Words Matter: Writing to Make a Difference - Hardcover

"Students in journalism programs and schools will appreciate this volume."--Choice "I read Words Matter with great interest and admiration. The heart of it, the 26 pieces by University of Missouri alumni, is superb."--Patricia O'Toole, Columbia University School of the Arts, author of The Five of Hearts: An Intimate Portrait of Henry Adams and His Friends and other books "I wish I'd had this book when I was teaching advanced magazine writing-in fact, for any of my writing classes. The pieces are so compelling and varied. They make for a big treat and lessons in writing in and of themselves."--K. C. Cole, USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, author of Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens: Frank Oppenheimer and His Astonishing Exploratorium

This journalism anthology isn't just for writers; it's lled with stories of the human condition. Two daughters experience a role reversal after their ailing elderly father moves back home. Powerful tornadoes ravage a town, where families recount the terror and begin to rebuild. A couple loses a child to a serious chromosomal disorder and learns to let go. Wednesday night karaoke on Skid Row in Los Angeles offers a voice to the voiceless. As rioters scream racial insults at Muslims, an African American reporter re ects on the racism, for once, not being directed at her. Articles include journalism from wellknown writers like Bryan Burrough, Walt Harrington, Wright Thompson and Pulitzer Prize-winner Mary McNamara. Three broad categories are included: profiles, frstperson journalism, and personal memoirs. Each article is followed by a postscript in which the writer discusses what they've learned about writing, journalism, and the business of getting published.