Chapters include discussion questions, exercises, sample projects, checklists, tips from professionals, sample forms, story ide
Table of Contents
Preface xii Acknowledgments xiv
1 THE ROLE OF THE STUDENT PRESS 3
TIPS FROM A PRO Susan Goldberg 5
REFLECTIONS OF A COLLEGE NEWSPAPER EDITOR Ed Ronco 9
2 RECRUITING AND TRAINING YOUR STAFF 13
TIPSHEET Training your staff 15
CHECKLIST Planning a training workshop 16
Q&A Miguel M. Morales 18
Appendix 2.A Training exercises 20
3 COVERING A CAMPUS 23
CHECKLIST Covering a beat 27
TIPSHEET How to fi nd story ideas 28
TIPSHEET Covering meetings 35
TIPS FROM A PRO Mike Donoghue 36
4 REPORTING 43
TIPSHEET Student journalists share advice on covering a campus shooting 46
TIPSHEET Evaluating information on the Web 49
TIPSHEET Interviewing 51
CHECKLIST Reporting for accuracy 54
5 NEWSWRITING 57
TIPSHEET Writing ledes 60
TIPSHEET Newswriting 62
CHECKLIST Self-editing 64
6 THE LIFESTYLE PAGES 67
CHECKLIST Profi le writing 69
TIPS FROM THE PROS Debby Herbenick and Jennifer Bass 72
Q&A Josie Roberts 72
7 SPORTSWRITING 77
CHECKLIST The game story 79
Q&A Adam Rubin 86
TIPS FROM A PRO Joe Gisondi 88
8 ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT WRITING 91
Q&A Roger Ebert 93
CHECKLIST Entertainment review 94
TIPS FROM A PRO Sean McCourt 94
Q&A Rob Owen 96
9 OPINION PAGES 99
CHECKLIST The editorial 105
TIPS FROM A PRO Jill "J.R." Labbe 105
Q&A Nate Beeler 108
10 EDITING 111
TIPS FROM A PRO Steve Buttry 114
CHECKLIST Editing a story 118
TIPS FROM A PRO Becky Sher 124
11 INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING 137
TIPS FROM A PRO John Frank 144
TIPSHEET A dozen ways to avoid being burned by a hot story 145
Q&A Matt Waite 147
12 PHOTOJOURNALISM 151
CHECKLIST Photo editing 161
TIPS FROM A PRO Kenneth Kobré 161
CHECKLIST Writing cutlines 164
13 LEGAL ISSUES 167
TIPS FROM A PRO James M. Wagstaffe 169
CHECKLIST Newspaper theft 172
CHECKLIST Legal issues 176
Q&A Student Press Law Center on copyright and fair use 177
14 ETHICAL ISSUES 181
TIPS FROM A PRO Harry Kloman 184
TIPSHEET Dealing with potentially controversial content 191
REFLECTIONS ON AN ETHICAL DILEMMA Joel Elliott 192
15 STARTING A NEW NEWSPAPER 197
Q&A George Srour 203
16 DESIGN AND GRAPHICS 207
CHECKLIST Designing for content 208
TIPSHEET Good page design 211
TIPSHEET Creating a design style guide 214
CHECKLIST Page layout 216
CASE STUDY Anatomy of a newspaper redesign 217
Q&A Emmet Smith 218
17 WEBSITES 223
Newspaper or news organization? 224
CHECKLIST Breaking news shift 225
TIPSHEET Breaking news online 226
TIPSHEET Writing breaking news 230
CHECKLIST The newspaper website 231
TIPS FROM A PRO Jake Ortman 236
18 MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING 241
TIPSHEET Multimedia reporting 243
CHECKLIST Multimedia equipment 244
TIPSHEET Audio reporting 245
TIPSHEET Shooting video 249
19 SOCIAL MEDIA 257
TIPS FROM A PRO Josh Shannon 263
TIPSHEET Twitter for journalists 265
20 ADVERTISING AND MARKETING 271
TIPS FROM A PRO Kami Hammerschmith 274
Q&A Leigh Sabey 282
APPENDIX 1 Associated Press style cheat sheet 285
APPENDIX 2 Contests for student journalists 289
Index 293
