Title: Newspaper reporting today,
Authors: Clayton, Charles C.
Publisher: The Odyssey Press
Year: 1947
Subjects: Reporters and reporting
Contents: Pt.I. The reporter and his role. The reporter as a specialist ; Qualifications and rewards ; Why it is news ; The craft of reporting ; Visual and interpretative reporting ; Developing news sources -- Pt.II. The mechanics of news writing. Organizing the story ; Writing the lead ; The news writer's tools ; The reporter and the law of libel ; Rewrite and follow-up stories ; The art of the interview ; Feature stories: the human slant on the news -- Pt.III. Specialized reporting. Speeches, meetings, conventions ; Police and crime ; Covering the courts ; The run reporter ; The Federal Building ; Government, city and state ; Politics and elections ; Business, finance, and labor ; The field of science ; The world of sports ; Appealing to the feminine reader ; Criticism and reviews.