{"product_id":"writing-for-news-media-the-storyteller-s-craft","title":"Writing for News Media: The Storyteller’s Craft","description":"Author: Ian Pickering\u003cbr\u003eCategory: Nonfiction\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003ePublication date: November 27, 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriting for News Media is a down-to-earth guide on how to write news stories for online, print and broadcast audiences. It celebrates the craft of storytelling, arguing for its continued importance in a modern newsroom. With dynamism and humour, Ian Pickering, a journalist with 30 years’ experience, offers readers practical advice on being a news journalist, with step-by-step guidance on creating a great story and writing the perfect news copy.\nChapters include:\n\nextracts from published news articles to help illustrate the dos and don’ts of storytelling;\nthe ten golden rules for structuring and putting together a successful news article, including ‘Nail the intro’, ‘Let it flow’ and ‘Keep it simple’;\ninstruction on writing stories for different specialist subjects, including politics, court cases, economics, funnies and celebrity;\nhelp for readers on how to write for broadcast news;\ntips on how to write headlines, how to use pictures, how to make the most of quotations and how to avoid common style and grammar mistakes;\nglossaries covering a range of different aspects of news journalism, including types of news story, online and data journalism, typesetting and broadcasting.\n\nThis is an instructive and insightful manual which champions brilliant storytelling and writing with flair. It introduces a set of key creative and analytical techniques that will help students of journalism and young professionals hone and refi ne their story-writing skills.","brand":"Redrainforest","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32433421320247,"sku":"9781317222484","price":19.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/4664\/4791\/products\/writing-for-news-media.jpg?v=1608179173","url":"https:\/\/redrainforest.myshopify.com\/products\/writing-for-news-media-the-storyteller-s-craft","provider":"Redrainforest","version":"1.0","type":"link"}