Letters from the editor : lessons on journalism and life
"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
Print Book, English, ©2007
University of Missouri Press, Columbia, ©2007
xi, 195 pages ; 24 cm
9780826217509, 9780826217554, 0826217508, 0826217559
123136767
Foreword / by James B. Steele
Introduction / by Philip Meyer
Part I. What Business Are We In?
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?
Part II. The Craft of Journalism
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 Example
15. 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
Part III. The Obligations of Journalism
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 Trust
35. 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
Includes index