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Watch Your Words: A Writing and Editing Handbook for the Multimedia Age
Marda Dunsky
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Description for Watch Your Words: A Writing and Editing Handbook for the Multimedia Age
Hardback. .
Journalists - even those working simultaneously in print, on air and on the Web - trade in words. Using language well across platforms is a vital skill; the cleaner and clearer the text, the more effective the result. Watch Your Words, now in its fourth edition, is a brief and accessible handbook for mastering baseline knowledge of punctuation, grammar, usage and Associated Press style. This new edition features a new quality-control guide to writing and editing. The guide covers accuracy and fact-checking; brevity and tightening; clarity; use of quotes and attribution; and basic editing principles. The new ... Read more
Journalists - even those working simultaneously in print, on air and on the Web - trade in words. Using language well across platforms is a vital skill; the cleaner and clearer the text, the more effective the result. Watch Your Words, now in its fourth edition, is a brief and accessible handbook for mastering baseline knowledge of punctuation, grammar, usage and Associated Press style. This new edition features a new quality-control guide to writing and editing. The guide covers accuracy and fact-checking; brevity and tightening; clarity; use of quotes and attribution; and basic editing principles. The new ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
108
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781442253421
SKU
V9781442253421
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Marda Dunsky
Marda Dunsky, an editor, educator and editorial consultant, teaches at the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University.
Reviews for Watch Your Words: A Writing and Editing Handbook for the Multimedia Age
Watch Your Words is an affordably priced reference that succinctly covers the basics without a lot of extraneous nonsense. The self-tests and exercises are particularly useful.
William Huntzicker, St. Cloud State University The brevity, layout and ease of use make Watch Your Words an ideal reference guide. It presents important information in a straightforward, no-nonsense manner that will help ... Read more
William Huntzicker, St. Cloud State University The brevity, layout and ease of use make Watch Your Words an ideal reference guide. It presents important information in a straightforward, no-nonsense manner that will help ... Read more