Writing for the Mass Media

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Now in its Seventh Edition Writing for the Mass Media remains one of the clearest and most effective introductions to media writing on the market. Offering clear writing simple organization abundant exercises and precise examples this book provides readers information about media writing and opportunities to develop their skills as professional writers. Using a text-workbook format it introduces and explains the major forms of media writinginverted pyramid and other story structures for print emerging forms for the Web dramatic unity for broadcast copy platforms for advertising and the various writing structures required for public relations. The basic and practical approach of Writing for the Mass Media makes it an excellent book for the introductory level writer.