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Journalism textbook

MHS Pitchfork, 8/15/2005, 5:45:11 PM

Anyone know of a good one?

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C. Thorin, 8/24/2005, 11:24:35 AM
I have Scholastic Journalism (ISBN 0-8138-2751-5)and Radical Write by Bobby Hawthorne(ISBN 0-87833-101-8). The first is very detailed and wordy. I use it primarily as a resource in my Journalism 1 class, referring students to certain sections, but not going chapter to chapter. It is full of examples and does have chapter assignments. The second is a fun read, but more philosophical than practical. I use it as a teacher resource and share ideas and examples with students as needed. It has generated some new thinking on my Journalism 2 newspaper staff. You can pick up copies of both used or new but cheap on Amazon.

For practical, instructinal materials I have found Practical Ideas for Teaching Journalism (ISBN 0-9715898-0-1)to be a great teacher resource along with School Newspaper Advisors Survival Guide(Patricia Osborne ISBN 0-7879-6624-X). These, too are available at Amazon and for about half the cover price. Both have many reprintable worksheets and story writing guides.

All these and others are in the JEA catalogue (go online) as well (but more expensive).

As for lesson ideas, sites such as highschooljournalism.org are full of lessons. Just enter high school journalism into a google search to callup others. Good luck!

James, 8/27/2005, 10:57:49 PM
I am an editor and I enjoy both of the books above. The book I use the most, however, is not a textbook. It is the Newspaper Design Handbook. It's very informative on design, style, and everything Newspaper. If you do not have any copies currently, I would definitally suggest it for your newspaper class.

km, 8/28/2005, 12:20:47 PM
I highly recommend either Journalism Today or Journalism Matters, the latter one we have for all students, the first we have several copies as a resource.

We used to have Scholastic Journalism, but it isnt' very student friendly and we found the students did not read it.