Faculty Books

Work Happy: What Great Bosses Know

From the publisher:
Management guru Jill Geisler has coached countless men and women who want to build their leadership skills, help employees do their best work, and make workplaces happy and successful. In WORK HAPPY, she provides a practical, step-by-step guide, based on real-world experience, respected research, and lessons that will transform managers and their teams.

Telling Memorable Video Stories: A Poynter Tutorial Series

From Poynter’s News University:
In a video tutorial, Poynter faculty teach tightly focused lessons on key journalism skills. Loaded with practical examples and instruction, each tutorial gives you tools you can put to work immediately.

Whether you want to tell stronger video stories, write more clearly in print or hook readers quickly online, there are simple tools you can use right away to engage your audience. In these tutorials, you’ll get practical techniques that will make your stories more interesting to a wider variety of readers and viewers.

Aim for the Heart: Write, Shoot, Report and Produce for TV and Multimedia

From the publisher:
Al Tompkins reminds students about a disarmingly simple truth about broadcast journalism: people remember what they feel. If you aim for the heart with the copy you write and the sound and video you capture, you will never fail to grab your viewers and compel them to keep watching. With humor, honesty and directness, Tompkins bottles his years of experience and insight in a new second edition that offers students the fundamentals they need to master, with the practical know-how they can immediately put to use.

Eyetracking the News

Through the Eyes of News Readers

You’re challenged with grabbing and maintaining readers’ attention. Do readers follow teasers? How deeply are they reading into the text? In what order do they look at photos, headlines, graphics and info boxes? And how do each of these vary from print to online?

“EyeTracking the News” isn’t guesswork. The book reports on a carefully crafted, rigorous study of what attracts attention and what doesn’t — online and in print. Some of the results reaffirm earlier studies and some are surprising.

Help! For Writers: 210 Solutions to the Problems Every Writer Faces

From the publisher:
One of America’s most influential writing teachers offers 210 solutions to the biggest problems writers face. The craft of writing offers countless potential problems: the story is too long; the story’s too short; revising presents a huge hurdle; writer’s block is rearing its ugly head. In “Help! For Writers,” Roy Peter Clark presents an “owner’s manual” for writers, outlining the seven steps of the writing process, and addressing the 210 most urgent problems that writers face.

Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer

From the publisher:
One of America ‘s most influential writing teachers offers a toolbox from which writers of all kinds can draw practical inspiration. “Writing is a craft you can learn,” says Roy Peter Clark. “You need tools, not rules.” His book distills decades of experience into 50 tools that will help any writer become more fluent and effective.

The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English

From the publisher:
Early in the history of English, the words “grammar” and “glamour” meant the same thing: the power to charm. Roy Peter Clark, author of Writing Tools, aims to put the glamour back in grammar with this fun, engaging alternative to stuffy instructionals. In this practical guide, readers will learn everything from the different parts of speech to why effective writers prefer concrete nouns and active verbs.

Pulitzer's Gold: Behind the Prize for Public Service Journalism

Pulitzer’s Gold is the first book to trace the ninety-year history of the coveted Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, awarded annually to a newspaper rather than to individuals, in the form of that Gold Medal. Exploring this service-journalism legacy, Roy Harris recalls dozens of “stories behind the stories,” often allowing the journalists involved to share their own accounts.

Poynter Paper No. 7: Writer in the Newsroom

The Poynter Papers are an occasional series of essays and monographs offering challenging perspectives on the practice and study of journalism. The papers are published at the rate of three or four per year, each on a topic inspired by Poynter programs. “We want these papers to inform and illuminate,” said Roy Peter Clark, who edits the series. “We want to publish short, powerful pieces that can be read quickly, but that leave a lasting impression.”

In Writer in the Newsroom, Donald M.

Poynter Paper No. 10: The View from the Top

The Poynter Papers are an occasional series of essays and monographs offering challenging perspectives on the practice and study of journalism. The papers are published at the rate of three or four per year, each on a topic inspired by Poynter programs. “We want these papers to inform and illuminate,” said Roy Peter Clark, who edits the series.