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Overview
Writing and Reporting the News, Third Edition, is a comprehensive and accessible introductory text for journalism students. Jerry Lanson and Mitchell Stephens provide thorough instruction on writing and reporting, hundreds of examples of good and bad writing and extensive opportunities to apply their advice through practical exercises. Based on the authors' careers as journalists and journalism professors—and on the experience of dozens of other first-rate reporters—this unique textbook/workbook gives students a clear, logical introduction to the craft of journalism. The book is designed to accomplish three goals:
* to teach clear, concise and accurate writing
* to teach students how to find reliable information about newsworthy events and issues and how to set this information within an understandable and meaningful context
* to explain the workings of print, online and broadcast newsrooms and how the gathering and delivery of news are changing in today's increasingly digital and cross-media age
Discussions and examples have been updated throughout for this new edition. A new section covers writing for the Internet, the authors have added boxed sections in which reporters offer tips on how to cover specific types of stories and beats, and the Instructor's Manual to accompany the book is now available on the companion website.
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Meet the Author
Jerry Lanson is Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism at Emerson College and served as its first chair. A former editor at the San Jose Mercury and an experienced writing coach, he is the coauthor of News in a New Century: Reporting in an Age of Converging Media (1999).
Mitchell Stephens is Professor in the Department of Journalism at New York University. He is the author of A History of News (OUP, 2007), the rise of the image the fall of the word (OUP, 1998), and Broadcast News (2004).
Table of Contents
Most chapters end with a Summary, Additional Reading and Exercises.
List of Exercises Preface List of Newspapers and Wire Services Introduction
WRITING
Part I: The News
1. News Judgment
Impact Weight Controversy Emotion The Unusual Prominence Proximity Timeliness Currency Usefulness Educational Value
2. Fairness
Rooting Ignoring Agreeing Concluding Stereotyping Excluding
3. The Language of News
Precision Clarity Conciseness Directness
Part II: Leads
4. Traditional Leads
Length Choosing the Lead The Five Ws Details Context The Lead's Lead Points Label Leads The Angle
5. Other Leads
Zingers Anecdotes Scene Setters Quotations The Angle Appropriateness Dilly-Dallying Control
Part III: Stories
6. Attribution
When to Attribute Guidelines
7. Quotations
Direct Quotes Partial Quotes Paraphrasing Form Length Choruses Dishonest Quotes Editing Quotes Responsibility for Quotes
8. Information Selection
Selectivity Thoroughness
9. Organization
Paragraphs The Inverted Pyramid Supporting the Lead Elaborating Secondary Themes Like Ideas Together Two or More Primary Themes Chronology Transitions Bullets After Soft Leads
10. Background and Context
The Past Comparison Patterns The Future
11. Reporting in a Multimedia Age
Writing for the Internet Using Graphics to Tell the Story Highlight Boxes Charts and Infographics Maps
REPORTING
Part IV: Techniques
12. Facts
Checking Proof Interpretation
13. Story Origination
Press Releases Tips Records Localizing Regionalizing Follow-Up Unannounced Stories
14. Research
Figure Out a Search Strategy Find the Best Tools Computer-Assisted Reporting Records Reporters' Files
15. Sources
Who Cultivating Avoiding Being Cultivated Ground Rules
16. Interviewing
The Preinterview Interview Strategies Questions Note Taking Staying in Control Listening The End The Postinterview
Part V: Coverage
17. Obituaries
Form Getting the Information Enterprise
18. Meetings, Speeches and Press Conferences
Meetings Speeches and Press Conferences
19. Government and Politics
Sources Records and Documents Budgets Bids Campaigns Polls
20. Police
Beat Checks Sources Crime Fires, Accidents and Disasters Enterprise
21. Courts
Records Sources Criminal Court Civil Court Enterprise
22. Features
Preparation Observation Building the Story Tone Types
Part VI: Specialized Coverage
23. Municipal Services
Sources Records Basic Stories Enterprise Story Approaches
24. Education
Sources Documents Basic Stories Enterprise
25. Business and Labor
Business Sources Labor Sources Documents Basic Stories Enterprise
26. Science, Medicine and the Environment
Preparation Complexity and Uncertainty Whom Do You Trust?
Sources Journals References Basic Stories Enterprise
27. Broadcast Journalism
Broadcast Writing Radio Reporting Television Reporting
THE BASICS
Appendix A: Format
Fundamentals Editing the Old-Fashioned Way Exercises
Appendix B: Style
Abbreviations Capitalization Names and Courtesy Titles Numbers Punctuation Spelling Sexism
Appendix C: Spelling and Grammar
Who, Which and That Verb Tense Agreement Misplaced Modifiers Parallel Construction
Appendix D: Analogies, Metaphors and Clichés
Analogies Mixed Metaphors Clichés
Appendix E: Ethics
Freebies Checkbook Journalism Conflict of Interest Misrepresentation Private Lives
Appendix F: Law
Libel Privacy Protecting Sources Access