Words Matter: Writing to Make a Difference - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 0826220894 ISBN 13 : 9780826220899

Editeur : University of Missouri Press, 2016

Synopsis

This journalism anthology isn’t just for writers; it’s lled with stories of the human condition. Two daughters experience a role reversal after their ailing elderly father moves back home. Powerful tornadoes ravage a town, where families recount the terror and begin to rebuild. A couple loses a child to a serious chromosomal disorder and learns to let go. Wednesday night karaoke on Skid Row in Los Angeles offers a voice to the voiceless. As rioters scream racial insults at Muslims, an African American reporter re ects on the racism, for once, not being directed at her.

Articles include journalism from wellknown writers like Bryan Burrough, Walt Harrington, Wright Thompson and Pulitzer Prize-winner Mary McNamara. Three broad categories are included: profiles, frstperson journalism, and personal memoirs. Each article is followed by a postscript in which the writer discusses what they’ve learned about writing, journalism, and the business of getting published.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Amanda Dahling is an editor for Univer- sity of Missouri Extension, where she develops educational publications, curricula, web content and social media strategies. She has edited and written for Missouri Life, Vox, and Visual Communications Quarterly.

Mary Kay Blakely is associate professor emerita of magazine journalism, Missouri School of Journalism. She is the author of Wake Me When It’s Over: A Journey to the Edge and Back, and American Mom: Mother- hood, Politics, and Humble Pie.

Both editors live in Columbia, MO USA.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Missouri Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0826220894
• ISBN 13: 9780826220899
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 281
• Éditeur: Dahling Amanda, Blakely Mary Kay.
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• Personne responsable: non disponible