Practical Newspaper Reporting
3rd Edition
Published on 13. August 1997
272 pages
978-1-136-02538-9 (ISBN)
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
'The book would stand on its own as a style manual - but it goes much further than that... It is very much the journalist's how-to manual.'WRITING MAGAZINE
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Academic/professional/technical: Undergraduate. Academic/professional/technical: Postgraduate. Academic/professional/technical: Research and professional
File size
22,93 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-136-02538-9 (9781136025389)
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David Spark | Geoffrey Harris
Practical Newspaper Reporting
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Persons
Geoffrey Harris, David Spark, F. W. Hodgson
Content
Chapter 1 What is News?; Chapter 2 Gathering the News; Chapter 3 Picture Ideas; Chapter 4 District Reporting; Chapter 5 Interviewing; Chapter 6 News Writing; Chapter 7 Newspaper Language; Chapter 8 Reporting the Courts; Chapter 9 Reporting Local Government; Chapter 10 Politics; Chapter 11 Business and Industry; Chapter 12 Reporting Religions; Chapter 13 Some Thoughts on Sportswriting; Chapter 14 Summarizing; Chapter 15 Feature Writing; Chapter 16 Arts Reviewing; Chapter 17 Newspaper Structure; Chapter 18 Looking things Up; Chapter 19 A Note On Ethics; Chapter 20 Careers In Journalism;
