Other Helpful Texts
- The Process of Writing News (1992) by R. Thomas Berner (available online).
- We the Media (2004) by Dan Gillmor (available online).
Grammar / AP Style Resources
- Band-Aid AP Stylebook (the short version online)
- NEW! Newsroom 101’s AP style practice quizzes. (This web page also includes a link to a short AP style practice quiz; when it asks for your email address, just click “cancel” twice and it’ll let you take the quiz.)
- Ask the AP Stylebook editor (for those style questions that don’t appear in the AP Stylebook)
- The Tongue Untied – A guide to grammar, punctuation and style
- Cynthia’s favorite online grammar/style resources
News Writing Resources
- What is News on The Gully Online Magazine
- Lead-writing links on the international JournaWiki
- Writing Leads and Nut Grafs on the NewsWriting blog
- Writing “Soft” or Feature Leads — on the NewsWriting blog
- Writing Leads: How to Open with Style on The Gully Online Magazine
- How to Write News on The Gully Online Magazine
- Using Quotes on The Gully Online Magazine
Other Resources
- wjchat home page (web journalist chat on twitter [#wjchat] and chat archives)
- Henry M. Lopez’s html primer for journalists – part 1
- Twitter for newsrooms (#TfN) — a handy dandy guide for reporters and editors
- News University — free online journalism/tech tutorials
- Knight Digital Media Center at UC-Berkeley — free online journalism/tech tutorials
- Crash course in copyright law
- My memo on “How to write a memo“
- Interviewing: The Ignored Skill at that wonderful resource Poynter Online
- NPR’s Ira Glass of This American Life talks about storytelling
- Pitch letters and proposals
- How to write a pitch letter
Broadcasting Links
- Prof. Bob Rucker’s style rules for broadcast
- Sample broadcast news story (on Prof. Bob Rucker’s website)
- Broadcast Writing — a PowerPoint presentation in pdf format (download the pdf)
- YouTube help page: Sharing a YouTube video (posting a video on your blog)
- Lecturer Steve Sloan’s handouts on using iMovie and Audacity
Writing Reviews
- Prewriting questions for book, movie, or play reviews
- Guidelines for writing reviews – blogcritics online magazine
- The art of writing reviews – The Write Spot blog for BlogHer ’07
- Ten secrets of writing reviews – by blogger Jonathan Dreamer
- When writing reviews, make them fun – blog post at Online Gaming Radio
- Some examples of movie reviews I liked:
- Review of Taken, by Stephanie Zacharek in Salon.com (1/30/09): Read the first two lines of paragraph 2 to get a sense of what fun she had writing this review.
Writing Columns
- Here are examples of different types of columns I’ve written for my blog:
- Personal meditation column: What I can’t forget…at least not yet
- Slice of life column: California Dreaming, Death on Wings, Why I love estate sales
- Topical commentary: Are you “Sicko” yet?
Sample Classmate Profiles
- Sample Classmate Profile #1
- Sample Classmate Profile #2
- Sample Classmate Profile #3
- Sample Classmate Profile #4
- Sample Classmate Profile #5
SJSU Resources
- The Writing Center, Clark Hall 126, assists students with all parts of the writing process, including grammar, organization and syntax. For more information, visit http://www.sjsu.edu/writingcenter or call 408-924-2308.
- Journalism and mass comm. research page at SJLibrary.com
- Plagiarism reference page at SJLibrary.com
- Here’s how to get an SJSU library cardso you can access the SJSU’s academic databases online:
- Go to the MLK Library’s web site at http://www.sjlibrary.org/index.htm
- Click on the SJSU Students and Faculty link (lower left side)
- Click on Distance Learning (see list on left side)
- Then click on Connect From Home — a pop-up window explains how to set up a library account and a PIN number (using your SJSU ID number), so you can access SJSU databases online.
Some YouTube Videos Worth Watching
- From Prof. Michael Wesch of Kansas State University:
Some Interesting Blogs to Explore
- Henry M. Lopez, Guerilla Editor
- Romenesko blog (Poynter Online)
- The Steve Rubel Stream (PR/mktg./emerging tech.)
- Mark Glaser’s Media Shift/PBS (journalism)
- Craig Silverman’s Regret the Error blog (journalism)
- Ryan Sholin’s Invisible Inkling (JMC grad student focusing on journalism/new media)
- Daniel Sato’s Photojournalism Blog (JMC photojournalism grad)
- Robert Scoble’s Scobleizer blog (JMC alum)
- Steve Sloan’s SJSU Tech on a Mission blog
- Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things
