journalism

Understand what plagiarism is and why it is wrong. While plagiarism has been a problem since the invention of the printing press, today the Internet had made copying and cheating easier than ever. Author Barbara Francis describes ways that students can avoid plagiarism in their own work and ways that teachers and communities can combat it.

Chronicles the first decade of the Progressive Era, detailing the reform movements that defined this period and discussing how this reflects on the political climate tody. Also surveys the 1912 presidential campaign between Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft, revealing how their competition changed their friendship and altered the course of American history.

Provides an introduction to investigative journalism for kids, discussing famous journalists, or "muckrackers," from the history including Nellie Bly.

Have you ever wanted to write a true story? Whether your goal is to tell your own story or someone else's, this book will help you bring the details to life.

Want to write an outstanding opinion piece? From start to finish, this book takes you through the steps of writing a commentary, a letter to the editor, or a review.

This comprehensive resource covers everything student journalists need to know in a rapidly changing media landscape. Approachable and non-intimidating, this book features important concepts and examples from current school publications from around the country. Foremost, it teaches skills such as the fundamentals of good writing and the basics of newspaper layout and design. Also addressed, however, are topics that journalists are only now facing such as the responsibilities of citizen journalists, managing a news website, and digital security for reporters in the electronic age. This textbook is on the cutting edge in teaching students how to navigate this evolving field.

In 1872 New York City, a young newspaper reporter puts his life in danger when he goes undercover to investigate a conspiracy in the violent world of bare-knuckle boxing.

Preoccupied by personal challenges while running a struggling newspaper in Rome, an obituary confronts mortality, an eccentric publisher obsesses over his dog, and other staff members uncover the paper's founding by an impulsive milionaire.