Modern news reporting.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, Harper [1959]Edition: 3d edDescription: 480 p. illus. 25 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 070.42
LOC classification:
  • PN4781 .W32 1959
Contents:
The reporter and his job -- What is news and why? -- Inside the local room -- Go get a story! -- Writing the news clearly -- The secrets of style -- How to start the story -- Novelty in news leads -- The story structure -- News of the neighborhood -- Accidents, fires and suicides -- Forecasts and follow-ups -- From platform to press -- Interviews and press conferences -- Libel will make you liable -- The taboos of the trade -- Composing the composite story -- The human touch in news -- Suspended interest stories -- Give it to a rewrite man -- News from out of town -- Catching the deadlines -- Policy, crusades and exposés -- Sports from the press box -- Writing news for woman -- The business beat man -- The treatment of crime -- Covering the courts -- Sex in news stories -- Politics and elections -- Teamwork by the staff -- The newsmen of the future.
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The reporter and his job -- What is news and why? -- Inside the local room -- Go get a story! -- Writing the news clearly -- The secrets of style -- How to start the story -- Novelty in news leads -- The story structure -- News of the neighborhood -- Accidents, fires and suicides -- Forecasts and follow-ups -- From platform to press -- Interviews and press conferences -- Libel will make you liable -- The taboos of the trade -- Composing the composite story -- The human touch in news -- Suspended interest stories -- Give it to a rewrite man -- News from out of town -- Catching the deadlines -- Policy, crusades and exposés -- Sports from the press box -- Writing news for woman -- The business beat man -- The treatment of crime -- Covering the courts -- Sex in news stories -- Politics and elections -- Teamwork by the staff -- The newsmen of the future.