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News Reporting and Writing, 9/e

Melvin Mencher, Columbia University

Part I. The Reporter At Work
1. On the Job

Part II. The Basics
2. Components of the Story

Part III. Writing the Story
3. What is News?
4. The Tools of the Trade
5. The Lead
6. Story Structure
7. The Writer's Art
8. Features, Long Stories and Series
9. Broadcast Newswriting

Part IV. Reporting Principles
10. Digging for Information
11. Making Sound Observations
12. Building and Using Background
13. Finding, Cultivating and Using Sources
14. Interviewing Principles
15. Interviewing Practices
16. Speeches, Meetings and News Conferences
17. Hunches, Feelings and Stereotypes

Part V. From 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 VI. Laws, Taste and Taboos, Codes and Ethics
25. Reporters and the Law
26. Taste--Defining the Appropriate
27. The Morality of Journalism

Stylebook
Glossary
Index

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