Field Guide to Covering Local News: How to Report on Cops, Courts, Schools, Emergencies, and Government
Fred Bayles is a journalism professor and director of the Boston University Statehouse Program, which publishes more than 250 bylined stories each semester on state government and politics in daily newspapers and websites around Massachusetts. He spent 30 years in daily journalism, including 20 years as a national correspondent for The Associated Press and USA TODAY. His work took him to more than 40 states and 10 countries. Assignments included the 1991 Gulf War, the 1994 Haiti incursion, the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster and the O.J. Simpson investigation and verdict.