Tables of Contents for Practical Newspaper Reporting

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Chapter/Section Title

Page #

Page Count

List of illustrations

Acknowledgements

What is news?

Assessing news value

Good news and bad

Readership

News ideas

Gathering the news

The news room

Calls and contacts

Tip-offs

Reading newspapers

Chasing the facts

Tools of the job

Taking notes

Making inquiries

Dealing with people

Being fair

Being thorough

Who to ask and where to look

Picture ideas

Working with a photographer

What makes a picture?

Colour

District reporting

What makes a reporter

Local geography

Beyond your district

Getting to grips

Nursing your contacts

Organizations

People in the know

The local angle

Diary jobs

Interviewing

Preparation

Background

Establishing confidence

Reluctant people

Using your notebook

Let them talk

The bell that rings

Coaxing answers

Checking back

Telephone interviews

Controversial interviews

Finding the hidden story

The second interview

Where interviews can fail

Attempts to vet copy

News writing

Where to begin

What is new?

Starting with a quote

Opening sentence

Stick to the facts

Simple and precise

Grabbing the reader

Order of facts

Explanations

Helping the reader

Changing subjects

Handling quotations

The right length

Facts and figures

Entering your text

Presentation

When time is short

Read it through

Complaints

Good taste

A note on short reports

Newspaper language

The problem with codes

Sentence length

The right word

Correct English

Words and idioms

Slang and contractions

Technical language

Foreign words

Double meanings

The right word order

Variety and rhythm

Numbers

Political correctness

Loaded words

Worn phrases

References

Reporting the courts

1 Court structure

Magistrates' courts

Crown courts

High Court

County courts

Coroners' courts

Consistory courts

Courts-martial

Tribunals and inquiries

2 How to write up court cases

Notes

Who, where and what?

Court feature articles

3 Privilege

4 Restrictions on reporting

Committals for trial, remand hearings and adjournments

Contempt of court

Crime and accident stories

Young offenders courts

Family proceedings

Divorce courts

Rape and indecency

Code of Practice

5 The probation service

6 The police

Useful telephone numbers

Reporting local government

124

The local councillor

Council meetings

Writing it up

The council officer

Radical change

The stories to look for

Politics

134

Independents

Electioneering

Election procedure

Party organization

Business and industry

145

Knowing the firms

Trades councils

Disputes

Shop stewards

The employers

Company publications

Employment and industry services

Winning their confidence

Reporting religions

155

Weddings

Priests and ministers

Islam

Hinduism and Sikhism

Judaism

References

Useful telephone numbers

Some thoughts on sportswriting

165

Going to a match

Writing your report

Words and openings

Colour and variety

Vocabulary

Midweek sportswriting

Sporting reference books

Summarizing

177

The short report

The long report

Balance sheets

Feature writing

183

Finding ideas

Illustrations

Interviews

Behind the facts

Comment

Good beginnings

Building the text

Some writing tips

A note on leaders

Arts reviewing

192

Shaping your review

Amateur theatre

Professional theatre

Theatre: basic background

Drama festivals

Music

Singing

Pop, folk and jazz

Films

Television

Books

Newspaper structure

211

Who does what

Copy input

What happens to your story

Page production

Press and post-press

Conclusion

Looking things up

219

The arts

Aviation

The Bible

The churches

English language

Geography

History

Industry and companies

Local government

Local information

National affairs and information

Parliament

People

Press and radio

The services

Sport

World affairs

A note on ethics

224

Press complaints

Accountability

Informants

People in the news

Journalists and their readers