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Reporting for Journalists: Volume 1 (Media Skills) - Media Skills

3.38 ( 8 Ratings by Goodreads)
Reporting for Journalists: Volume 1 (Media Skills)

Reporting for Journalists: Volume 1 (Media Skills) - Media Skills

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3.38 (8 Ratings by Goodreads)
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Reporting for Journalists examines the work of the news reporter from the process of finding a story, tracing sources to support it, interviewing contacts and gathering information and then filing the finished report. It is an essential handbook for students of journalism and a useful guide for working professionals. Reporting for Journalists explores the role of the reporter in the world of modern journalism and explains the importance of learning to report across all media - radio, television, on-line, newspapers and periodicals. Using case studies and examples of print and broadcast news stories, Reporting for Journalists includes: How to find a story and how to develop ideas Researching the story and building a contacts book Making best use of computer aided reporting, news groups, chat rooms and search engines Covering courts, council and press conferences A chapter on broadcast reporting highlighting issues specific to television and radio An annotated bibliography, a glossary of key terms and a list of journalistic websites.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780415240871
ISBN10 0415240875
Number Of Pages 176
Item Weight 280 g
Product Dimensions 152 x 12 x 230 mm
Publisher / Reseller Routledge
Format paperback
Edition 1
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Media Reviews

... the Routledge Media Skills series.... offering solid how-to-do-it advice for those embarking on a career in journalism or television...and together they are beginning to form a comprehensive textbook published in installments.
-Bruce Hamlin, City University, London, in Journalism
... the growing and important Media Skills stable from Routledge.
-John Herbert, Staffordshire University, in Journalism Studies
Frost (University of Central Lancashire, UK) provides pragmatic advice on traveling to obtain news. And a well-conceived discussion of the news-production process includes helpful diagrams. The book succeeds in fostering interest in news and a journalism career without hyperbole or ignoring the news media's shortcomings and challenges. Recommended for extensive collections supporting the study of news writing and reporting. Choice June 2002.

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Author's Bio

Chris Frost is senior lecturer in journalism at the University of Central Lancashire. A journalist and a teacher for almost thirty years, he chairs the National Union of Journalist's ethics council. He is the author of Media Ethics and Self Regulation

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