Introduction to Journalism

by Underhill, Evelyn

• ISBN13: 9780618003778
• ISBN10: 0618003770
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School

Table of Contents

The Challenge of Journalism	1	(14)
Defining Journalism	2	(1)
Roles for a Publication	2	(2)
Setting Priorities with Teamwork	4	(4)
Decision, Decisions: Journalistic Models	8	(4)
Public Journalism	12	(2)
Laws, Ethics, and Policy	14	(19)
What Are Laws, Ethics, and Policy?	15	(1)
Legal Restrictions on the Press	16	(2)
How to Avoid Libel	18	(2)
Invasion of Privacy	20	(2)
Obscenity	22	(1)
Journalism Ethics	23	(3)
More Ethical Areas	26	(1)
What's the Policy?	26	(4)
Landmark Legal Cases	30	(3)
Defining the News	33	(10)
Defining the News	34	(1)
News Judgment	35	(2)
Generating Story Ideas	37	(6)
Sources for News	43	(20)
Consulting Human Sources	44	(4)
Consulting Physical Sources	48	(5)
Accessing Public Records	53	(1)
Computer Searching and Internet Sources	54	(9)
Interviewing	63	(18)
The Challenge of Interviewing	64	(3)
The Interview Scene	67	(2)
Questioning Techniques	69	(2)
Writing an Interview	71	(1)
Inquiring Reporter Interview	72	(2)
Informative Interview	74	(2)
Opinion Interview	76	(2)
Q & A Interview	78	(3)
The News Story	81	(30)
Getting to the Heart of Your Story	82	(1)
Writing Your Lead	83	(6)
Organizing Your Story	89	(13)
News Story Essentials	102	(3)
A Final Check	105	(2)
Special Types of News Stories	107	(4)
The Right Way to Quote	111	(23)
Sorting Out Quotations	112	(4)
Get It Right the First Time	116	(2)
Credit Where Credit Is Due	118	(6)
Choose It and Use It	124	(10)
In-Depth Reporting	134	(22)
Qualities of the In-Depth	135	(1)
Creating the In-Depth Story	136	(7)
Types of In-Depth Stories	143	(13)
Journalistic Style	156	(22)
Using a Style Manual	157	(2)
Specifics of Style	159	(14)
Be Even More Specific	173	(5)
Features	178	(17)
How Are Features Similar and Different?	179	(1)
Types of Features	179	(11)
Organizing Material	190	(5)
Editorials	195	(18)
Types of Editorials	196	(11)
Writing the Editorial	207	(3)
The Editorial Page Also Contains	210	(3)
Columns and Reviews	213	(15)
Inside Columns	214	(7)
Inside Reviews	221	(7)
Sportswriting	228	(15)
Sports and Your School	229	(1)
Is Sportswriting Different?	229	(2)
Basics of Sports Coverage	231	(8)
What Else Is on the Sports Page?	239	(4)
Photojournalism	243	(22)
People Who Make It Happen	244	(1)
Planning Assignments and Photo Shoots	245	(6)
What Makes a Good Picture?	251	(5)
Getting Great Pictures	256	(2)
Selecting and Using Photos	258	(7)
Publication Design	265	(23)
Size, Shape, and Systems	266	(2)
Typography and Design	268	(6)
Image Control	274	(5)
Creating the Layout	279	(2)
Walk Through the Paper	281	(3)
What's New in Design	284	(4)
Headlines	288	(24)
The Story at a Glance	289	(3)
Headlines-Then and Now	292	(4)
Point Sizes	296	(1)
Headline Styles	297	(5)
Trends in Headlines	302	(2)
Writing Headlines	304	(8)
Copyediting and Production	312	(24)
Formatting Copy	313	(2)
Copyediting	315	(7)
Proofreading	322	(1)
Production	323	(4)
Desktop Publishing	327	(9)
Working on the Yearbook	336	(20)
The Yearbook Staff	337	(2)
Money Pit or Cash Cow?	339	(2)
Basics of the Yearbook	341	(3)
Working with a Theme	344	(2)
Planning Content	346	(2)
Laying Out the Book	348	(5)
The Write Stuff	353	(3)
Magazines	356	(15)
Commercial and Trade Magazines	357	(5)
What's Behind High School Magazines?	362	(3)
The Literary Magazine	365	(6)
Broadcast Journalism	371	(16)
How Broadcast Is Different	372	(1)
Broadcast Writing Steps	372	(2)
Radio Journalism	374	(1)
Television Journalism	375	(5)
Setting Up Scripts	380	(7)
Advertising	387	(16)
Why Advertising?	388	(1)
Advertising Management	388	(5)
Good Advertising	393	(6)
Preparing Ads for Publication	399	(4)
Credits	403	(1)
Index	404