Practical Newspaper Reporting

ISBN-13: 9780240515113 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 272 str.

Geoffrey Harris; David Spark

Opis

Covering various aspects of the reporter's job, this guide considers: what is news; how the modern newsroom operates; how facts are gathered and checked; the reporter and picture ideas; techniques of interviewing; news writing and newspaper language; reporting the courts; aspects of sportswriting; feature writing and arts reviewing; and more.

Recenzje

'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

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Geoffrey Harris, David Spark, F. W. Hodgson