Practical newspaper reporting /
Spark, David.
Practical newspaper reporting / David Spark and Geoffrey Harris. - 4th ed. - Los Angeles, Calif. : SAGE, 2011. - xiv, 210 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Previous ed.: Oxford: Focal, 1997.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1 News and how to find it 2 Pursuing news: what do I need to know? 3 Interviewing 4 Newswriting: what am I trying to say? 5 Newswriting:choosing the words 6 Newswriting:getting the words in order 7 Newswriting for the internet 8 Sportswriting 9 Reporting the courts 10 Government and the media 11 Reporting business 12 Investigative reporting 13 Features: illuminating the world 14 Religion and diversity 15 Ethics: what you write could get someone killed
Now in its fourth edition, this classic textbook has grown up alongside the newspaper industry. Today, as ever, it provides students of newspaper journalism with a toolkit for gathering news and filling ever-increasing space with first-rate copy for print and online. Detailed and down-to-earth, this book delivers: Guidance on news gathering, from government and business to sport and religion. Guidance on news writing, drawing on over 300 examples that have appeared in print, discussing why they work or how they could have been better. Guidance on feature writing, including profiles, comment.
9781847878960 1847878962 9781847878977 1847878970
Reporters and reporting.
Journalism--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
070.4 / SPA
Practical newspaper reporting / David Spark and Geoffrey Harris. - 4th ed. - Los Angeles, Calif. : SAGE, 2011. - xiv, 210 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Previous ed.: Oxford: Focal, 1997.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1 News and how to find it 2 Pursuing news: what do I need to know? 3 Interviewing 4 Newswriting: what am I trying to say? 5 Newswriting:choosing the words 6 Newswriting:getting the words in order 7 Newswriting for the internet 8 Sportswriting 9 Reporting the courts 10 Government and the media 11 Reporting business 12 Investigative reporting 13 Features: illuminating the world 14 Religion and diversity 15 Ethics: what you write could get someone killed
Now in its fourth edition, this classic textbook has grown up alongside the newspaper industry. Today, as ever, it provides students of newspaper journalism with a toolkit for gathering news and filling ever-increasing space with first-rate copy for print and online. Detailed and down-to-earth, this book delivers: Guidance on news gathering, from government and business to sport and religion. Guidance on news writing, drawing on over 300 examples that have appeared in print, discussing why they work or how they could have been better. Guidance on feature writing, including profiles, comment.
9781847878960 1847878962 9781847878977 1847878970
Reporters and reporting.
Journalism--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
070.4 / SPA