Practical newspaper reporting

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Practical newspaper reporting

Geoffrey Harris and David Spark ; edited, with additional material, by F. W. Hodgson

Focal, 1997

3rd ed

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Previous ed.: 1993

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This guide to all aspects of the reporter's job, has been extensively revised and updated for a third edition. It considers: What is news? How the modern newsroom operates How facts are gathered and checked The reporter and picture ideas District reporting Techniques of interviewing News writing and newspaper language How to summarize Reporting the courts Political and industrial reporting Aspects of sportswriting Feature writing and arts reviewing The book also includes an important new chapter on the place of local government in newspaper coverage and it examines a newspaper's internal structure and the reporter's daily work in the light of the latest technology. This classic textbook is a must for all journalism and media courses and offers the ideal career introduction for the young journalist.

Table of Contents

  • What is news?
  • Gathering the news
  • Picture ideas
  • District reporting
  • Interviewing
  • News writing
  • Newspaper language
  • Reporting the courts
  • Reporting local government
  • Politics
  • Business and industry
  • Reporting religions
  • Some thoughts on sportswriting
  • Summarizing
  • Feature writing
  • Arts reviewing
  • Newspaper structure
  • Looking things up
  • A note on ethics
  • Careers in journalism
  • Appendices

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  • NCID
    BA34147626
  • ISBN
    • 0240515110
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 251 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Classification
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