Writing and reporting the news. /
Jerry Lanson, Mitchell Stephens
- 3rd ed.
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- xix, 531 p.; ill.: 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: New judgment -- Fairness -- The Language of news -- Traditional leads -- Other leads -- Attribution -- Quotations -- Information selection -- Organization -- Background and context -- Reporting in a multimedia age -- Facts -- Story origination -- Research -- Sources -- Interviewing -- Obituaries -- Meetings,speeches and press conferences -- Government and politics -- Police -- Courts -- Features -- Municipal services -- Education -- Business and labor -- Science,medicine and the environment -- Broadcast journalism -- The Basics.