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| Preface | |
| The Basics: Format, Copy Editing, and AP Style | |
| Producing Copy | |
| News Story Format | |
| Copy-editing Symbols | |
| The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law | |
| Accuracy of Names and Facts | |
| The Writing Coach--The Lucky 13 Ways to Become a Good Writer | |
| Checklist for Copy Preparation | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Useful Web Sites | |
| Exercises | |
| Grammar and Spelling | |
| The Parts of Speech | |
| Basic Sentence Structure | |
| Active and Passive Voice | |
| Agreement | |
| Ambiguous Pronouns | |
| Plurals and Possessives | |
| ""That"" and ""Which"" | |
| ""Who"" and ""Whom"" | |
| Misplaced Modifiers | |
| Dangling Modifiers | |
| Personification | |
| Parallel Form | |
| ""Because"" and ""Due To"" | |
| Spelling | |
| Grammar and Checklist | |
| The Writing Coach--Acronyms Lift Your Writing | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Useful Web Sites | |
| Exercises | |
| Newswriting Style | |
| Prewriting | |
| Simplify Words, Sentences, and Paragraphs | |
| Remain Objective | |
| Checklist for Newswriting Style | |
| The Writing Coach--Find the Clear Path to Writing Glory | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Exercises | |
| The Language of News | |
| The Effectiveness of Words | |
| Be Precise | |
| Use Strong Verbs | |
| Avoiding Problems in Your Writing | |
| Words to Avoid | |
| Other Problems to Avoid | |
| Checklist for the Language of News | |
| The Writing Coach--Become a Power Lifter When Picking Verbs | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Exercises | |
| Selecting and Reporting the News | |
| The Characteristics of News | |
| Two Views of 9/11 | |
| Types of News | |
| Public/Civic Journalism | |
| Applying the Principles of News Selection | |
| The Concept of Objectivity | |
| Details Newspapers Are Reluctant to Publish | |
| The Importance of Accuracy | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Exercises | |
| Basic News Leads | |
| The Summary News Lead | |
| Sentence Structure in Leads | |
| Guidelines for Writing Effective Leads | |
| Avoiding Some Common Errors | |
| Apply the Guidelines to other Kinds of Leads | |
| Checklist for Writing Leads | |
| The Writing Coach--Oh Where, Oh Where Does the Time Element Go? | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Exercises | |
| Alternative Leads | |
| Criticisms | |
| ""Buried"" or ""Delayed"" Leads | |
| Multiparagraph Leads | |
| Using Quotations | |
| Using Questions | |
| Suspenseful Leads | |
| Descriptive Leads | |
| Shockers-Leads With a Twist | |
| Ironic Leads | |
| Direct-Address Leads | |
| Words Used in Unusual Ways | |
| Other Unusual Leads | |
| The Writing Coach--Too Many Words Can Muddle Writing | |
| Exercises | |
| The Body of a News Story | |
| The Inverted-Pyramid Style | |
| The Hourglass Style | |
| The Focus Style | |
| The Narrative Style | |
| Using Transitions | |
| Explain the Unfamiliar | |
| The Importance of Examples | |
| The Use of Description | |
| The Use of Humor | |
| The Need to Be Fair | |
| The Final Step: Edit Your Story | |
| Checklist for Writing News Stories | |
| The Writing Coach--How to Find the Endings to Stories | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Exercises | |
| Quotations and Attribution | |
| Quotations | |
| Blending Quotations Narrative | |
| Attribution | |
| Guidelines for Capitalizing and Punctuating Quotations | |
| Checklists for Quotations and Attribution | |
| A Memo From the Editor--Descriptive Writing: Turning a Good Story Into a Great Story | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Exercises | |
| Interviews | |
| Why Am I Interviewing? | |
| Whom Should I Interview? | |
| When Should I Conduct My Interviews? | |
| Where Should I Conduct the Interview? | |
| What Questions Should I Ask? | |
| How Should I Conduct Interviews | |
| Writing the Interview Story | |
| The Writing Coach--Figure It: Poetry Can Be in Newspaper Stories | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Useful Web Sites | |
| Exercises | |
| Writing Obituaries | |
| Types of Death Reports | |
| Jim Nicholson: No. 1 in Obituaries | |
| Obituary Writing Considerations | |
| Checklists for Reporting and Writing Obituaries | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Useful Web Sites | |
| Exercises | |
| Speeches and Meetings | |
| Advance Stories | |
| Covering the Speech or Meeting | |
| Follow Stories | |
| Internet Brings Pornography to Children, Researcher Says | |
| Remember Your Readers | |
| Adding Color | |
| Checklists for Reporting Speeches and Meetings | |
| The Writing Coach--Go Beyond the Stick | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Useful Web Sites | |
| Exercises | |
| Specialized Types of Stories | |
| Brights | |
| Follow-ups | |
| Roundups | |
| Sidebars | |
| Checklists for Writing Specialized Stories | |
| A Memo From the Editor--History, Traditions, and Culture: Old Glory and Noodle | |
| Suggested Reading | |
| Exercises | |
| Feature Stories | |
| Selecting a Topic and Gathering Information | |
| Types of Feature Stories | |
| Types of Feature Leads | |
| The Body of Feature Story | |
| The Ending of Feature Story | |
| What does It Take to Be a Top-Notch Writer? | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Useful Web Sites | |
| Exercises | |
| Public Affairs Reporting | |
| Crime and Accidents | |
| Covering the Search for a Serial Killer | |
| Local Government | |
| Courts | |
| Checklists for Public Affairs Reporting | |
| A Note About This Chapter's Exercises | |
| The Writing Coach--The ""Knows"" Have It for Police and Court Reporters | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Useful Web Sites | |
| Exercises | |
| Understanding and Using the Internet | |
| A Brief History | |
| Journalists and the Internet | |
| Internet Addresses, Web Sites, or URLs (Universal Resource Locators) | |
| Search Engines and Subject Directories | |
| Mailing Lists and Newsgroups | |
| Ethical Considerations | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Useful Web Sites | |
| Exercises | |
| Advanced Reporting | |
| Using Statistics | |
| Conducting Informal Polls | |
| Using Computers to Get Answers | |
| Converging Media | |
| Checklist for Using Statistics | |
| Checklist for Conducting Informal Polls | |
| A Memo From the Editor--Good Writing's Great, but It's Not Enough | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Exercises | |
| Writing for Broadcast | |
| Writing for Your Listener | |
| Writing for Your Announcer | |
| Leads for Broadcast Services | |
| The Body of a Broadcast News Story | |
| Updating Broadcast News Stories | |
| Guidelines for Copy Preparation | |
| Editing Copy | |
| Putting Together a Newscast | |
| Sources for Broadcast News | |
| The Newsroom Environment | |
| Checklist for Broadcast News Writing | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Useful Web Sites | |
| Exercises | |
| The News Media and PR Practitioners | |
| What is Public Relations? | |
| Becoming a Public Relations Practitioner | |
| Working With News Media | |
| Elements of a News Release | |
| Types of News Releases | |
| The Journalist's Perspective: Working with Press Releases | |
| The No. 1 Problem: Lack of Newsworthiness | |
| The No. 2 Problem: Lack of Objectivity | |
| Other Problems with News Releases | |
| Some Final Guidelines | |
| Checklists for PR Practitioners | |
| Checklist for Handling News Releases | |
| Guest-Column-Transparency Is Paramount | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Exercises | |
| Communications Law | |
| Libel | |
| Steps for Avoiding Libel Suits | |
| Privacy | |
| Newsgathering | |
| Bar-Press Guidelines | |
| Checklists | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Useful Web Sites | |
| Exercises | |
| Ethics | |
| Media Credibility | |
| Ethical Decision Making | |
| Ethics Issues | |
| Codes of Ethics | |
| Checklist for improving Media Credibility | |
| A Memo From the Editor--Some Thoughts on Plagiarism | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Useful Web Sites | |
| Exercises | |
| Careers | |
| A Journalist's Attributes | |
| Be the Applicant Who Gets Hired | |
| The Industry Needs More Women and Minorities | |
| Freelance Writing | |
| Checklist for Finding the Right Journalism Job | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Useful Web Sites | |
| Appendixes | |
| City Directory | |
| The Associated Press Stylebook | |
| Rules for Forming Possessives | |
| Answer Keys | |
| Common Writing Errors | |
| Credit Lines | |
| Index | |
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