Textbooks

I have only two required texts in the class: "Elements of Journalism," by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel, and the Associated Press Stylebook.

You probably already have an AP Stylebook. Any edition will do.

You will need to purchase "Elements" as soon as possible. I will ask you to read the first chapter and prepare a short summary of its contents by next Wednesday's class session. For those of you who cannot obtain the book that quickly, I will post a scanned copy of the first chapter online. But you will need to get the book as soon as you can. I suggest you order one today, unless you prefer to buy it at the OU Bookstore.

Here's Amazon.com's link for the book. It goes for $10 new. Used copies are available, too.

http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Journalism-Newspeople-Completely-Updated/dp/0307346706/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1282071952&sr=8-1