• UT students: Neither of the course sites for JEM 200 or JEM 422 is yet complete, but if you're curious about where we are with them, you can go to those sites today. We have also put up information about the TNJN project for JEM 275 in case you are enrolled in that course and are selecting the Tennessee Journalist for your professional project.

• The seventh edition of Writing for the Mass Media is in print and available on Amazon (see window to the right) and elsewhere. In case you want a sneak preview, the web site for the new edition is located here on JPROF.

• Over on the Writing Wright blog, we're finishing up a series of reviews on three books written by good friends and colleagues at the University of Tennessee. The authors are Paul Ashdown and Ed Caudill, and their three books examine the myths surrounding three prominent Civil War figures. These are the books, and links go to the reviews:

• The Mosby Myth: A Confederate Hero in Life and Legend
  
• The Myth of Nathan Bedford Forrest
  
• Sherman's March in Myth and Memory
  

• The director and faculty of my School here at UT have asked me to do a presentation/workshop for the January faculty meeting on web journalism in general and how we can make our curriculum more web oriented. Some of the material we will be using can be found in the web journalism section of JPROF. It also has a separate URL: http://webjprof.com.

Otherwise, check out the blogs below, and have a great holiday season.
(Posted Dec. 31, 2008)

From the JPROF-related blogs

Right: Samuel Johnson, who defined "oats" as "A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland appears to support the people." From The Writing Wright

More JPROF links at Publish2

BOOKS for the journalist
and the journalism educator

Writing for the Mass Media (7th edition)

James Glen Stovall. Allyn and Bacon, 2009
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 witing for public relations. Used by more than 450 colleges and universities, this book gives students an excellent introduction to media writing and teachers the convenience of a clear, concise text with ample writing exercises at the end of each chapter.
Go to the book's web site here at JPROF.
Order the book from Amazon, Barnes and Noble.

Journalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How

James Glen Stovall. Allyn and Bacon, 2005
This introductory text is covered with lively writing, up-to-date examples and an inviting layout that will have students reading, wondering, asking and practicing. Just published by Allyn and Bacon, this text is a must for any journalist's shelf and any journalism teacher's classroom.
Learn more.
Go to the book's web site at Allyn and Bacon.
Order the book from Amazon, Barnes and Noble.
Nice review of JN5W (and full disclosure). My good friend and colleague (that's the full disclosure part) Herb Thompson has written a very kind and complimentary review of the book for SecondaryEnglish.com. Along with it is an interview that Herb conducted with me.

James Glen Stovall. Allyn and Bacon, 2004
How will the web change journalism? And what should you be teaching your students about the future of journalism in this digital age? This book explores those questions and offers some practical answers based on years of experience in the field of journalism. The web bring to journalism qualities present in no other medium: the combination of capacity, immediacy, flexibility, permanence and interactivity. These qualities will have a profound effect on the journalism of the future. Give your students some real insight as to the future of journalism and the way it will be practiced.
Learn more.
Order the book from Amazon (where it is incorrectedly titled Journalism on the Web), Barnes and Noble.

James Glen Stovall and Edward Mullins. Allyn and Bacon, 2006
This basic editing text began its life in the early 1980s as Online Editing, the first text to teach editing from the persepctive of the computer technology that was taking over the field of journalism. Today it has been completely revised to cover not just the developing technology but also to deal with what it means to be an editor in a digital world. The book contains tightly written chapters and exercise material designed to get students into the mindset of being editors.
Learn more on this web site; go to the book's page on the Allyn and Bacon web site.
Order the current edition from Barnes and Noble.

James Glen Stovall. Allyn and Bacon, 1997
This practical guide teaches students what infographics are and how they can be created. It is the only text that delves specifically into the forms of graphics and the kind of information that is appropriate for those forms. The book also discusses the modern development of graphics and the issues that surround them, such as the difficulty in creating them and the ways for journalists to avoid errors in graphics.
Learn more.
Order the book from Amazon, Barnes and Noble.

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