In a unique contributed volume that features chapters written by top scholars paired with practitioner responses, students can see just how much the landscape of intergovernmental relations has evolved in recent years, with diminishing vertical flows of resources, and increased horizontal flows in the form of cross-jurisdictional and interlocal collaboration.

Networked Governance: The Future of Intergovernmental Management

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

CQ Press College

Asher’s central objective―to help students become savvy consumers of polls―has only grown in importance as polling data have become more central to public and civic discourse. His trusted and brief guide offers solid grounding on polls: how the media cover them, their use in campaigns and elections, and their interpretation. Methodological aspects of polling are explained simply, in a non-technical fashion. 
Bringing the book fully up to date with new data and scholarship, this edition covers polls in a fragmented media environment and nontraditional approaches to polling, as well as the use of age cohorts to trace public opinion trends over time.

Polling and the Public: What Every Citizen Should Know

Herbert Asher

Social Sciences

Building on a foundation of news stories, Producing Online News shows students how to use the right tools to get the right information to the right people at the right time. The goal is to become a full-fledged online news producer and transform stories into a complete news experience for an ever more demanding audience. Ryan Thornburg, a journalism trainer who has managed the websites of top news organizations, hones the skills students need to produce stories using multimedia, interactivity and on-demand delivery- online journalism′s three pillars. Practical instructions show students not just how to use the tools but also how to make good journalistic choices in applying them. The book works for courses specifically in online journalism or for any journalism course that incorporates multiple platforms.

Producing Online News: Digital Skills, Stronger Stories

Thornburg, Ryan M.

Sociology

In the latest installment of the Field Guide series, Fred Bayles takes you step-by-step through the process of identifying and covering the events and issues that matter most to your community. For the five local beats―cops, courts, emergencies, schools, and government―you′ll learn where to go for information and how to organize and present the stories your neighbors want and need. An overview of tools and techniques include tips on how to find sources, conduct interviews, work with editors, tap the power of the crowd and think multimedia. Then, for each beat, you′ll get specifics on:
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People: The best official and unofficial sources of info, and what to ask them. Places: Where to go on the beat, and what to look for while you′re there.</li>
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Documents: Where to find records in offices and online, how to decipher and use them. </li>
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Stories: Overview of common story types and how to go beyond them.</li>
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Resources: Glossary of key terms, checklists, helpful web links.</li>
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Field Guide to Covering Local News: How to Report on Cops, Courts, Schools, Emergencies and Government

Reference

Bayles, Fred

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

This professional manual has been revised and updated. It features Merv Block′s countless do′s and don′ts, distilling them into a handy set of pointers. Journalists who are stumped by a problem can consult the book′s many chapters for mini-lessons on how to deal with it. Block points to action verbs and points out dozens of words not to use. And tells why not to use them. "Every writer needs an editor" is a truism, but editors are vanishing. So Block tells how a writer can be her own editor. His own, too.

Broadcast Newswriting: The RTDNA Reference Guide, A Manual for Professionals

Block, Mervin

Business & Money

Mervin Block- who has written for the best in the business- offers timeless advice, guiding both first-year students and seasoned professionals through the essentials of writing for the ear. With countless scripts collected from writing workshops in newsrooms across the country, this resource is studded with insightful- and at times entertaining- comments, suggestions and much-needed corrections. Readers will find Block′s clear and incisive voice coming through in the expanded "Top Tips of the Trade" and the "Dozen Deadly Sins"―reminding us that mistakes can be our best teachers. New "WordWatcher" boxes highlight the challenges in writing for print versus broadcast.

Writing Broadcast News — Shorter, Sharper, Stronger: A Professional Handbook

Entrepreneurial Journalism will inspire you with what′s possible and show you the mechanics behind building a business. Working through eight clear and concise stages, you′ll explore the secrets of successful news startups (including how they′re making money) and learn how to be an upstart yourself, building an innovative and sustainable news business from scratch. Each chapter starts with a real entrepreneur′s experience, teasing out how savvy and opportunistic journalists found their way to success. Mark Briggs then helps you size up the market, harness technology, turn your idea into a product or service, explore revenue streams, estimate costs, and launch. "Build Your Business" action items at the end of each chapter get you thinking through each step of your business plan.

Entrepreneurial Journalism: How to Build What's Next for News

Briggs, Mark E.

What happens when federal officials try to accomplish goals that depend on the resources and efforts of state and local governments?
Focusing on the nation′s experience with the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), Manna′s engaging case study considers just that question. Beyond the administrative challenges NCLB unleashed, Collision Course examines the dynamics at work when federal policymakers hold state and local governments accountable for results. Ambitions for higher performance collide with governing structures and practices. 
Were the collisions valuable for their potential to transform education policy, or has the law inflicted too much damage on state and local institutions responsible for educating the nation′s youth? The results have been both positive and negative. As Manna points to increased capabilities in states and localities, he also looks at expanded bureaucratic requirements. Collision Course offers a balanced and in-depth assessment of a policy that has sparked heated debate over a broad expanse of time- from NCLB′s adoption through its implementation to the Obama administration′s attempts to shift away.Federalism, the policymaking process, and the complexity of education policy all get their due in this accessible and analytical supplement.

Collision Course: Federal Education Policy Meets State and Local Realities (Public Affairs and Policy Administration Series)

Education & Teaching

Manna, Paul F.

Schools & Teaching

Your students are future journalists and media professionals―not lawyers― and their media law textbook should refl ect that. With its clear, concise writing and easy-to-navigate chapters, The Law of Journalism and Mass Communication is easily the most engaging and readable book on the market. While offering essential coverage and analysis, the authors complement substantive discussion of case law with an abundance of photographs, hypothetical situations, contextual timelines, a handy marginal glossary and a colorful interior design.

The Law of Journalism and Mass Communication

Ross, Susan D.

Trager, Robert E.

Russomanno,Joseph

Media & the Law

Al Tompkins reminds students about a disarmingly simple truth about broadcast journalism: people remember what they feel. If you aim for the heart with the copy you write and the sound and video you capture, you will never fail to grab your viewers and compel them to keep watching. With humor, honesty and directness, Tompkins bottles his years of experience and insight in a new second edition that offers students the fundamentals they need to master, with the practical know-how they can immediately put to use.

Aim for the Heart: Write, Shoot, Report and Produce for TV and Multimedia

Tompkins, Al

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