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The Radical Write

The Radical Write features 16 chapters, highlights include:
  • Find a Reader
  • Focus on Reporting
  • Tell Readers a Good Story
  • Find an Angle
  • Talk to the Right People
  • Organize Your Facts
  • Look Beyond the Facts
  • Make Your Story Flow
  • Make It Error-Free
  • Put It in the Yearbook
  • Put Your Heart Into It

In the past decade, countless high school publications students have learned the art of journalistic writing from The Radical Write, the popular textbook written by Bobby Hawthorne.

By popular demand, a second edition of The Radical Write was recently released. Hawthorne teamed with Jostens to publish a new edition with updated text and a fresh, new design.

The hardbound, 216-page text covers writing for all student publications and features an extensive chapter devoted exclusively to yearbook writing.

Hawthorne extensively uses writing samples throughout The Radical Write allowing students to learn by reading the work of others. Sidebar quick tips appear in narrow columns on the edges of all the pages. And, anecdotes from Hawthorne add personality to the pages.

The Radical Write is available for immediate shipment from Jostens and sells for $22 per copy. Schools producing yearbooks with Jostens may have the option of having the textbook purchase added to the yearbook invoice or billed separately. Orders are welcome from newspaper advisers and yearbook advisers not currently working with Jostens. Purchase orders are accepted.



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To order, call Jostens Marketing Services at 1.800.972.5628 or email. Ask for item number 2000.