Getting the Story
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Description
The text provides excellent coverage of the theory and mechanics of public affairs reporting, as well as a concise review of the history, background and traditions of the field. the primary focus is on practical skills and strategies – navigating through the operations of government and private institutions, develop sources, and mine public records.
I. THE REPORTER AT WORK.
1. The Changing Face of News.
2. The Reporter at Work.
3. New Tools for the Reporting Process.
II. GOVERNMENT: LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE.
4. Covering Municipal Government.
5. Covering the County.
6. Reporting on State Government.
7. Authorities and Other Special Districts.
8. At the Federal Level.
III. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE COURTS.
9. The Judicial Process.
10. Covering Civil Actions.
11. Law Enforcement.
12. Covering the Criminal Courts.
IV. THE SPECIALIST AT WORK.
13. The Education Beat.
14. Politics and the Reporter.
15. Business and Consumerism.
16. Covering the Work Force.
17. Reporting on Environmental Issues.
18. Science, Medicine and Health.
V. SPECIAL PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS.
19. The Press as Watchdog.
20. Privacy and the Media.
Citations.
Index.
- Detailed coverage of traditional beats encompasses all of the important beats of daily journalism—municipal, county, and state government; the judiciary and the courts; law enforcement and public safety. Each chapter discusses the beat’s forms and functions, and leads students, step-by-step, through the problems and complexities of covering it.
- The text’s detailed coverage of “specialist” beats—the environment, science and health care, education, business, and consumer issues—acknowledges the changing make-up of today’s news and the changing role of the reporter in presenting it to an increasingly informed and interested public.
- An excellent chapter on computer-assisted reporting, database use, and polling explores these new tools for news gathering and reporting. It discusses sources available through computer networks, access to information, Freedom of Information legislation, and more. No other general reporting text covers computer-assisted reporting in the depth provided here!
- A chapter on public relations and opinion-shaping techniques addresses the growing influence of PR practitioners on the news and offers tips for avoiding manipulation and getting “just the facts.” Ways of dealing with these issues are also discussed in the individual beat chapters as they relate to specific areas.
- Sample news stories in every chapter illustrate chapter contents in action, and are complete with strategies, sources, and suggestions for follow- up.
- Two introductory chapters review the background of news gathering and reporting, and the fundamental skills of interviewing, observing, covering a beat and researching public records.
- Nine specialized glossaries provided within the beat chapters explain unique terms encountered in covering particular beats.
- Pedagogical features include case studies, readings and boxed features.
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| Dimensions | 1.20 × 10.45 × 17.50 in |
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| Subjects | communication, social sciences, higher education, Humanities and Social Sciences, Newswriting & Reporting |
