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Usha Raman’s Writing for the Media, published by Oxford University Press, is a comprehensive book for Journalism and Mass Communication students. It comprises of a language refresher with a large number of examples explaining how writing could be made crisper and more accurate. Most of the examples are taken from newspapers and magazines. The book offers a hands-on perspective as it provides a few interviews with existing journalists across print media. It also has critical thinking questions all through the textbook in order to encourage more classroom discussions. At the end of each chapter, project ideas are given for practical assignments. About Oxford University Press Oxford University Press is a renowned publishing house that develops and publishes high quality textbooks, scholarly works, and academic books for school courses, bilingual dictionaries and also digital materials for both learning and teaching. It is a division of the University of Oxford. The first book was locally published in the year 1912. Some of the books published under their banner are India’s Ancient Past, Atkins’ Physical Chemistry, Companion to Politics in India, Sociology: Themes and Perspectives and Common Mistakes at IELTS Advanced …and How to Avoid Them.