David B Spark, Geoffrey Harris

Practical Newspaper Reporting (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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, leading articles, obituaries and reviews

. Specific chapters on ethical reporting and the possibilities and pitfalls of investigative journalism

. A review of the new financial realities that the internet is imposing on the media.

Informed by over half a century's professional experience and fully revised to give a nuanced account of the skills required in an online environment, this book is an essential companion for your journalism degree and beyond.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781446248317
• Artikelnr.: 38406839

Autorenporträt

David Spark is a veteran tech journalist and founder of Spark Media Solutions, a brand journalism firm that helps its clients be seen as leading voices in their field through brand-quality media production.

Inhaltsangabe

News and How to Find It
Pursuing News: What Do I Need to Know?
Interviewing
Newswriting: What Am I Trying to Say?
Newswriting: Choosing the Words
Newswriting: Getting the Words in Order
Newswriting for the Internet
Sportswriting
Reporting the Courts
Government and the Media
Reporting Business
Investigative Reporting
Features: Illuminating the world
Religion and Diversity
Ethics: What You Write Could Get Someone Killed