Spark / Harris Practical Newspaper Reporting

Fourth Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-4462-4831-7
Verlag: SAGE Publications
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Spark, David B.

Spark, David

Harris, Geoffrey

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Presse & Journalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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