TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brooks,Brian S.
ED  - Missouri Group.
TI  - News reporting and writing
SN  - 9781319034818 (pbk.)
AV  - PN4781 .N34 2017
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Boston
PB  - bedford/st.martin's
KW  - Reporters and reporting
KW  - Journalism
KW  - Authorship
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part one: Journalism and journalists -- 1. The nature of news -- 2. The future of journalism -- Part two: Reporting tools -- 3. Interviewing -- 4. Quotation and attributions -- 5. Gathering and verifying information -- 6. Using news releases as sources -- 7. Reporting with numbers -- Part three: Storytelling -- 8. The inverted pyramid -- 9. Writing to be read -- 10. Alternatives to the inverted pyramid -- Part four: Writing for specific media -- 11. Writing of digital media -- 12. Writing news for radio and television -- Part five: Basic stories -- 13. Covering a beat -- 14. Speeches, news, conferences, and meetings -- 15. Other types of local stories -- 16. Business and consumer news -- Part six: Specialized techniques -- 17. Investigative and data-driven reporting -- 18. Public relations -- Part seven: Rights and responsibilities -- 19. Media Law -- 20. Ethics -- Appendix 1. 20 common errors of grammar and punctuation -- Appendix 2. Wire-service style summary -- Appendix 3. Society of professional journalists' code of ethics.
ER  -