"Reporting and Writing on Journalism's New Frontier teaches students the fundamentals of good reporting tactics and gives them a solid command of basic writing techniques.
The book emphasizes practical skills a good journalist needs before even beginning to report, explains the kind of stories that work best for each medium, explores good news-gathering habits, and describes successful interviewing tactics.
It provides clear guidelines for quality writing including the importance of organizing a story before writing, purging cliches, redundancies, and euphemisms, creating...