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The videotex debacle.: An article from: American Journalism Review

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This digital document is an article from American Journalism Review, published by University of Maryland on November 1, 1994. The length of the article is 1585 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.  read more »

The Jayson Blair affair: can the New York Times learn important lessons from its plagiarism/fabrication scandal? .(Editorial):

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This digital document is an article from American Journalism Review, published by University of Maryland on June 1, 2003. The length of the article is 831 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation DetailsTitle: The Jayson Blair affair: can the New York Times learn important lessons from its plagiarism/fabrication scandal? .(Editorial)  read more »

Writing with Purpose and Passion: A Writer's Guide to Language and Style

cover of Writing with Purpose and Passion: A Writer's Guide to Language and Styleauthor: Jeff Stalcup
Michael Rovasio
asin: 0134376099
binding: Paperback
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Written with a love for writing that transcends to its readers, this book helps users develop their writing skills and learn how to read even the most basic of forms by combining an overview of the five most commonly used modes of rhetoric with a similar overview of the most common elements of grammar, punctuation, style and usage. It includes many samples of student writing to demonstrate the rhetorical modes and principles of style and usage.Arranges chapters in a graded progression of easier to more difficult concepts, and stresses the inter-relatedness of all aspects of writing.  read more »

How to Be Successfully Published In Magazines

cover of How to Be Successfully Published In Magazinesauthor: Linda Konner
asin: 0312044631
binding: Paperback
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How to Be Successfully Published in Magazines does not tell you how to write, nor does it offer lessons in reporting. Instead, it teaches you how to handle that most fickle of beasts (it's true), the editor. Linda Konner has been on both sides of the editor-freelance writer relationship. Her straightforward, entertaining guide offers hints on what charms editors and what alienates them. The bulk of the book comprises invaluable interviews with 28 editors and 10 writers who tell it like it is.

7 Minute Cover Letters: Build the Perfect Cover Letter One 7-Minute Lesson at a Time

cover of 7 Minute Cover Letters: Build the Perfect Cover Letter One 7-Minute Lesson at a Timeauthor: Arco
asin: 0764560824
binding: Paperback
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A companion to ARCO's 7 Minure Resumes, 7 Minute Cover Letters offers a concise, step-by-step guide to preparing a winning cover letter. This new title takes readers through a set of easy lessons in which they create the best cover letter for their skills/background and their targeted career area. For readers who need a quick refresher course on the concepts and components of a cover letter that opens doors, 7 Minute Cover Letters offers an authoritative, portable, and easy-to-use guide.

Triumph from Failure: Lessons from Life for Business Success

cover of Triumph from Failure: Lessons from Life for Business Successauthor: Robert Alistair McAlpine
Kate Dixey
asin: 1587991810
binding: Paperback
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Alistair McAlpine and Kate Dixey plumb the depths of happiness and come up with what it takes to achieve that elusive goal and be successful in life, business and relationships with coworkers, bosses, employees and people in general.  read more »

South-Western College Keyboarding: Complete Course

cover of South-Western College Keyboarding: Complete Courseauthor: Charles H., Ed.D Duncan
Susie H., Ph.D. Vanhuss
asin: 0538708042
binding: Hardcover
list price: $73.95 USD
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Provides simplified learning and ensures mastery of keyboarding, formatting, and document production skills. The Complete Course, a 180-lesson textbook, is organized into three divisions to meet the needs of students with varied career goals. Lessons 1-60 introduces basic keyboarding and formatting documents. Lessons 61-120 builds on material in Division 1, focusing on document mastery of memos, letters, reports, and tables. Lessons 121-180 provides a capstone of reinforcement, decision-making, rough draft and script, and integrated activities.