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Writing and Reporting News With Infotrac: A Coaching Method
ISBN: 9780534562786 | 0534562787
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Pub. Date: 4/22/2002
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This practical text uses a coaching method to introduce students to the basic skills required of a news reporter (covers conceiving, researching, organizing and writing the news story). It emphasizes the fundamentals as well as the emerging issues, such as technology and ethics in journalistic writing. After using this motivational and engaging text your students will be well prepared to write effectively in every news medium.
| Part One: UNDERSTANDING NEWS | |
| 1. Write from the Start: A Coaching Method | |
| 2. Changing Concepts of News | |
| 3. The Basic News Story | |
| 4. Grammar and Usage | |
| Part Two: COLLECTING INFORMATION | |
| 5. Curiosity and Story Ideas | |
| 6. Source and Online Researh | ... MORE|
| 7. Interviewing Techniques | |
| Part Three: CONSTRUCTING STORIES | |
| 8. The Writing Process | |
| 9. Leads and Nut Graphs | |
| 10. Story Structures | |
| 11. Storytelling and Feature Techniques | |
| 12. Public Relations Writing | |
| 13. Broadcast Writing | |
| 14. Web Writing | |
| Part Four: UNDERSTANDING MEDIA ISSUES | |
| 15. Accuracy and Libel | |
| 6. Media Ethics | |
| 17. Multicultural Sensitivity | |
| Part Five: APPLYING THE TECHNIQUES | |
| 18. Beat Reporting | |
| 19. Obituaries | |
| 20. Speeches, News Conferences and Meetings | |
| 21. Government and Statistical Stories | |
| 22. Crime and Punishment | |
| 23. Disasters, Weather and Tragedies | |
| 24. Profiles | |
| 25. Computer-assisted Journalism | |
| 26. Media Jobs and Internships | |
| Appendix A: Style Guide |
