Watch Your Words: Journalistic Writing and Editing for the Digital Age
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781538176351
- Subject Area
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Publication Name
- Watch Your Words : Journalistic Writing and Editing for the Digital Age
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 10.3 in
- Subject
- Communication Studies, Journalism
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Item Weight
- 15.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 7.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 120 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1538176351
ISBN-13
9781538176351
eBay Product ID (ePID)
19061947238
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
120 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Watch Your Words : Journalistic Writing and Editing for the Digital Age
Subject
Communication Studies, Journalism
Publication Year
2023
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
15.4 Oz
Item Length
10.3 in
Item Width
7.2 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
5
Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
The fifth edition of Watch Your Words clearly articulates the best practices for inclusive storytelling across print, digital and broadcast platforms in this ever-evolving media environment. Over the course of 15 years, I can attest that this handbook has measurably and significantly improved my students' writing and editing skills., While the formats for delivering news are rapidly changing, the new edition of Watch Your Words helps journalists develop the core skills that matter most, regardless of platform: accuracy, clarity and technical precision. The self-tests provide useful feedback, and a new section on bias and inclusivity reflects vital industry conversations., The fifth edition's new section on Implicit Bias and Inclusive Storytelling is brilliant and encourages editors and writers to face their personal biases at every level of writing. Explaining recent AP Style changes on gender-neutral pronouns adds clarity for editors and writers.
Grade From
College Freshman
Illustrated
Yes
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
808.06/607
Table Of Content
Introduction: On Disruption and Continuity Best Practices for Journalistic Writing Implicit Bias and Inclusive Storytelling Punctuation -Rules and Guidelines -Conjunction Junction: Comma Rules for and, but and or -Nonessential vs. Essential: That vs. Which -Punctuation Self-Test Grammar -Basic Terms and Concepts -Grammar Terms and Concepts Exercise -Mapping Who vs. Whom -Making the Right Choice -Practice Sentences: Who vs. Whom -Other Rules and Guidelines -Grammar Self-Tests Usage -Rules and Guidelines -Usage Self-Test RECAP: Comprehensive Self-Test AP Style -Evolutionary Updates and Evergreen Mainstays -AP Style Study Guides & Self-Tests Supplementary Self-Tests -Punctuation/AP Style Test -Grammar/AP Style Test -Usage/AP Style Test -Final Language-Skills Test -Quality-Control Guide to Writing and Editing -Accuracy and Fact-Checking -Fact-Checking Exercise -Brevity and Tightening -Tightening Exercise -Clarity -Clarity Exercise -Quotations and Attribution -Quotations and Attribution Exercise -Basic Editing Principles Spelling -Homonyms and Sound-Alikes Exercise -Spelltraps Copy-Editing Symbols -Copy-Editing Symbols Self-Test -Basic Symbolism Answer Keys -Punctuation Self-Test -Grammar Terms and Concepts Exercise -Grammar Self-Test I -Grammar Self-Test II -Usage Self-Test -RECAP: Comprehensive Self-Test -AP Style Self-Test I -AP Style Self-Test II -AP Style Self-Test III -Punctuation/AP Style Test -Grammar/AP Style Test -Usage/AP Style Test -Final Language-Skills Test -Fact-Checking Exercise -Tightening Exercise -Clarity Exercise -Quotations and Attribution Exercise -Homonyms and Sound-Alikes Exercise -Copy-Editing Symbols Self-Test
Synopsis
In print for over twenty years, Watch Your Words is a brief and accessible handbook for mastering best practices for journalistic writing, including tips from experts with experience across the journalistic spectrum. These best practices predate the digital age while resonating within it. The fifth edition updates its core content on language skills and Associated Press style, while continuing to offer language-skills self-tests with answer keys and sections on spelling and copy-editing symbols. The fifth edition also presents new content on inclusive storytelling and implicit bias. These prevalent themes, which have emerged in digital age journalism, reflect social mores behind how journalists are increasingly aware of, and acting on, the impacts of framing and language they use in their stories. Watch Your Words continues to be distinguished from other journalism reference works by its brevity. It provides accessible baseline instruction in punctuation, grammar, usage and AP style with clear-cut examples and self-quizzes. It presents sections on accuracy and fact-checking, brevity, clarity, and use of direct quotations with exercises, as well as an editing guide. Where digital grammar-fix and spell-check programs are useful, Watch Your Words provides a succinct yet deeper dive to help journalists and other media professionals master basic yet essential wordsmithing tools of their trades., In print for over twenty years, Watch Your Words is a brief and accessible handbook for mastering best practices for journalistic writing, including tips from experts with experience across the journalistic spectrum. These best practices predate the digital age while resonating within it. The fifth edition updates its core content on language ......, Watch Your Words is a brief, accessible writing and editing guide for students and professionals in journalism. The fifth edition includes the latest AP style updates, discussion of inclusive language and implicit bias, and sections on accuracy and fact-checking, brevity, clarity, and use of direct quotations, with exercises and an editing guide., In print for twenty years, Watch Your Words is a brief and accessible handbook for mastering best practices of journalistic writing. This new, fifth edition includes tips from experts with experience across the journalistic spectrum on best practices that predate the digital age while resonating within it. The fifth edition also includes new content on implicit bias and inclusive storytelling--prevalent themes in digital age journalism that reflect how journalists are increasingly aware of, and acting on, social impacts of framing and language that they use in their stories. Watch Your Words continues to be distinguished from other journalism reference works by its brevity. It provides accessible baseline instruction in its core content of punctuation, grammar, usage and updated entries on Associated Press style through clear-cut examples, self-quizzes, and answer keys. It also presents sections on accuracy and fact-checking, brevity, clarity, and use of direct quotations, with exercises, as well as an editing guide. Where digital grammar-fix and spell-check programs are useful , Watch Your Words provides a succinct yet deeper dive to help journalists and other media professionals master basic yet essential wordsmithing tools of their trades.
LC Classification Number
PN4783.D86 2023
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