heights? This book is your Sherpa. Hope to become a professional writer or editor? You can learn from pros working in:

• Print and broadcast journalism

• Film and documentaries

• Social media and podcasts

• Public relations and advertising

• News sites for nonprofit organizations

The book's first section opens with the Core Principles of Editing. Enjoy the humor as you learn to be The Good Editor and The Good Writer, then dive into the Language Skills Survival Kit. The second section puts you on deadline with tips for writing headlines, selecting visuals, crafting social media posts, averting legal troubles, and more. The book's five appendices provide vital references and innovative features such as the Fixtionary.

The secret sauce for your success is confidence. Chapter by chapter you will build confidence as a writer as you develop a superpower-how to edit your own writing.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Buck Ryan created a new title in the world of editing-Maestro. He has conducted Maestro Concept storytelling workshops in a dozen countries, including Brazil, China, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and Vietnam. He served as the eighth director of the University of Kentucky's century-old journalism school and has produced five documentaries for public television.

Michael O'Donnell created an award-winning student media outlet at the University of St. Thomas, where he taught editing for 23 years and oversaw high school journalism workshops. He worked with Ryan at the Chicago Tribune, and together they taught editing at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. They have published four books on language skills and editing.

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Verlag
Cognella Academic Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2024
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 13 
9798823303361
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
486
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