The reporter at work; on the job; the basics; components of a story; writing the story; what is news?; the tools of the trade; story structure; the lead; the writer's art; features, long stories and series; reporting principles; digging for information; making sound observations; building and using background; finding, cultivating and using sources; interviewing principles; interviewing practices; speeches, meetings and news conferences; hunches, feelings and stereotypes; from accidents to local schools; accidents and disasters; obituaries; the police beat; the courts; sports; business reporting; local government and education; laws, taste and taboos; codes and ethics; reporters and the law; taste - defining the appropriate; the morality of journalism.
