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Summary: Great Editorials not so "great"
Review: Aside from the editorials included, the writing is dry and often convoluted. The briefs on the historical periods during which these editorials were written could be improved with a little clarity on the author's part. Though this book was compiled in 1997, women are absent from this collection. Thus, this book perpetuates a subtle stereotype that women have worked for years to destroy: that "greatness" can only be achieved by or associated with men. Look to this book for a one-sided interpretation of editorial writers and history.
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Summary: Great news editorial examples, U.S. newspaper history review
Review: Editorial and opinion examples (and background
on their authors) from Revolutionary,
Constitutional, Abolitionist through Civil Rights
periods are teriffic for teaching and
student learning in graduate and undergraduate
courses in editorial and opinion writing.
The examples are good for study, analysis
and for oral reading. The interwoven material on the development
of the newspaper and the editorial
writing form and purpose from
early U.S. to comtempory times is also
instructive. More is needed, though,
from the contemporary era. It is unfortunate that the authors
excluded significant women and African American
journalists' writings. It is unfortunate
that they omitted discussions of
the Black Press history. But these
unfortunate omissions could be corrected
in a revised and updated edition. Carolyn L. Bennett, Ph.D.
Professor of Journalism
Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ
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