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The newspapers handbook
Title:
The newspapers handbook
Author:
Keeble, Richard, 1948-
ISBN:
9780415331135

9780415331142
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Edition:
4th ed.
Publication Information:
London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Physical Description:
x, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series:
Media practice

Media practice.
Contents:
Behind the Hollywood myths : the journalist's job -- Efficks, ethics or politics? -- Sourcing the news -- The art of interviewing -- Learning the language of news -- News reporting : beyond the five Ws -- Planning for the unforeseen : covering transport accidents, fires, demonstrations and human interest stories -- More news assignments : meetings, press conferences, reports, speeches and eye-witness reporting -- Powerful information : reporting national and local government / All human life : covering the courts / Investigative reporting : the times they are a-changin'? / Feature writing : thinking visually, painting pictures with words.
Abstract:
"The Newspapers Handbook remains the essential guide to working as a newspaper journalist. It examines the ever-changing, everyday skills of newspaper reporting and explores the theoretical, ethical and political dimensions of a journalist's job." "The Newspapers Handbook encourages a critical approach to newspaper practice. Thoroughly updated for the fourth edition and using a range of new examples from tabloid, compact and broadsheet newspapers, non-mainstream and local publications, Richard Keeble examines key journalistic skills such as the art of interviewing, news reporting, reviewing, feature writing, using the internet and freelancing. New chapters from John Turner, Nick Nuttall and Mark Hanna explore the specialisms of local and national government reporting, investigative journalism and covering the courts."--Jacket.
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