Essential Reporting: The NCTJ Guide for Trainee Journalists - Couverture rigide

Smith, Jon

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ISBN 10 : 1412947502 ISBN 13 : 9781412947503

Editeur : SAGE Publications Inc, 2007

Synopsis

This is a book for everyone who wants to be a journalist: a practical guide to all you need to know, learn, and do to succeed as a trainee reporter in today's newsroom. Essential Reporting, written by an experienced NCTJ examiner includes:

• What makes a good reporter
• What is news, and how to find it
• How newsrooms work
• Day-to-day life as a reporter
• Key reporting tasks
• Covering courts and councils
• Successful interviewing
• Writing news stories
• Specialist reporting
• Handling sound, pictures and the web

It also contains a wealth of advice, tips and warnings from working journalists, a guide to NCTJ training and examinations, a glossary and a guide to further reading.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

'Precisely what it says on the cover - a down-to-earth essential handbook for anyone embarking on a career in journalism. All you need to know about avoiding newsroom minefields and attracting the editor's attention for the right reasons. If only it had been around in my day!' - Bob Satchwell, Executive Director, Society of Editors

'... an excellent practical guide to the whole business of reporting.' - Writing Magazine

This is a book for everyone who wants to be a journalist: a practical guide to all you need to know, learn and do to succeed as a trainee reporter in today's newsroom.

Although the world of journalism is changing fast, as technology blurs the boundaries between newspapers, radio, television and web-based media, the reporter's core role remains the same: to recognise news, communicate with people, gather information, and create accurate, balanced and readable stories.

Essential Reporting, written by an experienced NCTJ examiner, explains how to do this. Contents include:

· What makes a good reporter

· What is news, and how to find it

· How newsrooms work

· Day-to-day life as a reporter

· Key reporting tasks

· Covering courts and councils

· Successful interviewing

· Writing news stories

· Specialist reporting

· Handling sound, pictures and the web

It also contains a wealth of advice, tips and warnings from working journalists, a guide to NCTJ training and examinations, a glossary and a guide to further reading.

It will be invaluable to anyone embarking on a career in journalism and is the NCTJ's recommended introductory text for all students on college and university courses preparing them to become successful reporters.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Inc
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1412947502
• ISBN 13: 9781412947503
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne