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From the Preface:
The Newspaper Reader attempts to narrow the distance between the texts we use to teach critical reading, writing, and thinking and the lives of our students . . . . Newspapers are precisely about-even as they are about more than-our students' experiences . . . . The Newspaper Reader, therefore, assumes that as students begin to love the process of reading in, writing on, and thinking about newspapers, their lives will become richer and more meaningful.
Each section contains three storylines, and within each storyline is a single example of a report, an editorial, and a feature article. Therefore, each section contains nine reading selections: three reports, three editorials, and three feature articles.
Including editorials, reports, and feature articles in each section reflects the fact that most developing writers concentrate on three types of essay: the personal experience essay, the expository essay, and the argumentative essay. The selections included in each section approximate these writing genres.
Summary
For courses in Developmental Writing.
The Prentice-Hall Newspaper Reader shows developing writers ways to refine their thinking, reading, and writing abilities by using the newspaper article, and then encourages them to move out into the larger world of texts. The only book of its kind on the market, its format mirrors newspapers, and is organized in themes found in newspapers such as news, business life, and sports. Each subsection contains examples of feature articles, an editorials, and reports.
