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Author Woo, William F., 1936-2006

Title Letters from the editor : lessons on journalism and life / William F. Woo ; edited with an introduction by Philip Meyer
Published Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 195 pages)
Contents Letters from the Editor: Lessons on Journalism and Life; Contents; Foreword by James B. Steele; Acknowledgments; Introduction by Philip Meyer; 1. Never Be Satisfied with Merely Printing the News; 2. My Old Secondhand Sweater; 3. A Personal Life and an Occupation; 4. A Journalist's Thanksgiving; 5. Our Journalism and Our Humanity; 6. The Great Purpose; 7. Who Owns a Newspaper?; 8. Stacking the Deck; 9. Writing for the Humble Heart; 10. Knowing Enough; 11. The People Watching in the Distance; 12. Simple Writing Is Not Easy Writing; 13. Choosing the Right Words
14. The Use of Advance Copy: An Example15. Stay with Your Story; 16. We Dissect a Column; 17. Keeping Control; 18. The Importance of a Second Look; 19. Our Changing Popular Culture; 20. Attention to Detail; 21. The Uses of Introspection; 22. A Column Writer's Freedom; 23. The Parable of the Unhappy People; 24. Be Aware of Style; 25. Writing for the Ages; 26. Artists of Small Perfection; 27. The Three Pulitzers and Their Ideals; 28. A Failure to Verify; 29 .Read, Read, Read; 30. The Importance of Character; 31. Children and War; 32. A Case of Libel; 33. Independence from Government
34. Serving the Public Trust35. To Travel Far, You Must Choose a Direction; 36. The Sin of Pride; 37. The Limits of Free Expression; 38. Ethical Journalism versus Journalism Ethics; 39. Avoiding Stereotypes; 40. Narrative Journalism and Its Risks; 41. Beware the Master Narrative; 42. Accuracy, Accuracy, Accuracy; 43. Reconciling Journalism and Humanity; 44. The Time Has Come; Index
Summary "A collection of essays by the first person outside the Pulitzer family to edit the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the first Asian American to edit a major American newspaper. William F. Woo touches on a wide range of subjects to inspire the next generation of journalists"--Provided by publisher
Notes Includes index
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Subject Journalism
Journalism
journalism.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
Journalism
Form Electronic book
Author Meyer, Philip
ISBN 9780826266187
0826266185