Getting the whole story : reporting and writing the news /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Guilford Press,
[2002]
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| Series: | Guilford communication series.
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Table of Contents:
- The journalist's role in society
- Insert: Something to think about: the loneliness of the street-corner orator
- What journalists do
- Insert: Truth is no stranger...
- How news writing is different
- The community as a context for the news
- Insert: Learning from experience: community knowledge
- Reporting basic, informative news stories
- Writing basic, informative news stories
- Insert: Story portfolio: basic news stories
- Framing news stories
- Insert: Branding the news
- Interviewing
- Insert: A poem by R.D. Laing: from "Knots"
- Observation, curiosity and note-taking
- Adding photos, graphics, and other visual elements
- General assignment reporting
- Covering a beat
- In-depth stories
- Journalists' rights and responsibilities
- Getting a job, and keeping it
- Insert: The life of a reporter
- Appendix A: Newspaper jobs
- Appendix B: Common mistakes and unnessary words
- Appendix C: Commonly misspelled words
- Appendix D: A quick guide for covering emergencies
- Appendix E: Journalists' creeds, platforms and codes of ethics
- Appendix F: Glossary of newsroom terms.