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REQUIRED READING Newspapers: Reading newspapers daily is crucial. You must read The New York Times and New York Daily News. You should at least scan the New York Post. Books (at Columbia bookstore): Melvin Mencher: News Reporting and Writing (McGraw Hill, 8th edition, 2000). A copy of Mencher is also on reserve in the Journalism Library. The Green Book, a New York government reference book, latest edition available. Both books are available at the Columbia bookstore. Act promptly. Check with textbook desk if you have a problem. Two other books are provided by Columbia: The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual. William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White: The Elements of Style. (Note: you should have your own grammar handbook) RECOMMENDED READING Newspapers and magazines: You should be familiar with the Wall Street Journal, New York Observer, Newsday, New York magazine, the Village Voice, and some community weeklies. Maps: Get a free subway map and borough bus maps. Hagstrom's pocket atlas for the five boroughs also is very helpful in a pinch. Books (on reserve at Journalism Library): Ellis Cose: The Rage of a Privileged Class (HarperCollins, 1993) George Killenberg: Public Affairs Reporting (St. Martin's Press, 1993). Jim Sleeper: The Closest of Strangers (W.W. Norton, 1990). John Ullmann and Jan Colbert: The Reporter's Handbook: An Investigator's Guide to Documents (St. Martin's Press, 1991) |