Writing and reporting news: a coaching method. /
Rich, Carole.
Writing and reporting news: a coaching method. / Carole Rich. - 3rd ed. - Belmont: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 1999. - xxi, 581 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes appendix and index.
Contents: Understanding news: Write from the start: a coaching method -- Changing concepts of news -- The basic news story -- Grammar and usage -- Story ideas -- Collecting information: Curiosity and observation -- Sources of information -- Listening and note-taking skills -- Interviewing techniques -- Constructing stories: The writing process -- Leads and nut graphs -- Body building -- Story structures -- Storytelling and feature techniques -- Public relations writing -- Broadcast writing -- Understanding media issues: Accuracy and libel -- Media ethics -- Multicultural sensitivity -- Applying the techniques: Beat reporting -- Obituaries -- Speeches, press conferences and meetings -- Government and statistical stories -- Crime and punishment -- Disasters, weather and tragedies -- Profiles -- Computer-assisted journalism -- Media jobs and internships --
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99012602
--Reporters and reporting--Journalism - Authorship--Report writing
PN4781.R42
Writing and reporting news: a coaching method. / Carole Rich. - 3rd ed. - Belmont: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 1999. - xxi, 581 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes appendix and index.
Contents: Understanding news: Write from the start: a coaching method -- Changing concepts of news -- The basic news story -- Grammar and usage -- Story ideas -- Collecting information: Curiosity and observation -- Sources of information -- Listening and note-taking skills -- Interviewing techniques -- Constructing stories: The writing process -- Leads and nut graphs -- Body building -- Story structures -- Storytelling and feature techniques -- Public relations writing -- Broadcast writing -- Understanding media issues: Accuracy and libel -- Media ethics -- Multicultural sensitivity -- Applying the techniques: Beat reporting -- Obituaries -- Speeches, press conferences and meetings -- Government and statistical stories -- Crime and punishment -- Disasters, weather and tragedies -- Profiles -- Computer-assisted journalism -- Media jobs and internships --
0534559808
99012602
--Reporters and reporting--Journalism - Authorship--Report writing
PN4781.R42