Practical Newspaper Reporting
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Practical Newspaper Reporting

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Practical Newspaper Reporting

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About This Book

Now in its fourth edition, this classic textbook has grown up alongside the newspaper industry. Today, as ever, it provides students of newspaper journalism with a toolkit for gathering news and filling ever-increasing space with first-rate copy for print and online.

Detailed and down-to-earth, this book delivers:

ā€¢ Guidance on news gathering, from government and business to sport and religion

ā€¢ Guidance on news writing, drawing on over 300 examples that have appeared in print, discussing why they work or how they could have been better

ā€¢ Guidance on feature writing, including profiles, comment, leading articles, obituaries and reviews

ā€¢ Specific chapters on ethical reporting and the possibilities and pitfalls of investigative journalism

ā€¢ A review of the new financial realities that the internet is imposing on the media.

Informed by over half a century?s professional experience and fully revised to give a nuanced account of the skills required in an online environment, this book is an essential companion for your journalism degree and beyond.

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Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Year
2010
ISBN
9781473903340
Edition
4
Topic
Languages & Linguistics
Subtopic
Journalism
Index
Languages & Linguistics

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Abbreviations used is this book
  6. Foreword
  7. 1 News and how to find it
  8. 2 Pursuing news: what do I need to know?
  9. 3 Interviewing
  10. 4 Newswriting: what am I trying to say?
  11. 5 Newswriting: choosing the words
  12. 6 Newswriting: getting the words in order
  13. 7 Newswriting for the internet
  14. 8 Sportswriting
  15. 9 Reporting the courts
  16. 10 Government and the media
  17. 11 Reporting business
  18. 12 Investigative reporting
  19. 13 Features: illuminating the world
  20. 14 Religion and diversity
  21. 15 Ethics: what you write could get someone killed
  22. Index