| Watch Your Words: A Writing and Editing Handbook for the Multimedia Age, Fourth Edition Contributor(s): Dunsky, Marda (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442253436 ISBN-13: 9781442253438 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $25.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Editing & Proofreading - Language Arts & Disciplines | Style Manuals - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies |
| Dewey: 808.066 |
| LCCN: 2015012728 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6.9" W x 9.9" (0.45 lbs) 108 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Journalists - even those working simultaneously in print, on air and on the Web - trade in words. Using language well across platforms is a vital skill; the cleaner and clearer the text, the more effective the result. Watch Your Words, now in its fourth edition, is a brief and accessible handbook for mastering baseline knowledge of punctuation, grammar, usage and Associated Press style. This new edition features a new quality-control guide to writing and editing. The guide covers accuracy and fact-checking; brevity and tightening; clarity; use of quotes and attribution; and basic editing principles. The new edition also incorporates current AP style and continues to offer language-skills self-tests with answer keys, as well as sections on spelling and copy-editing symbols. It is an excellent resource for use in both the classroom and the newsroom. |