Main Title |
A field guide for science writers : the official guide of the National Association of Science Writers / |
Other Authors |
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Publisher |
Oxford University Press, |
Year Published |
1997 |
OCLC Number |
34912733 |
ISBN |
0195100689; 9780195100686; 0195124944; 9780195124941 |
Subjects |
Technical writing--United States ;
Communication in science ;
Naturwissenschaften ;
Wissenschaftliches Manuskript ;
Sciences--Communication crite ;
Rédaction technique ;
Information scientifique
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EMBM |
T11 .F52 1997 |
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NRMRL/GWERD Library/Ada,OK |
08/15/1997 |
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Collation |
xi, 287 pages ; 24 cm |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents Notes |
Foreword / Carl Sagan -- 1. Introduction / David Perlman -- 2. Covering Science for Newspapers / Boyce Rensberger -- 3. Writing Science for Magazines / Janice Hopkins Tanne -- 4. Writing for Trade and Science Journals. Trade Journals / Julie Ann Miller. Science Journals / Richard Kerr -- 5. Broadcast Science Journalism. Reporting News / David Ropeik. Magazine Style / Ira Flatow -- 6. Writing Books on Science Topics / John Noble Wilford -- 7. Journalist and Scientist Co-authors / Keay Davidson -- 8. Scientists Who Write about Science for the Public / Meredith F. Small -- 9. When Your Office Is in Your Home. Freelance Writing Issues / Jane E. Stevens. Freelance Business Issues / Joel N. Shurkin -- 10. Telling a Good Tale / Mary Knudson -- 11. Investigative Science Journalism / Deborah Blum -- 12. Using Sources / Joel Greenberg -- 13. Coping with Statistics / Victor Cohn -- 14. Writing Articles from Science Journals / Patrick Young -- 15. Voicing Opinion on Science. In a Field Guide for Science Writers, the official guide of the National Association of Science Writers, budding journalists and veteran reporters have a superb roadmap to this exciting area of journalism. Here some three dozen of the best-known science writers in America share their hard-earned knowledge on how they do their job. Boyce Rensberger describes how he covers stories for the Washington Post; two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner and New York Times reporter John Noble Wilford outlines the pitfalls and rewards of writing full-length books on scientific topics; NPR's Ira Flatow tells how radio pieces combine ambient sounds, music, voices, and facts to create a mental picture and evoke the feeling of "being there"; and Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Laurie Garrett, author of the bestselling The Coming Plague, discusses how to cover, and survive, a deadly epidemic. Each article brims with detailed, nuts-and-bolts information. |
Place Published |
New York : |
Corporate Au Added Ent |
National Association of Science Writers. |
PUB Date Free Form |
1997. |
BIB Level |
m |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
96025466 |
Merged OCLC records |
37245624; 59657055; 605438801 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
19970806100014 |
Language |
ENG |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
00868pam 2200265 a 45020 |