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Specialized Reporting and Writing: Opinion Writing
Opinion Writing (JMC:3400:0001) Crime Reporting (JMC:3400:0002) Books: Fiction & Nonfiction (JMC:3400:0004)
Opinion Writing
Crime Reporting
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Writing Opinion for Impact
by
Conrad C. Fink
Call Number: At Main Library (PN4784.C65 F56 1999 )
ISBN: 0813826063
Publication Date: 1998-09-01
Letters from the Editor: Lessons on Journalism and Life
by
William F. Woo; Philip Meyer (Editor, Introduction by)
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9780826217509
Publication Date: 2007-09-03
The Opinions of William Cobbett
by
Richard Thomas; John Stevenson; James Grande
Call Number: ONLINE. Print version also available At Main Library (H33 .C6 )
ISBN: 9781409464327
Publication Date: 2013-12-04
Speaking Personally
by
Rosalind Coward
Call Number: At Main Library (PN4784.O24 C69 2013 )
ISBN: 9780230360204
Publication Date: 2013-11-13
Key Readings in Journalism
by
Elliot King
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9780203723876
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Writing Dissent: Taking Radical Ideas from the Margins to the Mainstream
by
Robert Jensen
Call Number: At Main Library (PN4751 .J46 2001 )
ISBN: 0820456519
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Explaining News
by
Cristina Archetti
Call Number: At Main Library (PN4751 .A75 2010 )
ISBN: 9780230622821
Publication Date: 2010-06-15
News with a View: Essays on the Eclipse of Objectivity in Modern Journalism
by
Burton St. John (Editor); Kirsten A. Johnson (Editor)
Call Number: At Main Library (PN4784.O24 N48 2012 )
ISBN: 9780786465897
Publication Date: 2012-03-15
Great Editorials: Masterpieces of Opinion Writing
by
Willaim D. Sloan (Editor); Cheryl S. Wray (Editor); C. Joanne Sloan (Editor)
ISBN: 9781885219053
Publication Date: 1997-05-01
Outrage, Passion, and Uncommon Sense
by
Michael Gartner; Newseum
Call Number: At Special Collections Englander Collection (E661 .G36 2005 )
ISBN: 0792241975
Publication Date: 2005-10-04
Opinion Writing
by
Ruggero J. Aldisert
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9781438982274
Publication Date: 2009-07-01
Specialist Journalism
by
Sharon Wheeler (Editor); Barry Turner (Editor); Richard Orange (Editor)
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9780203146644
Publication Date: 2011-09-12
The Influencing Machine
by
Brooke Gladstone; Josh Neufeld
Call Number: At Main Library (PN4731 .G53 2011 )
ISBN: 9780393077797
Publication Date: 2011-05-23
The Creation of Reality
by
Bernhard Poerksen
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9781845404727
Publication Date: 2013-07-09
Principles of American Journalism
by
Stephanie Craft; Charles Davis
Call Number: At Main Library (PN4855 .C84 2013 )
ISBN: 9780415890175
Publication Date: 2013-02-05
The Future of Writing
by
John Potts (Editor)
Call Number: At Main Library (P211.4 .F88 2014 )
ISBN: 9781137440396
Publication Date: 2014-04-04
Online Reference Resources
Encyclopedia of Journalism
by
Christopher H. Sterling (Editor)
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9780761929574
Publication Date: 2009-09-25
Encyclopedia of Gender in Media
by
Mary Kosut (Editor)
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9781412990790
Publication Date: 2012-05-18
A Dictionary of Journalism
by
Tony Harcup
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9780199646241
Publication Date: 2014-07-08
A Dictionary of Media and Communication
by
Daniel Chandler; Rod Munday
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9780199568758
Publication Date: 2011-04-01
The International Encyclopedia of Media Studies
by
Angharad N Valdivia; John C Nerone; Vicki Mayer; Sharon R Mazzarella; Radhika E Parameswaran
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9781444361506
Publication Date: 2013
Keywords in News and Journalism Studies
by
Zelizer
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9780335240821
Publication Date: 2010-01-05
The Handbook of Global Online Journalism
by
Eugenia Siapera (Editor); Andreas Veglis (Editor)
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9781118313954
Publication Date: 2012-06-25
Concise Encyclopedia of Communication
by
Wolfgang Donsbach
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9781118789230
Publication Date: 2015-02-03
Encyclopaedia of Mass Media
by
Khan; M. A. Khan
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9789350439364
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Recently Acquired Titles
Boundaries of Journalism: Professionalism, Practices and Participation
by
Matt Carlson (Editor); Seth Lewis (Editor)
Call Number: At Main Library (PN4756 .B68 2015)
ISBN: 9781138017849
Publication Date: 2015-03-12
Communication and Peace
by
Julia Hoffmann (Editor); Virgil Hawkins (Editor)
Call Number: At Main Library (P96.P33 C66 2015)
ISBN: 9781138018044
Publication Date: 2015-02-17
The New World of Transitioned Media
by
Gali Einav (Editor)
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9783319090092
Publication Date: 2014-10-01
Can the Media Serve Democracy?
by
Stephen Coleman
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9781137467928
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Media and the Ecological Crisis
by
Richard Maxwell (Editor); Jon Raundalen (Editor); Nina Lager Vestberg (Editor)
Call Number: At Main Library (P96.E57 M43 2015)
ISBN: 9780415709231
Publication Date: 2014-10-23
The Routledge Companion to Alternative and Community Media
by
Chris Atton (Editor)
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 9780415644044
Publication Date: 2015-06-08
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Alt-Press Watch
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AP Stylebook Online
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Associated Press Collections Online
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ComAbstracts
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Communication and Mass Media Complete
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Dictionary of Nineteenth Century Journalism in C19
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Factiva
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Google Scholar
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LexisNexis Academic (now called Nexis Uni)
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New York Times, 1851-2019 (Proquest Historical Newspapers)
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World News Connection (East View version)
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American Journalism Review
The Atlanta Review of Journalism History
British Journalism Review
Broadcasting & Cable
Columbia Journalism Review
Communication Research
CQ Researcher
Critical Studies in Mass Communication
Harvard international journal of press/politics
Journalism
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
The Journalism Educator
Journalism History
Journalism Practice
Journal of Communication
Journal of Communication Inquiry
Mass Communication & Society
Nieman Reports
Online Journalism Review
Pacific Journalism Review
PJR Reports
The St. Louis Journalism Report
Washington Journalism Review
Select Articles
Angry Words: A Content Analysis of Emotion in Political Blogs and Op-Ed Columns
The Critical Moral Voice on American Newspaper Opinion Pages
Editorial Personality: Factors That Make Editorial Writers Successful
An Education in Editorial Writing
A Good Blog is a Good Editorial
The Judge's Comments
Make Editorial Page a Place, Not a Product
'Nation' editor Denis Galava suspended over editorial
Online readers' comments represent new opinion pipeline
The Op-Ed Page: A Step to a Better Democracy
The Op-ed Sociologists: The Matthew Effect in Op-ed Publication Patterns
Persuading the Persuaders: Presidential Speeches and Editorial Opinion
Reconnecting With the Audience
Reporting to Conclusions
Stop the Presses, Boys! Women Claim Space on Op-Ed Pages
The Straight-Talking Writer Who Started It All
Top 10 Unforgettable Editorials
True Enough
Where Are the Women? The Presence of Female Columnists in U.S. Opinion Pages
Writing the News: A Comparison of Objective, religious, and Political Opinion Presses
Writing to Feel Alive
Opinion Pages of Some Leading Publications
Los Angeles Times
The New York Times
The Washington Post
The St Louis Post - Dispatch
The Christian Science Monitor
Blog Sites
International Center for Journalists
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