Suggested Readings and Useful Websites

Bloch, Hannah. 2016. “Leads Are Hard—Here’s How to Write One.” NPR Training. October 12. Accessed June 4, 2018, http://training.npr.org/digital/leads-are-hard-heres-how-to-write-a-good-one/

Eskenazi, Gerald. 2016. “A Look at Some of Sports Journalism Best Leads.” Columbia Journalism Review. January 5. Accessed June 4, 2018, https://www.cjr.org/first_person/lead_or_lede_idk.php

McCarten, James, ed. 2015. The Canadian Press Caps and Spelling, 21st edn. Toronto: The Canadian Press.

———. 2017. The Canadian Press Stylebook: A Guide for Writers and Editors, 18th edn. Toronto: The Canadian Press.

Hart, Jack. 2006. A Writer’s Coach: An Editor’s Guide to Words That Work. New York: Pantheon.

Stepp, Carl Sessions. 2000. The Magic and Craft of Media Writing. Chicago: NTC Publishing.

Sweet, Lois, and Klaus Pohle. 2003. Writing with Spirit: A Journalistic Guide to Effective Writing. Kitchener, ON: Castle Quay Books Canada.

Zinsser, William. 2006. On Writing Well, 6th edn. New York: HarperCollins.

Purdue Online Writing Lab: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/735/05/

Reuters, Handbook of Journalism: http://handbook.reuters.com/?title=Reporting_and_Writing_Basics

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