Feature Summary

• "NRW Plus" - New to the 9th edition. This interactive CD-ROM contains self-teaching exercises--some with audio--quizzes and discussion topics that guide students in their work; background material that supplements the textbook including screen-by-screen guidance from Jeff South of Virginia Commonwealth University on computer assisted reporting; complete stories with reporters' comments on how they gathered information and wrote their stories and more.
• "Brush-Up: A quick Guide to Basic Writing and Math Skills" - An interactive CD-ROM with instructional material in writing and math--twenty-eight topics in all--each followed by an exercise and instructional answers.
• Workbook - Exercises and assignments in the basics - accidents, fires, meetings, speeches, along with current issues such as racial tension, anorexia and bulimia, binge drinking on campus. A city map and city directory are included to help instructors teach accuracy.
• Textbook - Every chapter opens with a Preview that summarizes the chapter and explains why the material is important. Every chapter contains realistic examples of the principles presented. A reporter for The Charlotte Observer describes how he covered a hurricane; reporters for USA Today discuss gathering material for obituaries of those killed by the 9/11 terror bombers.
• "The Reporter's Checklist and Notebook" - Sold separately, this spiral notebook contains a handy guide to gathering the essential information for 14 types of news stories. Plenty of blank pages for note-taking are included as well as instructions on how to calculate percentages, averages, rates and ratios.

For complimentary copies of the textbook, workbook, Brush-Up, or The Reporter's Checklist, please call 1.800.338.3987, select options 3 and 1.