Geoffrey (Former manager of editorial traininf for Mirror Group Newspapers and United Newspapers.Lecturer in Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire.) Harris & David Spark 
Practical Newspaper Reporting [PDF ebook] 

This guide to all aspects of the reporter”s job, has been extensively revised and updated for a third edition. It considers:
What is news?
How the modern newsroom operates
How facts are gathered and checked
The reporter and picture ideas
District reporting
Techniques of interviewing
News writing and newspaper language
How to summarize
Reporting the courts
Political and industrial reporting
Aspects of sportswriting
Feature writing and arts reviewing

The book also includes an important new chapter on the place of local government in newspaper coverage and it examines a newspaper”s internal structure and the reporter”s daily work in the light of the latest technology.
This classic textbook is a must for all journalism and media courses and offers the ideal career introduction for the young journalist.