Foreword (Prof Bruce Grundy)..1. Marking the territory..Research for journalists and writers (David McKnight)..A step-by-step guide to chasing the news..Profiling a life..Unearthing the family..Hidden jewels or fool's gold: evaluating your information..2. Picking up the scent..Friends and foes..Sifting documentary sources (Anna Cater)..Interviewing (Roger Patching)..Working contacts: finding and keeping reliable sources (Janine Little)..Community and cultural institutions..Events..Regional reporting (Susan Hetherington)..Non-profit organisations..Universities, research institutes, think tanks..3. Digging up the business bones..Companies..4. Sniffing the legal breeze..Legal information..Courts and lawyers..5. Tracking down government resources..Parliament and government..Politicians, parliament..Untangling the political trail..Gove