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 aim for simplicity and directness.
Overall the first chapter
of the Associated Press Guide to News Writing is a little lackluster, but it
serves it purposes. The purpose of the chapter is to be a short introduction
into what Cappon has planned in his 13-chapter guidebook to journalism and he
succeeds in that purpose.
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