The Complete Reporter : Fundamentals of News Gathering, Writing, and Editing

Leiter, Kelly, Harriss, Julian, Johnson, Stanley

ISBN 10: 020529586X / ISBN 13: 9780205295869

Published by Pearson Education, Limited, 1999

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Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Complete Reporter : Fundamentals of News Gathering, Writing, and Editing
• Publisher: Pearson Education, Limited
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 020529586X
• ISBN 13: 9780205295869
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 7th Edition.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Designed to teach students how to gather, write, and edit news stories, The Complete Reporter discusses the techniques that are used every day in the news business. Through a combination of descriptive text, examples, demonstrations, and exercises, this book makes fundamental concepts clear while instilling task-specific news and feature story writing skills.

Along with introducing students to basic discussions about the field of reporting and basic writing, editing, and design skills, this text provides them with key guidelines and tips for writing general and specialty stories (see Parts IV-VII).

Practical exercises throughout each chapter give students experience with realistic writing situations. Based on actual newspaper articles, the exercises present a series of reporter's notes prepared at the scene of a story. Usable facts, libelous and/or unethical statements, and trivial tidbits are lumped together in order to test and help build students' judgment skills ― and their ability to create tightly woven stories from a jumble of information.