Journalism: Publishing Across Media teaches the principles, practices, and styles used in traditional and new media. It explains core journalism concepts in a student-friendly way to high school learners in first-year Journalism and Communication programs. In contrast to other journalism texts, this text stresses the importance of telling stories through visual and audio elements, as well as the written and spoken word. The chapters are divided into teachable sections that include opportunities for students to process and apply what they have read. Examples of student and professional work accompany the text.
Writers’ Workshops in each chapter lead students through a process that emphasizes writing for an audience, develops students’ writing ability, and trains them for future editorial leadership.
Journalism Style activities at the end of each chapter teach students the skills they need to create written copy in accepted journalism style.
The text includes abundant examples and assignments derived from real-life high school publishing situations to help create strong writers and editors who are grounded in journalistic values, ethics, and practices.