Examines the publishing process, following a book from concept to product. (HOD)

Description can make a piece of writing come alive. This lesson plan combines art and word play, emphasizing writing for an audience while drawing on multiple intelligences. Peer review and feedback reinforces the revision process as students create trading cards by drawing pictures of monsters and describing and categorizing them in detail.…

This oversize (approximately 12 inches by 20 inches) book presents 24 story boards that illustrate ideas for creating picture books. Each page presents one illustrated idea and a brief description of the idea. The book presents 11 ideas related to points of view (including horizontal, foreground, and close-ups), 9 ideas relating to collages…

Noting that more people write for The Associated Press (AP) than for any single newspaper in the world and that its style defines clear writing, this book presents more than 5000 entries that present AP's rules on grammar, spelling, punctuation and usage, with extra sections about reporting business and sports. The book, considered essential for…

This Social Science Docket theme issue focuses on teaching local history and included theme and non-themed articles, lesson plans, learning activities, and book, movie, and museum reviews designed for K-12 social studies teachers. Articles and materials in this issue are: "Editing Is Not Censorship" (Alan Singer); "Teachers Respond…

Reports on the retrospective conversion via OCLC of cataloging for three library collections at the University of South Carolina--the main, rare book, and historical collections. Backgrounds of the collections, conversion procedures, determinants of conversion rates, and cost factors are discussed. (Author/JL)

Contributors offer six teaching tips concerning (1) news writing, (2) editing, (3) laboratory time utilization, (4) legal responsibility, (5) telephone interviews, and (6) investigative reporting. (HOD)

The use of computers at the news bureau at East Texas State University is described. With over 100 terminals all over the campus, some departments write their own press releases and send them to the news bureau electronically for editing and release. Stories can then be directly sent to wire services. (MLW)

This is a summary of the period between 1960 and 1979 in the history of the journal, "Science." It is a personal account by the executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) from 1954 to 1970, concerning the publication of a major journal. (SA)

The value of communication in the preservation of scientific knowledge is described as it relates to the specialized scientific journals. The discipline of peer review is described as the major factor in keeping the scientific enterprise relatively honest. (SA)

The development of modern alumni publications is highlighted. The use of graphics, freedom of speech, publications' use as a channel of continuing education, innovations in planning and editing, establishment of objectives, production costs, and budgetary concerns are discussed. (JMF)

Approximately 50 references are cited that should aid administrators and editors in updating their skills in communicating with alumni. Included are references to the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, education press, professional magazines, freedom of the alumni press, magazine writing and editing, copyediting, design, electronic…

Reviews the suggestions presented at a workshop on teaching copyediting; suggests that journalism teachers train students for copyediting positions. (AEA)

Proposes modifications to the recent suggestions by B. Thompson (1996) for an American Educational Research Association editorial policy on statistical significance testing. Points out that, although it is useful to include effect sizes, they can be misinterpreted, and argues, as does Thompson, for greater attention to replication in educational…