includes index and biblioraphy

This classic text book has grown up alongside the newspaper industry. Today it continues to provide students of newspaper journalism with a toolkit for gathering news and filling ever-increasing space with first-rate copy for print and online. This book delivers: Guidance on News Gathering, from Government and Business to Sport and Religion Tutorials in News Writing, drawing on over 300 examples that have apperaed in print, discussing why they work or how they could have been better. A how-to on feature writing, including profiles, comment leading articles, obituaries and reviews Specific chapters on ethical reporting and the possibilities and pitfals of investigative journalism A Review of the new financial realities that the internet is imposing on the media. News and how to find it Pursuing news: What do I need to know? Interviewing Newswriting: What am I trying to say? Newswriting: Choosing the words Newswriting: getting the words in order Newswriting: for the internet Sportswriting Reporting the Courts Government and the Media Reporting Business Investigative Reporting Features: Illuminating the world Religion and Diversity Ethics: What you write could get someone killed