J203, Media Writing


  • Top Tips of the Trade By Mervin Block, a broadcast writing specialist.
  • Dozen Deadly Sins Also by Block.
  • A list of Block's articles on Poynter.org Several deal with language issues. One is about problems Block has seen in network newswriting. Another deals with wasted words that weaken writing.
  • Broadcast Writing Style Tips From the JPROF site.
  • Writing for Broadcast Background on various types of broadcast witing and styles used in different formats. (Note: Page has moved--find new link?)
  • Broadcast Writing A chapter of a text by a lecturer at the University of Namibia and a professor at Elizabethtown College in the United States.

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