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Writing for the Mass Media now an all-digital offering from Pearson

June 13, 2015 | By Jim Stovall | Comments Off on Writing for the Mass Media now an all-digital offering from Pearson | Filed in: journalism education, textbooks, writing, Writing for the Mass Media.

Writing for the Mass Media, now in its ninth edition and in print since 1985, is now being offered by Pearson, the publisher, in a digital edition that downloads to all formats and devices. This book, which is used as a textbook for courses in about 200 colleges and universities each year, is one of • Read More »

Inverted pyramid checklist

October 8, 2013 | By Jim Stovall | No Comments | Filed in: writing, Writing for the Mass Media.

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Batchgeo.com: Getting data onto a map

May 24, 2013 | By Jim Stovall | No Comments | Filed in: Writing for the Mass Media.

Getting data onto a map has never been particularly easy — for reasons I don’t understand. But things are getting better. A few weeks ago I tried something called Batchgeo.com. It’s extremely easy. You paste the geographic data you have in an Exel file into a window on the website, and in a few seconds you have a Google map that identifies the location of your information.

Writing for the Mass Media (8th edition)

May 11, 2013 | By Jim Stovall | No Comments | Filed in: Writing for the Mass Media.

For more than 20 years, Writing for the Mass Media has been introducing students to all of the basic forms of media writing: the inverted pyramid for print, the drama unity form for broadcasting, summaries and other specialized writing for the web, copy platforms and storyboards for advertising. and news releases and other forms of writing for public relations.