Chapter 1 The Roles and Realities of Reporting Chapter 2 The Ways and Means of Reporting Chapter 3 Striving for Accuracy Chapter 4 Closed Meetings, Sealed Records and 'Off Limits' Signs Chapter 5 The Neighborhood Approach Chapter 6 Government News for the People Chapter 7 Public Safety: Crimes to Corrections Chapter 8 Into the Legal Maze Chapter 9 The Trial and Thereafter Chapter 10 Special Beats, New Challenges Chapter 11 Lessons in Law and Ethics