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Melvin Mencher's News Reporting and Writing, 12/e

Melvin Mencher, Columbia University

ISBN: 0073511994
Copyright year: 2011

Table of Contents



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 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 Releases

Part IV. 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 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
Melvin Mencher's News Reporting and Writing, 12th Edition

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