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The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect

Completely updated and revised
"The most important book on the relationship of journalism and democracy published in the last fifty years." – Roy Peter Clark, The Poynter Institute

We Interrupt This Newscast: How to Improve Local News and Win Ratings, Too

Just Released
A landmark study on what people watch and why. The most exhaustive study ever of local TV news -- what helps ratings, what drives viewers away, and what editorial approaches and story-telling techniques most influence viewership.

On Anonymous Sources: Deborah Howell

Deborah Howell, Ombudsman - Washington Post, July 29, 2006

These two practical instructions explain how to handle writing with anonymous sources even after you have decided to use the information you have been given.

  1. Never use an anonymous source to offer an opinion of another person.

  2. Never use an anonymous source as the first quote of a story.

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