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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows."--George Orwell, 1984....To effectively prove this statement with incontrovertible video evidence is to give people permission to acknowledge reality and confirm their suspicions. The American Muckraker is the propagandist's natural enemy. To reveal what others want hidden, and to not back down in the face of overwhelming odds, is effectively the answer...
3) Suppression, deception, snobbery, and bias: why the press gets so much wrong--and just doesn't care
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"An examination of why American journalists are out-of-touch with the rest of society"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The Associated Press Guide to News Writing, is the standard professional resource for both novice and experienced news writers. This practical handbook is the ideal writing style guide for all reporters, writers, editors, and English and journalism students. It covers all the essentials of good news writing, according to the styles and guidelines set forth by the Associated Press--with lively examples from today's newspapers. This authoritative guide...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"As cash-strapped metropolitan newspapers struggle to maintain their traditional influence and quality reporting, large national and international outlets have pivoted to serving readers who can and will choose to pay for news, skewing coverage toward a wealthy, white, and liberal audience. Amid rampant inequality and distrust, media outlets have become more out of touch with the democracy they purport to serve. How did journalism end up in such a...
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
"In an age when partisan rancor and ratings-driven showmanship have crowded out the more subtle virtues of solid journalism, (the authors) provide a timely refresher course in the importance of press fundamentals. They remind us that at its best, journalism is a high public calling, and all those who practice it have a deeper obligation to their readers and viewers than to the demands of the market." David Talbot, editor-in-chief, Salon.com.
8) Telling true stories: a nonfiction writers' guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
9) Reporters
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces reporters to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
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Series
Language
English
Description
While covering baseball's World Series between the Washington Nationals and the Boston Red Sox, teenage sports reporters Stevie and Susan Carol investigate a rookie pitcher whose evasive answers during an interview reveal more than a few contradictions in his life story.
Author
Series
Spider-Man volume Set 4
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Spider-Man subdues Prowler, who has appeared at the scene of two robberies, and is reminded that he should not believe everything he reads in the newspaper.
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Social media tools are being used across all media sources including traditional news outlets and online-based resources. This program focuses on the variety of ways social media is essential to storytelling and news distribution. Each chapter highlights an element of social media used by top journalists who rely on these communication channels to both research stories and broaden their audience. Its designed to help students and educators understand...
18) The Student Body
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This is a true underdog story of two brave girls who take a stand against bullying, government intrusion and hypocrisy while exploring the complex and controversial truths behind the childhood obesity debate.. Coined the "Fat Letters" by students, notification letters forced by lawmakers were sent to kids whose body mass did not fall within a narrowly acceptable range, essentially telling children -- even as young as kindergarteners -- that they're...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
News is to the mind what sugar is to the body. In 2013 Rolf Dobelli stood in front of a roomful of journalists and proclaimed that he did not read the news. It caused a riot. Now he finally sets down his philosophy in detail. And he practises what he preaches: he hasn't read the news for a decade. Stop Reading the News is Dobelli's manifesto about the dangers of the most toxic form of information - news. He shows the damage it does to our concentration...
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