Good writing is at the heart of journalism.Journalists write for a living. They use words precisely and efficiently. They present accurate, verified information in a way that a mass audience will understand it by reading or hearing it only once.Such writing takes skill, discipline and practice.Writing Like a Journalist will give the reader some of the basic concepts of how journalists achieve good writing -- writing that an audience can understand and will pay for.Chapters topics in this volume include:• The discipline of good writing• Mastering the language• Tools of writing: Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling• Why journalistic writing is different• The inverted pyramid structure• Headlines• Writing for audio and visual journalismThe book also contains a bonus chapter on the First Amendment with sections on each of the five freedoms protected by the amendment and a section on the history and development of the amendment.