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Watch Your Words provides journalists with a ready reference tool for grammar and AP style as they tackle deadlines and bylines. This brief handbook uses straightforward examples that make it easy to consult and understand. It contains self-tests and answer keys to sharpen language skills and study guides for mastering AP style and copy-editing symbols. Updated to reflect recent changes in AP style, Watch Your Words equips both professionals and students with the basic tools to produce clean copy.
Copycrafting
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From newspapers to Twitter®, the media's ability to deliver news and interact with audiences is constantly changing. In Copycrafting, author Kenneth Rosenauer provides aspiring journalists and copyeditors with the essential tools for delivering content effectively and correctly, regardless of the media platform. More than just the basics of copyediting and AP style, this complete package provides a wealth of examples and exercises for practice. This allows students to actively learn the editing skills that they will need to flourish in the constantly evolving media landscape. Features * Excellent coverage of AP style with explanations and examples * Tips on writing headlines, editing problem leads, editing images and designing pages * Stories for students to edit * An Appendix that contains a directory for students to consult as they complete the exercises * A Solutions Manual with corrected versions of every exercise in the book, available to instructors on the Companion Website (www.oup.com/us/rosenauer)
The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law
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