TY - BOOK AU - Whitaker,Wayne R. AU - Ramsey,Janet E. AU - Smith,Ronald D. TI - Mediawriting: print, broadcast, and public relations SN - 9780415891806 (hardback : alk. paper) U1 - 808.066302 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Mass media KW - Authorship KW - Broadcast journalism KW - Public relations KW - Journalism N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface: introduction to mediawriting -- Communication theory and news values -- Getting started: in the beginning is the lead -- Legal considerations in media writing -- Ethical decisions in writing and reporting -- Basics of writing and editing -- Basic news stories -- Interviewing: gathering information from people -- Research in communication -- Using quotations and sources in news stories -- Features: alternatives story types -- Preparing broadcast copy -- Reporting for radio and television -- Writing and reporting in the new New media -- Writing news releases -- Writing for organizational media -- Advocacy and speechwriting -- Advertising copywriting -- Afterword: communication, the future, and you ER -