Guides: Professional Writing Guide: Journalism

Internet Resources

Journalist's Toolbox - Writing Resources
Sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists, the site contains thousands of free (and some fee-based) resources; providing journalists, students, academics and others with reliable resources for reporting, editing and verifying complex stories.
Society of Professional Journalists
Founded in 1909, SPJ promotes the free flow of information vital to a well-informed citizenry; works to inspire and educate the next generation of journalists; and protects First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and press.

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Journal Collections from the Gordon Library

Find and search journals in the field of journalism in these collections:

Communication & Journalism Collection
Journals on topics such as communication theory, organizational communication, interdisciplinary communication.
Journalism & Mass Communication
Reading, Writing & Literacy Instruction

Books on Journalism

A Handbook of Journalism: Media in the Information Age by V. Eshwar Anand (Editor); K. Jayanthi (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 935280628X
Publication Date: 2018
This book helps readers to understand today's media environment, and prepares them to face the existing challenges. The book fairly and objectively discusses a critical discipline that is at the crossroads.
Journalism by Tim P. Vos (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 150151038X
Publication Date: 2018
The book highlights for students and scholars emerging issues, enduring themes, revitalized theories, and fresh conceptualizations of journalism.
Objectively Engaged Journalism by Stephen J. A. Ward
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 0228001889
Publication Date: 2020
This book is one of the first systematic studies of the ethical foundations of engaged journalism for a media that is increasingly perspectival and embedded in society. A timely call for a new ethic of journalism engagement for today's troubled media sphere.
The Survival Guide to Journalism by Dan Synge
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 0335237851
Publication Date: 2010
This manual to print and online media journalism explores the personal qualities and skills needed to break into this field. It considers the current state of expanding media, routes into the industry, and the pros and cons of being a staff journalist or freelance.