TY - BOOK AU - Brooks,Brian S. ED - Missouri Group. TI - News reporting and writing. SN - 0312391145 (book) AV - PN4781.N55 U1 - 070.4/3 21 PY - 2002/// CY - Boston PB - Bedford/St. Martin's KW - Reporters and reporting KW - Journalism KW - Authorship N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: Journalism and journalists: The nature of news -- The changing news business -- Reporting tools: Interviewing -- In their own words -- Gathering information -- Reporting with numbers -- Storytelling: The inverted pyramid -- Writing to be read -- Beyond the inverted pyramid -- Basic stories: Obituaries -- News releases -- Speeches, news conferences and meetings -- Other types of basic stories -- Beat reporting: Covering a beat -- Business and consumer news -- Sports -- Specialized techniques: Social science reporting -- Investigate reporting -- Writing news for radio and television -- Writing for online media -- Rights and responsibilities: Writing for public relations -- Media law -- Ethics -- ER -