Required

Brooks, Brian S., George Kennedy, Daryl R. Moen, and Don Ranly. Workbook for News Reporting and Writing, eighth edition. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005. (Note: this text has tear-out pages. A secondhand edition might not be acceptable.)

Cappon, Rene J. The Associated Press Guide to News Writing: The Resource for Professional Journalists, third edition. Lawrenceville, N.J.: Arco/Petersons, 2000.

Goldstein, Norm, ed. The Associated Press Stylebook, 39th edition. New York: Basic Books, 2004. (A slightly older edition will be acceptable.)

Kovach, Bill and Tom Rosenstiel. The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2001.

Levin, Mark. The Reporter's Notebook: Writing Tools for Student Journalists. Columbus, N.C.: Mind-Stretch Publishing, 2000.

Murray, David, Joel Schwartz and S. Robert Lichter. It Ain't Necessarily So: How Media Make and Unmake the Scientific Picture of Reality. Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc, 2001.

Seton Hill University Student, Faculty and Staff Directory, Fall 2005. (Will be published a few weeks into the term.)

Additional Required Readings

Readings also include handouts, web pages, and copies of The Tribune-Review (free copies of which may be found outside the cafeteria door). When we are scheduled to discuss an online text, be sure that you will be able to consult a copy of the text during the class discussion.

If you prefer to read from a book rather than from an e-text, you may wish to purchase a printed copy of the following (which is also available for free online):

Gillmor, Dan. We the Media. Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly, 2004.

You may, if you wish, purchase these books from Amazon via the links I have set up.