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Title: And a night to not forget: the 2008 Latino Leaders Maestro Awards Gala: Dallas, Texas--on October 30, 2008, Latino Leaders Magazine also hosted its second annual Maestro Awards Gala, an upscale awards dinner that is dedicated to recognizing the achievements of four outstanding Latinos in various areas of the community.(LL SUMMIT 2008)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Latino Leaders (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2008
Publisher: Ferraez Publications of America Corp.
Volume: 9Issue: 8Page: 18(2)

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The short story has been a staple of American literature since the nineteenthcentury, taught in virtually every high school and consistently popular among adult readers. Butwhat makes a short story unique? In Reading for Storyness, Susan Lohafer, formerpresident of the Society for the Study of the Short Story, argues that there is much more thanlength separating short stories from novels and other works of fiction. With its close readings ofstories by Kate Chopin, Julio Cortázar, Katherine Mansfield, and others, this book challengesassumptions about the short story and effectively redefines the genre in a fresh and original way.

In her analysis, Lohafer combines traditional literary theory with a more unconventional mode ofresearch, monitoring the reactions of readers as they progress through a story—to establish a newpoetics of the genre. Singling out the phenomenon of "imminent closure" as the genre's definingtrait, she then proceeds to identify "preclosure points," or places where a given story could end,in order to access hidden layers of the reading experience. She expertly harnesses this theory ofpreclosure to explore interactions between pedagogy and theory, formalism and cultural studies,fiction and nonfiction. Returning to the roots of storyness, Lohafer illuminates the intricacies ofclassic short stories and experimental forms of surreal, postmodern, and minimalist fiction. Shealso discusses the impact of social constructions, such as gender, on the identification ofpreclosure points by individual readers. Reading for Storyness combines cognitivescience with literary theory to present a compelling argument for the uniqueness of the shortstory. ... Read more

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Journalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How is a comprehensive introduction to the field, covering how news is produced and delivered, how news organizations work, and how audiences react to and interact with the news media. For students preparing for a career in journalism, the text describes the range of job possibilities in the field and offers practical, basic instruction in the fundamental practices of journalism: reporting, writing, editing and presentation. Journalism helps students understand this exciting and important field and become more critical consumers of mass media. It also provides an overview of the rich history of journalism in America.

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Good I-N-T-R-O to Journalism...For Beginners
Covering broadcast, print and web, JOURNALISM: WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY AND HOW by James G. Stovall is a pretty informative book on the basics of journalism.

Arranged in sections following the 5-Ws(who, what, when, where, why & how), Stovall breaks down the duties that occur in newsrooms across the country from the beat reporters to the editors to the producers. So it's a very good source for beginning students of journalism. The book also contains numerous websites to visit for further info.

However, the one problem with the book is the writing exercises that are found throughout. Since there's no sample solution/answers, beginning students really have nothing to compare their work to. This would actually work better in a classroom setting or if the book contained re-written answers as a guide. Even then it would be difficult to judge one's own writing. The classroom would be the best option where beginning journalists can get instant feedback on their writing from professionals in the business.

This also brings up another problem. If you've already taken classes in journalism this book will NOT give you any new info concerning the business. Since it's not concentrated into one area(i.e. broadcast), the book can only touch on the basics.
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This little book does not contain the substance of the lectures on the American Revolution which I have delivered in so many parts of the United States since 1883. Those lectures, when completed and published, will make quite a detailed narrative; this book is but a sketch. It is hoped that it may prove useful to the higher classes in schools, as well as to teachers. When I was a boy I should have been glad to get hold of a brief account of the War for Independence that would have suggested answers to some of the questions that used to vex me. Was the conduct of the British government, in driving the Americans into rebellion, merely wanton aggression, or was it not rather a bungling attempt to solve a political problem which really needed to be solved? Why were New Jersey and the Hudson river so important? Why did the British armies make South Carolina their chief objective point after New York? Or how did Cornwallis happen to be at Yorktown when Washington made such a long leap and pounced upon him there? And so on. Such questions the old-fashioned text-books not only did not try to answer, they did not even recognize their existence. As to the large histories, they of course include so many details that it requires maturity of judgment to discriminate between the facts that are cardinal and those that are merely incidental. When I give lectures to schoolboys and schoolgirls, I observe that a reference to causes and effects always seems to heighten the interest of the story. I therefore offer them this little book, not as a rival but as an aid to the ordinary text-book. I am aware that a narrative so condensed must necessarily suffer from the omission of many picturesque and striking details. The world is so made that one often has to lose a little in one direction in order to gain something in another. This book is an experiment. If it seems to answer its purpose, I may follow it with others, treating other portions of American history in similar fashion.
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