Summary

This text, now in its second edition, takes you through the journalistic process step by step: what news is, how publications are organized, the role of the journalist, and ways to get the most from interviews. It offers a style and grammar guide, easy-to-follow advice on how to put together basic news stories and complex features, chapters on marketing news, editing, and writing captions and headlines, as well as an introduction to publication and planning design. New additions to the book include computer-assisted reporting, ethical decision-making, an expanded discussion on publicity, and many updated examples.