Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 Theory of the Press in a Democratic Society 1
Chapter 2 Ethics 15
Chapter 3 What Is News? 41
Chapter 4 Who Is a Reporter? 57
Chapter 5 Newsgathering 75
Chapter 6 Interviewing 109
Chapter 7 Writing the News for Print 127
Chapter 8 Writing the News for Broadcast 157
Chapter 9 Writing the News for the Web 185
Chapter 10 Photographing the News 201
Chapter 11 Feature Writing 219
Chapter 12 Writing the Depth/Investigative Story 233
Chapter 13 Writing Editorials, Columns, and Reviews 247
Chapter 14 Editing 267
Chapter 15 Media Law 281
A Look to the Future 309
Appendix: Code of Ethics 313
Bibliography 327
About the Author 335
Index 337