Journalists write for a living. They use words precisely and efficiently. They present accurate, verified information in a way that a mass audience will understand it by reading or hearing it only once.
Such writing takes skill, discipline and practice.
Writing Like a Journalist will give the reader some of the basic concepts of how journalists achieve good writing - writing that an audience can understand and will pay for.
Chapters topics in this volume include: • The discipline of good writing • Mastering the language • Tools of writing: Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling • Why journalistic writing is different • The inverted pyramid structure • Headlines • Writing for audio and visual journalism
