{"product_id":"writing-opinion-for-impact-fink-9780813807515","title":"Writing Opinion for Impact","description":"Good editorial writing has the potential to start a war - or avoid one. Is it any wonder event the most experienced journalists find opinion writing important and fascinating? In this fully updated and revised second edition of \u003ci\u003eWriting Opinion for Impact\u003c\/i\u003e, author Conrad Fink provides the guidance for translating the basics into opinion writing that is reasoned, forceful, responsible, engaging and readable. New to this edition is a stand-alone chapter on Commentary for Cyberspace and Broadcast, with an expanded discussion of writing for online publications, including a discussion of \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, other Internet services, and blogs. Also new to this edition is the inclusion of full-length editorials complete with the author's commentaries that elaborate on teaching points from the chapters. These editorial reprints and author commentaries include: editorials from leading newspaper and magazine publications; a political commentary column; a humor column; a sports column; a film review; and columns on business and lifestyle. New or expanded coverage also includes: discussion of plagiarism and outright lying that struck column-writing in recent years; staying fair and balanced in reporting; computer assisted reporting, including Web sites; career progression for columnists; the trend toward campus newspaper columns containing frank sex advice. Aspiring editorial writers and columnists - whether students or journalists in transition - will find the second edition of \u003ci\u003eWriting Opinion for Impact\u003c\/i\u003e an invaluable guide to the responsibilities, techniques, and art of opinion writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Conrad C. Fink\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813807514\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813807515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.07h x 7.12w x 0.83d","brand":"Conrad C. Fink","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926409740543,"sku":"9780813807515","price":71.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_40da9e93-baae-47a5-a3be-778afcade2a4.jpg?v=1681082929","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/writing-opinion-for-impact-fink-9780813807515","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}