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Melvin Mencher's news reporting and writing / Melvin Mencher.

By: Publication details: New York : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2011.Edition: 12th edDescription: xx, 618 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780073511993 (alk. paper)
  • 0073511994 (alk. paper)
Other title:
  • News reporting and writing
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 070.4/3 22
LOC classification:
  • PN4781 .M4 2011
Contents:
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.
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Books URBE Library General Stacks Non-fiction PN4781 .M4 2011 Copy 1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0533
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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.

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