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Media Ethics: A Guide for Personal Conduct Fifth edition of SPJ’s ethics book
The News Media: Whate Everyone Needs to Know
Who, What, When, Where, Why James Stovall’s book on reporting
Alway Get the Name of the Dog A guide to interviewing from Nicole Kraft at The Ohio State University.
America’s Best Newspaper Writing From Roy Peter Clark, formerly of Poynter.
Aim for the Heart Third edition from Al Tompkins
On Writing Well From William Zinsser
The Art and Craft of Feature Writing William Blundell’s excellent book
All the President’s Men Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s investigation into the Nixon White House that brought down a presidency.
The Powers That Be David Halberstam’s classic look at media giant ownership
All About the Story Former Washington Post Executive Editor Len Downie’s book on news, politics and power in Washington.
Reporting on Latino/a/x Communities: A Guide for Journalists Textbook from Routledge.
The Journalist and the Murderer Excellent consideration of the psychology of journalism as well as the relationships that can get built (or manufactured) when journalists engage in long-form investigative journalism on controversial topics.
Floating Off the Page The best stories from The Wall Street Journal’s middle column.
Quill: Books Written by SPJ Fellows of the Society
Journalism and Jim Crow Resources to use the award-winning book Journalism and Jim Crow: White Supremacy and the Black Struggle for a New America in the classroom and newsrooms. Journalists must know this history if diversity efforts in newsrooms are to be successful.
GIJN: Books to Get You Started in Data Journalism Full disclosure: Reilley’s book is on the list.
How Charts Lie Alberto Cairo’s excellent book on how to look critically at graphics.
Data + Journalism A practical, hands-on guide to reporting data from A-to-Z by Samantha Sunne and Mike Reilley. Book includes training videos and exercises.
Data for Journalists: A Practical Guide Fifth edition from Brant Houston
Investigative Reporter’s Handbook Fifth edition from Brant Houston and Mark Horvit
The Data Journalist: Getting the Story
The Fact Checker’s Bible: A Guide to Getting It Right
Smartphone Video Storytelling Learn how to shoot, edit and produce incredible video on your smartphone from Robb Montgomery, who teaches master’s classes on it around the world.
Mobile Journalism Mobile reporting basics and more from Robb Montgomery.
Mining Social Media Lam Thuy Vo’s book on how to scrape material from social channels.
Broadcast Journalism: Techniques of Radio and Television News The 8th edition of the book includes not only basic techniques and classic examples for the production of radio and TV news, but also new technology and the latest case studies. The fundamental skills of interviewing, news writing and production now have to cope with the prevalence of Fake News and Deep Fakes and verifying content in an endless flow of social media. This edition also includes newsgathering with mobile devices, live reporting and using data and graphics, dozens of new images and links for downloads and further reading, plus end-of-chapter exercises and tutor notes.
Essential Radio Skills: How to Present a Radio Show An e-book available on Amazon, this is a practical, how-to guide to producing and presenting radio. Packed with day-to-day advice from preparing your show, last minute changes to running orders and music and talk radio skills.
The Live-Streaming Handbook: How to create live video for social media on your phone and desktop Covers how to present live-video shows from your phone and stream them straight to Facebook and Twitter. From structuring and developing a show, to establishing an effective online persona and getting more people to watch. This book is invaluable to entrepreneurs, professionals and students working in journalism, public relations, marketing and digital media, as well as general readers interested in live-streaming at home.
NPR’s Sound Reporting Jonathan Kern’s NPR book on audio reporting. It’s from 2008 but very applicable today with podcasts, etc.
The Bounty Writer: How to Earn Six Figures as an Independent Freelance Journalist
How to Work as a Freelance Journalist
The Municipal Financial Crisis This book helps journalists in understanding the dynamics of municipal decision-making so they can ask better questions and provide more effective analysis, particularly when evaluating financially troubled local government agencies.
The 54 Best Books to Read if You Want to be a Journalist — According to Journalism Professors List from Business Insider.
Reuters Institute; A Selecion of Readings on Journalism – for Journalists
CJR: A Reading List for Future Journalists From 2011 but a strong list
Libby Digital library app that includes its own e-reader.
WorldCat Find out which libraries near you have a specific book.
What Should I Read Next? A database to help you decide which book you should try.
The StoryGraph Assists in finding books you like based on preferences.
Which Book’s World Map Use the map to find a book from a specific part of the world.
