The Student Workbook: Now online and in an interactive format. Each chapter begins with "Check It," a section of writing exercises and journalism quizzes with suggested stories and answers to the quizzes in popup boxes so that students can check their work. Also, each chapter offers reporting and writing exercises and assignments on such current topics as student cheating, anorexia, the decline of civility, and increasing juvenile crime.
Brush-Up: An interactive CD of basic instruction in language use and mathematics. Self-teaching exercises relieve instructors of the onerous task of teaching grammar, punctuation, style, percentages, fractions, averages and rates—all essential knowledge for the journalist in training.
Real-Life examples: Mencher shows the student how journalists from small and large papers and news stations go about reporting and writing. He lets journalists do the teaching.
Chapter Opening Pedagogy: Every chapter opens with a Preview that outlines the chapter material.
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