Practical Newspaper Reporting

NOTE EDITORE

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 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.

SOMMARIO

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

AUTORE

Geoffrey Harris, David Spark, F. W. Hodgson

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780240515113
• Collana: Focal Press
• Dimensioni: 9.25 x 6.25 in Ø 1.00 lb
• Formato: Brossura
• Pagine Arabe: 272