UPI Stylebook and Guide to Newswriting

by United Press International

Since 1907, United Press International has pioneered newswriting styles and guidelines for both print and broadcast. During the last 50 years they have perfected the craft of writing news "for the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931868581
• ISBN13: 9781931868587
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Capital Books (VA)
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

My writing bible (and I know to lowercase "bible" in this case, thanks to the stylebook)

I use this book almost every time I write, as do thousands of reporters, editors, public relations practitioners, students, researchers and writers in all professions. If you love language, you'll love this book and will undoubtedly find it an essential reference. By the way, regarding "bible," the "UPI Stylebook" explains: "Capitalize the book or its parts without quotation marks: the Bible, a Bible verse, the Old Testament, the New Testament, the Gospels. Lowercase as a non-religious term: My dictionary is my bible."

An absolute "must-have" resource manual

Now in a fully updated fourth edition, UPI Stylebook And Guide To Newswriting is the collaborative effort of Bruce Cook, Harold Martin, and the Editors of UPI. A no-nonsense, professional style manual, UPI Stylebook And Guide To Newswriting features both basic and advanced techniques for the craft of writing for print, broadcast, or television news, with specific information concerning everything from covering the white house or other governmental agencies to science writing, business journalism, foreign correspondence, the law of libel, codes of ethics, and much more. Highly accessible to readers of all backgrounds, the solid information and even warnings (for example, journalists can and have been taken to court for gathering news information in private homes without the owner's consent - even if they were permitted entry by the police). An absolute "must-have" resource manual for anyone considering or pursuing a career in journalistic writing.