Telling the Story

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Author: Missouri Group

ISBN-10: 0312431872

ISBN-13: 9780312431877

Category: Journalism

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Out of the prestigious Missouri School of Journalism, the world's first journalism school, and from the bestselling authors of News Reporting and Writing, comes Telling the Story. This concise text uses The Missouri Group's straightforward, no-nonsense approach to stress the fundamentals -- the beat-driven and well-written stories essential for any print, broadcast, and online news reporting and writing. The book stays on the cutting edge by preparing students for the realities of today's newsrooms -- offering the best coverage of online journalism, a new focus on citizen journalism, and even more on media convergence and new technology.

PART I. JOURNALISM AND JOURNALISTS 1. The Nature of News 2. Convergence and the Changing Media IndustryPART II. REPORTING TOOLS 3. Interviewing 4. Computer-Assisted Reporting 5. Reporting with NumbersPART III. STORYTELLING 6. The Inverted Pyramid 7. Beyond the Inverted PyramidPART IV. COVERING AND WRITING NEWS 8. Speeches, News Conferences and Meetings 9. Other Types of Basic Stories 10. Beat ReportingPART V. MEDIA WRITING 11. Writing News for Radio and Television 12. Writing for Public Relations 13. Writing Online 14. Law 15. EthicsAPPENDICES Copy Editing and Proofreading Symbols Wire Service Style Summary 20 Most-Common Errors of Grammar and Punctuation Crisis Coverage: An Interactive CD-ROM Journalism SimulationGlossary Index