News thinking in a changing world -- The reporter's toolbox -- A process approach to reporting and writing -- Finding and writing a lead -- Story forms: shaping the news -- Learning to listen: building interviewing skills -- Making connections: Diversity and the news -- Reporting and writing broadcast news -- Writing online news -- First assignments -- Doing the right thing: libel, privacy and ethics -- Storytelling and deadline -- On the beat -- Numbers and the beginning journalist -- Getting--and keeping--a job.