Willard Grosvenor Bleyer’s Newspaper Writing and Editing is a comprehensive textbook covering the full work of the newspaper office. It treats reporting, copy editing, headline writing, makeup, and the responsibilities of the editor, drawing on the author’s leadership in early journalism education.
Detailed and methodical, the book served generations of students learning the trade and documents the standards and routines of the American press in its print heyday. It is an authoritative guide to how newspapers were written and produced. This edition is a clean, public-domain text prepared for comfortable reading. Download the free EPUB of this enduring journalism textbook.