Jock Stewart, a 98.6% fictional character, who writes in a slap-dash style reminiscent of the best and worst of yellow journalism, offers this collection of his worst parody news stories because—truth be told—he has yet to do his best work.
Readers familiar with the real news of the past
Political and General Satire/
Parody News Stories
Trade Paperback and E-Book
Publication Date: December 2006
Lulu Enterprises, Inc.
Suggested Retail Price: $13.58
E-book Price from Lulu: $5.44
Author: Jock Stewart
ISBN: 978-1-4303-0323-7
166 Pages – On Demand Printing
Available online from Lulu, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Borders.
NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 16, 2006
According to hastily informed sources, Jock Stewart is the alter ego of Malcolm R. Campbell, author of The Sun Singer.
Campbell, who could not be reached for comment, issued a wordy statement that is too long to fit on this space.
Suffice it to say, he will neither confirm nor deny anything other than to suggest that his journalism instructors—were they still around—would categorically assert in the clearest of all possible terms that they did not teach him to use the art and craft of writing for such ill purposes as may or may not be discovered in a volume of jaded and/or sarcastic parody news stories.
“Basically,” said Campbell at the end of his statement, “Jock Stewart is my own personal nightmare. While I’m asleep, everything he writes seems reasonable. No doubt, the sleeping readers in our midst will be brainwashed in the same way I was until they finally wake up.”
-30-
several years will quickly recognize that the material in this book could have only been created by an individual with a hopelessly twisted mind who lost track of reality during the Nixon administration.
The fact that Stewart believes the satire in this book presents a truer picture of reality than the newspaper currently lying in the mud puddle in your front yard is clearly proof that something is wrong with somebody somewhere.
Unlike the “news” in this book, your real newspaper is seldom a laughing matter.
Book's Royalties Support the AEJMC's Laurence R. Campbell Research Award
In 1984, the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) created the Laurence R. Campbell Research Award to honor my father's many years of work on behalf of journalism education.
All of the royalties received from the sales of e-books and trade paperback copies of Worst of Jock Stewart will be donated to AEJMC in support of the award.
The award, presented annually by the AEJMC's Scholastic Division, supports journalism research that furthers the work of journalism teachers and student publications advisors.
When my father died in 1986, he knew that after serving for three years as a publications advisor, I was more than ready to leave academia and work as a technical writer and corporate communications director.
While he didn't expect me to follow in his footsteps (that would have been a tall order), he was, I think, pleased that his work and his guidance had led me to become a writer.
I'll always hope that had my father seen the book, Jock Stewart's sarcastic parodies of bad journalism and bad news would have amused him.
At any rate, since I cannot follow in my father's footsteps, I'm happy to support those who are out there teaching the next generation of journalists how to do their work proud.
