Writing and editing guides

As local media institutions collapse and news deserts sprout up across the country, the US is facing a profound journalism crisis.

The Psychology of Journalism takes a media psychological approach towards a better understanding of key aspects of news production and reception.

The Psychology of Journalism takes a media psychological approach towards a better understanding of key aspects of news production and reception.

Bearing Witness While Black tells the story of this century's most powerful Black social movement through the eyes of 15 activists who documented it.

Bearing Witness While Black tells the story of this century's most powerful Black social movement through the eyes of 15 activists who documented it.

A behind-the-scenes look at the struggles between visual journalists and officials over what the public sees--and therefore much of what the public knows--of the criminal justice system.

A behind-the-scenes look at the struggles between visual journalists and officials over what the public sees--and therefore much of what the public knows--of the criminal justice system.

In the international press, East Africa is depicted as a region mired in civil war, child abduction, rebel militias, Muslim-Christian violence, and grinding poverty.

In the international press, East Africa is depicted as a region mired in civil war, child abduction, rebel militias, Muslim-Christian violence, and grinding poverty.

From the National Review to Breitbart, from Fox News to Rush Limbaugh, conservative news is an inescapable feature of modern politics.

From the National Review to Breitbart, from Fox News to Rush Limbaugh, conservative news is an inescapable feature of modern politics.

Truth qualities of journalism are under intense scrutiny in today's world.

Truth qualities of journalism are under intense scrutiny in today's world.

From the start of Barack Obama's presidency in 2009, conservative populist groups began fomenting political fractiousness, dissent, and surprising electoral success.

From the start of Barack Obama's presidency in 2009, conservative populist groups began fomenting political fractiousness, dissent, and surprising electoral success.

Ideas die at the hands of journalists.

Ideas die at the hands of journalists.

Mobile communication has dramatically changed over the past decade with the diffusion of smartphones.

Mobile communication has dramatically changed over the past decade with the diffusion of smartphones.

As immigration, technological change, and globalization reshape the world, journalism plays a central role in shaping how the public adjusts to moral and material upheaval.

As immigration, technological change, and globalization reshape the world, journalism plays a central role in shaping how the public adjusts to moral and material upheaval.

In 1991, Mark Weiser and his team at Xerox PARC declared they were reinventing computers for the twenty-first century.

In 1991, Mark Weiser and his team at Xerox PARC declared they were reinventing computers for the twenty-first century.

The lure of big data and analytics has produced new partnerships between news media and social media and consequently a fragmentation of digital journalism.

The lure of big data and analytics has produced new partnerships between news media and social media and consequently a fragmentation of digital journalism.

In 2006, the Al Jazeera Media Network sought to penetrate the United States media sphere, the world's most influential national market for English language news.

In 2006, the Al Jazeera Media Network sought to penetrate the United States media sphere, the world's most influential national market for English language news.

Writing and the sciences are intricately linked.

Writing and the sciences are intricately linked.

Many of us read books every day, either electronically or in print.

Many of us read books every day, either electronically or in print.

The world stands before a landmark date: October 31, 2017, the quincentennial of the Protestant Reformation.

The opening decades of the twentieth century witnessed a profound transformation in the history of modern sound media, with workers in U.

The opening decades of the twentieth century witnessed a profound transformation in the history of modern sound media, with workers in U.

From data-rich infographics to 140 character tweets and activist cell phone photos taken at political protests, 21st century journalism is awash in new ways to report, display, and distribute the news.

From data-rich infographics to 140 character tweets and activist cell phone photos taken at political protests, 21st century journalism is awash in new ways to report, display, and distribute the news.

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Many otherwise strong doctoral students get stuck at the dissertation stage, but this trusty guide takes students from the early planning phase to finishing the final draft.

Since the introduction of radio and television news, journalism has gone through multiple transformations, but each time it has been sustained by a commitment to basic values and best practices.

Political blogs have grown astronomically in the last half-decade.

American democracy was founded on the belief that ultimate power rests in an informed citizenry.

Distinguished scholar and library systems innovator Frederick Kilgour tells a five-thousand-year story in this exciting work, a tale beginning with the invention of writing and concluding with the emerging electronic book.

This beautifully illustrated book is the first complete handbook to visual information.

This book offers an intellectual and spiritual biography of Lesslie Newbigin, a figure of patristic proportions in the twentieth-century history of the Church.

"e;The free press cannot be free,"e; Robert Entman asserts.

The world stands before a landmark date: October 31, 2017, the quincentennial of the Protestant Reformation.

In Writing Without Teachers, well-known advocate of innovative teaching methods Peter Elbow outlines a practical program for learning how to write.

The business of journalism has an extensive, storied, and often romanticized history.

The business of journalism has an extensive, storied, and often romanticized history.

This approachable guide meets health and social sciences scholars at their level--either as a reference text or as an enchanting but practical read--and walks them through each stage of their academic publishing journey.