TY - BOOK AU - Brooks,Brian S. AU - Horvit,Beverly AU - Moen,Daryl R. ED - Missouri Group, TI - News reporting & writing SN - 9781319208165 AV - PN4781 .N34 2020 U1 - 808.06/607 23 KW - Reporters and reporting KW - Journalism KW - Authorship KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; pt. 1; Journalism and journalists. The nature of news --; The state of the news industry --; pt. 2; Reporting tools. Gathering and verifying information -- Interviewing --; Quotations and attributions --; Using news releases as sources --; Reporting with numbers --; pt. 3; Storytelling. The inverted pyramid --; Writing to be read --; Alternatives to the inverted pyramid --; pt. 4. Writing for specific media. Writing for digital media --; Writing news for radio and television --; pt. 5. Basic stories. Covering a beat --; Speeches, news conferences and meetings --; Other types of local stories --; Business and consumer news --; pt. 6. Specialized techniques. Investigative and data-driven reporting --; Public relations --; pt. 7. Rights and responsibilites. Media law --; Ethics --; g Appendix 1; 20 common errors of grammar and punctuation --; Appendix 2; Wire-service style summary --; Appendix 3; Society of professional journalists' code of ethics ER -