Modern news reporting

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Preface = xvii
• Foreword = xxi
• 1. THE REPORTER AND HIS JOB = 1
• Occupation : Newspaperman = 1
• First, Finish Your Education = 2
• Ways to Gain Experience = 5
• Looking for a Job = 6
• Women Are Wanted = 9
• Start at the Beginning = 10
• Does Reporting Pay Off? = 11
• 2. WHAT IS NEWS AND WHY? = 13
• The Definitions of News = 13
• Isolating the News Elements = 15
• Immediacy - the First News Element = 15
• The Impact of Proximity = 18
• The Pull of Prominence = 20
• Oddity Often Is News = 21
• Conflict Draws the Crowd = 22
• Suspense in the News Drama = 23
• Human Emotions and Appetites = 24
• Is It of Consequence? = 26
• Inspecting a Front Page = 27
• 3. INSIDE THE LOCAL ROOM = 30
• You Are on the Times = 30
• A Look at the Local Room = 32
• The Types of Reporters = 33
• Keeping Tab on the News = 35
• The Perpetual Future File = 36
• News Space Bookkeeping = 37
• The Function of the Copy Desk = 38
• A Visit to the Morgue = 40
• "Let's See the Clips" = 43
• 4. GO AND GET A STORY! = 45
• A Reporter Starts His Day = 45
• Planning a Program = 46
• Rounding Up the News = 46
• At Work with a Beat Man = 47
• With a Special Assignment Man = 49
• A Leg Man on Wheels = 51
• Look, Listen and Learn! = 51
• Work with the Photographer = 53
• The Reporter's Copy = 53
• 5. WRITING THE NEWS CLEARLY = 57
• Four Accounts of a Fire = 57
• A Lesson in Style = 58
• Think First - Then Write = 59
• Lines Are Worth Money = 60
• Choose the Common Word = 60
• Faults in Fancy Phrases = 63
• Straighten Out Your Sentences = 64
• Cure Your Compositionitis = 66
• Get Rid of Gobbledygook = 66
• Tense Can Be Tricky = 68
• 6. THE SECRETS OF STYLE = 70
• Clearness First - Then Color = 70
• Search for Specific Words = 71
• Persistent Precision Pays = 72
• Appeal to the Senses = 73
• More Pointers on Style = 74
• Watch for New Words = 75
• Slang May Pack a Punch = 76
• The Personal Touch in Style = 77
• Accuracy and Editorializing = 79
• Style Sheets and Books = 80
• 7. HOW TO START THE STORY = 83
• The Vital First Words = 83
• Why the Forthright Lead? = 84
• The Pyramid - Upright and Inverted = 85
• Digging Out the Lead = 88
• Another Lead Experiment = 89
• Introducing the Five W's = 90
• Identification Is Necessary = 92
• Putting Your Best W Forward = 93
• Rhetorical Devices in Leads = 94
• Don't Overload the Washline = 95
• 8. NOVELTY IN NEWS LEADS = 98
• Catching the Reader's Eye = 98
• The W's in New Forms = 98
• A List of Lead Varieties = 100
• Pitching a Punch Lead = 100
• Sketching a Picture Lead = 102
• That First - Then This! = 103
• Ask-and-Answer Openers = 104
• Background in the Beginning = 105
• Eye-Catching Quality in Quotes = 105
• Freaks in the Lead Family = 106
• Choose Your Own Lead = 107
• 9. THE STORY STRUCTURE = 112
• After the Lead, What? = 112
• The Lead-to-Body Link = 113
• The Pyramid in New Shapes = 114
• Fitting the Facts Together = 118
• Dividing the Action Story = 118
• Choosing and Meshing Quotes = 120
• Combination of the Diagrams = 122
• Transitions and Connectives = 124
• The End of the Story = 125
• 10. NEWS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD = 127
• Plain People in Print = 127
• The Swing to the Suburbs = 129
• Picking Up Personals = 131
• Writing the Brevity Right = 132
• The Personal Item Expands = 134
• Accounts of Illness = 135
• Birth Announcements = 136
• Data for a Death Story = 138
• Accounts of Funeral Services = 140
• Preparing the Obituary = 142
• 11. ACCIDENTS, FIRES AND SUICIDES = 144
• Conway Loses a Story = 144
• Nailing Down the Facts = 145
• Look for Loss of Life = 146
• Integrating the Identifications = 147
• Accident Story Leads = 149
• A Fire and an Explosion = 150
• Motor Vehicle Mishaps = 151
• The Treatment of Suicides = 154
• Handling Suicides With Care = 155
• 12. FORECASTS AND FOLLOW-UPS = 157
• How the News Unwinds = 157
• The Community Bulletin Board = 158
• The Vanguard of the News = 159
• Don't Try to Prophesy = 160
• Fair Headstarts and Gun-Jumping = 161
• What Happens Next? = 162
• Follow-up-and Second-Day Stories = 163
• Tying in the Background = 164
• Diagraming the Follow-up Story = 167
• 13. FROM PLATFORM TO PRESS = 170
• An X Quantity in the News = 170
• The Speech Story Assignment = 171
• Speech Copies in Advance = 172
• Should You Study Shorthand? = 173
• Extracting News from a Speech = 175
• Types of Speech Leads = 176
• Watching for the Unexpected = 177
• Speech Story Structure = 179
• Helpful Words and Phrases = 181
• Catching Quotes in Debates = 183
• 14. INTERVIEWS AND PRESS CONFERENCES = 185
• The Import of Interviews = 185
• Planning an Interview = 186
• The Art of Asking Questions = 188
• Note-Taking and Tape-Talk = 189
• Guiding the Conversation = 190
• The Interview Story Lead = 192
• Interview Story Structure = 193
• Press Conference Problems = 194
• Collective Interviews = 195
• 15. LIBEL WILL MAKE YOU LIABLE = 198
• The Responsibilities of Reporting = 198
• Liberty Is Not License = 199
• The Law of the Press = 201
• What Is Libel? = 202
• Be Careful with Crime News = 203
• Reputations and Livelihoods = 206
• The Protection of Privilege = 207
• The Right of Fair Comment = 208
• Watch Names and Addresses = 209
• Say It with Safety = 210
• It Pays to Take Precautions = 211
• An Apology May Help = 212
• 16. THE TABOOS OF THE TRADE = 214
• The Press Governs Itself = 214
• When Suppression Is Warranted = 215
• Don't Deride Race or Color = 216
• Respect for Religious Beliefs = 217
• What Are Profanity and Obscenity? = 218
• Good Taste Is Good Sense = 219
• Supernatural Stuff and Superstition = 221
• Rumor Can Be Ruinous = 222
• Publicity and Free Advertising = 224
• Borrowing from Other Papers = 225
• 17. COMPOSING THE COMPOSITE STORY = 228
• The Single Story Spreads Out = 228
• City Room Procedure = 229
• Covering Composite Stories = 229
• Leads for Composite Stories = 231
• Linking the Angles = 232
• Use of the Action Diagram = 233
• The Fact Structure Extended = 235
• The 1-2-3 Arrangement = 237
• 18. THE HUMAN TOUCH IN NEWS = 240
• The Case of the Lost Shoe = 240
• What Is Human Interest? = 241
• Specific H-I Situations = 244
• "Doc" Hickock Comes Home = 246
• The Appeal of Children = 247
• Anecdotes about Animals = 248
• Humor and Pathos = 249
• Sentiment v. Sentimentality = 250
• Faking and "Featurizing" = 252
• 19. SUSPENDED INTEREST STORIES = 254
• An Adventure with an Indian = 254
• A Dowser Did It = 255
• Human and Suspended Interest = 256
• The Dramatic Formula = 257
• Leading into Suspense = 259
• The Short, Short Story = 261
• Keeping the Reader Dangling = 262
• Cumulation Creates Suspense = 264
• The Punch Line at End = 265
• 20. GIVE IT TO A REWRITE MAN = 266
• The Rewrite Battery in Action = 266
• Duties of the Rewrite Man = 266
• The Technique of Telephoning = 269
• An Exchange of Advice = 270
• A Story Is Telephoned = 271
• Leads for Lifted Stories = 274
• Shifting the Emphasis = 276
• Localizing the Out-of-Town Article = 277
• Advances v. Follow-ups = 278
• Other Rewrite Tasks = 280
• 21. NEWS FROM OUT OF TOWN = 282
• Blair Gets a Break = 282
• Opportunities for Correspondents = 283
• News from a Distance = 284
• Classifications of Correspondents = 285
• The Job of the Rural Stringer = 286
• A Guide for Correspondents = 287
• The Query and Wordage Order = 289
• More About Queries = 292
• Filing Telegraphy Copy = 293
• Localizing Out-of-Town News = 295
• A field on an Out-of-Town Assignment = 296
• Press Service Copy = 297
• 22. CATCHING THE DEADLINES = 299
• Speed in the Newsroom = 299
• Literature in a Hurry = 300
• The News Assembly Line = 301
• Patchwork with Precision = 302
• Bulletins and Flashes = 304
• How Bulletins Are Handled = 305
• From Bulletin to Lead = 307
• Inserts, Adds and A-Matter = 308
• Application of the Short Cuts = 309
• Revision with Speed = 312
• 23. POLICY, CRUSADES AND EXPOSES = 314
• Views in the News = 314
• Policy and the Reporter = 315
• Ethics in News Treatment = 316
• Crusades, Expos$$\acute e$$s and Platforms = 317
• Covering Policy Assignments = 320
• Slanting without Instructions = 321
• Three Stories About "The Cat" = 324
• 24. SPORTS FROM THE PRESS BOX = 328
• News for Men and Women = 328
• The Fight's the Thing = 329
• Sports That Make News = 331
• Who Are the Sports Writers? = 333
• Finding Out the Facts = 335
• Piecing the Story Together = 335
• How to Write the Lead = 337
• Sports Slang and Vernacular = 338
• From the Lead Down = 340
• Statistics in Sports = 341
• Running Stories of Sports = 343
• Dope and Gossip Stories = 345
• 25. WRITING NEWS FOR WOMEN = 347
• Women Finance the Paper = 347
• By of and for Women = 348
• The Two Worlds of Women = 349
• Pages for Women = 351
• The Society Editor at Work = 352
• Names in Social News = 353
• Society Chitchat Columns = 354
• Engagements and Weddings = 356
• Application of the Formula = 357
• Style in Society Stories = 359
• 26. THE BUSINESS BEAT MAN = 362
• Money-Making as News = 362
• What Is the Business Beat? = 363
• Business News Training = 363
• Be Accurate and Constructive = 365
• Organizing a Routine Story = 367
• Handling a Strike Story = 369
• Use the Reader's Terms = 370
• How to Simplify Statistics = 371
• Publicity and Reporters = 373
• 27. THE TREATMENT OF CRIME = 375
• Why Crime Is News = 375
• Crime and Policy = 377
• Police Reporters at Work = 379
• What Crime Is News? = 381
• Choosing a Crime Lead = 382
• Crime Story Structure = 383
• Gruesomeness and Melodrama = 384
• Police Beat Do's and Don'ts = 386
• Treating Crime Constructively = 387
• Specializing in Crime = 389
• 28. COVERING THE COURTS = 391
• The Courthouse Beat = 391
• Training for Court Reporting = 393
• News from Legal Documents = 394
• Early Stages in the Trial = 396
• Describing the Trial Setting = 398
• Reporting the Evidence = 399
• The Climax of the Trial = 401
• 29. SEX IN NEWS STORIES = 404
• Skill in Sex Reporting = 404
• How Newspapers Treat Sex = 405
• The Choice of Words = 406
• It Can Be Written = 407
• Sources of Sex News = 408
• The Lure of the Feminine = 410
• They Lived Happily = 411
• Romance on the Rocks = 412
• Sex-Connected Crime News = 414
• Dangers in Sex News = 416
• 30. POLITICS AND ELECTIONS = 418
• Who Covers Politics? = 418
• Political News Sources = 419
• The Political "Think" Piece = 421
• Covering a Campaign = 422
• Policy if Politics = 424
• Election Day and Night = 426
• Movement in Statistics = 428
• 31. TEAMWORK BY THE STAFF = 430
• Mobilizing for a Big Story = 430
• News of the First Magnitude = 431
• How the Staff Operates = 434
• Sectional Story Assignments = 434
• Shaping the Main Section = 437
• The Secondary Stories = 439
• 32. THE NEWSMEN OF THE FUTURE = 441
• A Look Back and Ahead = 441
• Newsroom Promotion Ladders = 443
• The Writing Specialist = 444
• The Allied Activities = 446
• The Conveyers of News = 447
• Qualities in News Media = 448
• News Reporting Is Basic = 451
• Appendixes = 453
• Ⅰ. Practice and Assignments = 455
• Ⅱ. Newsroom Glossary = 462
• Ⅲ. Style Sheet = 468
• Index = 473