Geoffrey Harris & David B Spark 
Practical Newspaper Reporting [EPUB ebook] 

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.

Tabella dei contenuti

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

Circa l’autore

David Spark is a veteran tech journalist and founder of Spark Media Solutions, a brand journalism firm that helps its clients be seen as leading voices in their field through brand-quality media production.