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.

Geoffrey Harris seeks to reconcile Paul the thinker and Paul the man of action. This student-friendly textbook provides clear information about research and writing on Paul in recent years, and shows how Paul's early life held important strands of thought which informed his later theology. Paul's conversion and his reflection upon its meaning led him to develop a 'resurrection theology' from which much else followed on. The life setting of Paul's churches and his mission strategy brings out many lessons and principles for church life and mission today.

Now in its Fourth Edition, this classic textbook has grown up alongside the newspaper industry. Today, as ever, it provides students of newspaper journalism with a toolkit for gathering news and filling ever-increasing space with first-rate copy for print and online. Informed by over half a century's professional experience and fully revised to give a nuanced account of the skills required in an online environment, this book is an essential companion for your journalism degree and beyond.

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 operatesHow facts are gathered and checkedThe reporter and picture ideasDistrict reportingTechniques of interviewingNews writing and newspaper languageHow to summarizeReporting the courtsPolitical and industrial reportingAspects of sportswritingFeature 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 title of Dr. Harris' book suggests that life is like a two-sided coin: it can be an Ocean of Love but can also be a Sea of Troubles. The subtitle clarifies this paradox: first, there are many signs of God's reality and activity in the world, and the first section of the book examines ways in which people are aware of God as both a creative and immanent presence in life. The ""signs"" of God are not philosophical ""proofs"" but empirical realities accessible to all people. In the second section, the biblical responses to suffering in the world are explored--through both Old and New...