These books and links will be resources for teacher/advisers.
- Cappon, Rene J. The Word: An Associated Press Guide to Good News Writing.
New York: The Associated Press.
Its audience: "those who care about precise and attractive use of
the language." Ask your local newspaper's NIE representative about getting
a copy for you.
- Cooke, Alistair, ed. The Vintage Mencken. New York: Random House.
1955 and 1983.
Forty-nine columns by H. L. Mencken include "Theodore Dreiser," "The Art Skeptic,"
"The Lure of Beauty," "Abraham Lincoln," and "In Memoriam: W. J. B."
- Corrigan, Timothy. A Short Guide to Writing About Film. New York:
HarperCollins College Publishers. 1994.
Prepares reviewers to look at movies as an art form and as a business. Film
history and theory, sample reviews, concluding paragraphs and how to conduct
research for a film review are included.
- Dower, John W. War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War.
New York: Pantheon Books. 1986.
A serious study of the meaning of race hate, its distorted perceptions, history
and unrestrained violence, in examples of Japanese and American editorial
cartoons published during W.W. II. Looking at the war in Japanese eyes and
looking at the war in American eyes sections provide an interesting look at
the media.
- Fry, Don, ed. Best Newspaper Writing 1987. St. Petersburg, FL:
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, 1987.
This book is an excellent collection of professional models for students.
Each is proceeded by a short bio of the author and is followed with Observations
and Questions for the student. User-friendly and readable.
- Kael, Pauline. 5001 Nights at the Movies. New York: Henry Holt
and Company, Inc. 1991.
Intelligent, eloquent, witty and disdainful of banalites, Pauline Kael has
literally reviewed more movies than anyone. A great read and certainly fun
to read to friends to get their reactions. In class, start with "Return
of the Jedi" if you want to stimulate discussion.
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Greenman, Robert M. Journalism: A Teacher's Guide: Part II/Practice.
New York: Newsday. 1990.
English teacher and publications adviser Robert Greenman uses materials
from the pages of Newsday to provide activities and instruction. Greenman
has authored Words That Make a Difference and Adviser's Companion.
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Newton, Eric, ed. News History Gazette. U.S.: The Freedom Forum.
1977.
A wonderful oversize collection of the history of news as can be viewed
at the Newseum in Arlington, Va.
- Royko, Mike, posthumous. One More Time: The Best of Mike Royko. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press. 1999.
The seventh collection of Royko columns.
- Siegel, Robert, ed. The NPR Interviews 1994. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin Company, 1994.
This collection of transcripts of NPR interviews is divided thematically
(Arts and Letters,;Television, Radio, and Film; Science (an interview with
the real Patch Adams here); Animal Life; Religion; The Story of the Year:
Bosnia; The World; Washington; America Talking; Enders). A good resource for
students and teacher.
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Sloan, W.David, and Laird B. Anderson. Pulitzer Prize Editorials:
America's Best Editorial Writing 1917-1993. 2nd ed. Ames: Iowa State
University Press, 1994.
An anthology of Pulitzer Prize-winning editorials covering most of
the 20th century. It includes a long preface of background material on the
Pulitzer Prize. This book is an excellent collection of historical and contemporary
professional models for students.
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Strunk, William, Jr. and E. B. White. The Elements of Style.
New York: The Macmillan Company.
- Titchener, Campbell B. Reviewing the Arts. New Jersey: Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates, Publishers. 1988.
Includes an overview of review writing and short chapters devoted
to particular arts, including musical theater, sculpture, movies and television.