The Associated Press Guide to News Writing Chapter 1 Review
There’s a lot of things that go into journalism. The third edition of the Associated Press Guide to News Writing by Rene J. Cappon serves as a guide to journalists. The purpose of the guidebook is to teach the reader to write like pros at leading news services. We will be looking at each chapter each week to review and critique Cappon’s book. This week we will be starting with chapter 1 of the book: Language: Pompous, Pedantic and Plain. The chapter starts off as an introductory chapter of sorts. It tells you what Cappon has planned inside the guide and what the reader can expect to learn from Cappon. In the chapter Cappon addresses the importance of sentence structure and how it is important for the reporter to have a transparent message in their writing. The reason behind this, is so the common reader can understand what is being reported in a straightforward and effective way. The overarching message that Cappon wants to convey in his book is that all news writing should ai