Mencher, Melvin. <br/><br/>
Melvin Mencher's news reporting and writing / 
 News reporting and writing 
Melvin Mencher. 
 - 12th ed. 
 - New York :  McGraw-Hill Higher Education,  c2011. 
 - xx, 618 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes indexes. 
<br/><br/>Part one. The reporter at work -- 1. On the job -- Part two. The basics -- 2. Components of the story -- Part three. Writing the story -- 3. What is new? -- 4. The Internet and other tools of the trade -- 5. The lead -- 6. Story structure -- 7. The writer's art -- 8. Features, long stories, and series -- 9. Broadcast newswriting -- 10. Writing news release -- Part four. Reporting principles -- 11. Digging for information -- 12. Making sound observations -- 13. Building and using background -- 14. Finding, cultivating, and using sources -- 15. Interviewing principles and practices -- 16. Speeches, meetings, and news conferences -- 17. Hunches, feelings, and stereotypes -- Part five. Accidents to education -- 18. Accidents and disasters -- 19. Obituaries -- 20. The police beat -- 21. The courts -- 22. Sports -- 23. Business reporting -- 24. Local government and education -- Part six. Laws, taste and taboos, codes and ethics -- 25. Reporters and the law -- 26. Taste - Defining the appropriate -- 27. The morality of journalism. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780073511993 (alk. paper) 0073511994 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009052795 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Reporters and reporting.<br/>Journalism--Authorship.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN4781  / .M4 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>070.4/3