Search results for “writing the book” Showing 891 results Newsroom to Classroom: Books as a Thread of Connection With a forthcoming book about undercover reporting—along with a reporter-friendly database of historic examples—a j-school professor keeps her focus on familiar topics. December 6, 2011 Writing a Life, Living a Writer’s Life ‘At one point, my mother, a woman who is anything but acid, told me: “Get a job, and get a life.” She said this out of love and concern because… December 6, 2011 Writing About People You Know ‘In community journalism, there is no place to hide, and if you want to hide, then you have no business in this business anyway.’ June 9, 2011 Figuring Out What a 21st Century Book Can Be When an author’s insistence on publishing under a Creative Commons license met resistance from book publishers, he decided to self-publish his book with Lulu. December 15, 2010 Gay Talese: On What Endures in Sports Writing Amid Change Early in October Gay Talese came to the Boston Athenaeum to celebrate publication of “The Silent Season of a Hero: The Sports Writing of Gay Talese.” In this collection of… December 15, 2010 Books From the Beat: A More Complicated Equation Judy Pasternak, a former reporter at the Los Angeles Times, drew on expertise she developed covering the environment, science and other beats to write her first book. “Yellow Dirt: An… December 9, 2010 Engaging Youth in Social Media: Is Facebook the New Media Frontier? A research project creates experimental applications for Facebook to learn whether the news habit can be fostered online and lead to civic engagement. September 16, 2009 The Ties That Bind: Newspapers and Nonfiction Books What reporters do in their daily reporting can become the foundation for compelling storytelling in a book. So what happens when newsrooms shrink and support for long-term beat assignments dries… December 23, 2008 ‘A Voice, a Brain, and a Notebook’ Bloggers have taken up where I.F. Stone left off, and journalists shouldn't be far behind. June 15, 2007 Demonstrating the Craft of Writing A book ‘grounds the reader in practical improvement by presenting 50 sharp, focused “tools.”’ June 15, 2007 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 90 Next