{"product_id":"soft-skills-for-the-new-journalist-9781138593152","title":"Soft Skills for the New Journalist","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJournalism is a pool staffed by distracted lifeguards and no matter how fancy your school is, your first week in a real newsroom will feel like a shove in the small of the back into 15 feet of water. Most of us come up for air eventually, but if you're like journalist and educator Colleen Steffen, you may still be left feeling like all that training in inverted pyramids and question lists left something important out: you!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJournalism is people managing, wrestling truth and story out of the messy, confusing raw material that is a human being, and the messiest human involved can often be the reporter themselves. So it's time to talk about it. Instead of nervously skirting the sizable EQ (emotional intelligence) portion of this IQ (intelligence intelligence) enterprise, \u003cem\u003eSoft Skills for the New Journalist\u003c\/em\u003e explores how it FEELS to do this strange, hard, amazing joband how to use those feelings to better your work and yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTABLE OF CONTENTS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Welcome and congratulations! You’ve chosen well\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: A is for Attitude\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: I went to college with an electric typewriter, and other cautionary tales\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Finally we get to the important stuff\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: So something shiny caught your eye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Working on your pitch (not the sports kind, sorry)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Editors have the worst ideas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Hi, stranger! The in-person approach\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Can’t I just email???\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: The shy person’s guide to not dying inside while on assignments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Not everyone is going to like you (unreasonable but true)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11: All about sources\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12: Take a flying (imaginative) leap\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13: The all-important nutgraf\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 14: So … I’m supposed to say what to this person?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 15: OK! Finally! Interviewing!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 16: Journalism magic—it’s a thing!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 17: Or maybe just shut up for a minute\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 18: Don’t rush off to lunch just yet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 19: Yes, you still need a notebook \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 20: Don’t be a banker \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 21: Get in shape\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 22: To outline or not to outline\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 23: \"I hate writing; I love having written.\"—Dorothy Parker \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 24: But also … try this to love writing a little more\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 25: Get your crap together \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 26: How to tell when you’re done\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 27: A word about grammar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 28: Developing a journalist’s conscience \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 29: The day after\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 30: Speaking of what other people think …\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 31: You did it! You’re done!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 32: WWNBD? (What would Nellie Bly do?)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 33: Keep your head in the game\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 34: I believe in you! Goodbye!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577833820503,"sku":"9781138593152","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138593152.jpg?v=1746096876","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/soft-skills-for-the-new-journalist-9781138593152","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}