News Writing and Reporting for Today's Media / Edition 7

by Bruce Itule, Douglas Anderson, Douglas A. Anderson

Overview

News Writing and Reporting takes students on the beat, into the press box, council chambers, and courthouse, and to a speech and press conference. It introduces them to current issues such as cultural sensitivity, multimedia journalism, and legal and ethical considerations that journalists face every day. Throughout the text, reporters and editors offer their down-to-earth advice, and, whenever possible, professional journalists covering actual stories are used as instructional models. Students are exposed to the work of professionals while gathering the tools to follow in their footsteps.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780072981094
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date:	04/11/2006
Edition description:	7TH
Pages:	560
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.86(d)

About the Author

Bruce Itule has been awarded the 1999 Freedom Forum Teacher of the Year award. The Freedom Forum Teacher of the Year award is awarded to three instructors annually in recognition of outstanding classroom teaching in the core areas of print and broadcast journalism instruction.

Table of Contents

Part One: The Fourth Estate
Chapter 1: Today's Media
Chapter 2: Ingredients of News
Part Two: The Rudiments
Chapter 3: Qualities of Good Writing
Chapter 4: Summary Leads
Chapter 5: Organizing a News Story
Chapter 6: Developing a News Story
Chapter 7: Quotations and Attribution
Chapter 8: Special Leads
Chapter 9: Features
Part Three: Gathering Information
Chapter 10: Interviewing Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted Reporting and Research Chapter 12: By the Numbers
Part Four: Basic Assignments
Chapter 13: Obituaries
Chapter 14: Speeches and Press Conferences
Chapter 15: Weather and Disasters
Chapter 16: Broadcast Writing
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Chapter 18: News Releases
Part Five: Beats
Chapter 19: Multicultural Reporting
Chapter 20: Local Government and Public Meetings
Chapter 21: Police and Fire
Chapter 22: Courts
Chapter 23: Sports
Part Six: Advanced Assignments
Chapter 24: In-Depth and Investigative Reporting
Chapter 25: Business News and Other Specialties
Part Seven: Beyond the Writing
Chapter 26: Law
Chapter 27: Ethics and Fairness: Responsibility to Society
Appendix A: Gannett Newspaper Division Principles of Ethical Conduct for Newsrooms
Appendix B: Associated Press Style Rules
Appendix C: Glossary