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Essential Reporting: The NCTJ Guide for Trainee Journalists
This is a book for everyone who wants to be a a practical guide to all you need to know, learn, and do to succeed as a trainee reporter in today′s newsroom.
Although the world of journalism is changing fast, as technology blurs the boundaries between newspapers, radio, television and web-based media, the reporter′s core role remains the to recognize news, communicate with people, gather information, and create accurate, balanced, and readable stories.
Essential Reporting, written by an experienced NCTJ examiner, explains how to do this. Contents
What makes a good reporterWhat is news, and how to find itHow newsrooms workDay-to-day life as a reporterKey reporting tasksCovering courts and councilsSuccessful interviewingWriting news storiesSpecialist reporting Handling sound, pictures and the web
It also contains a wealth of advice, tips and warnings from working journalists, a guide to NCTJ training and examinations, a glossary and a guide to further reading.
It will be invaluable to anyone embarking on a career in journalism and is the NCTJ′s recommended introductory text for all students on college and university courses preparing them to become successful reporters.
Although the world of journalism is changing fast, as technology blurs the boundaries between newspapers, radio, television and web-based media, the reporter′s core role remains the to recognize news, communicate with people, gather information, and create accurate, balanced, and readable stories.
Essential Reporting, written by an experienced NCTJ examiner, explains how to do this. Contents
What makes a good reporterWhat is news, and how to find itHow newsrooms workDay-to-day life as a reporterKey reporting tasksCovering courts and councilsSuccessful interviewingWriting news storiesSpecialist reporting Handling sound, pictures and the web
It also contains a wealth of advice, tips and warnings from working journalists, a guide to NCTJ training and examinations, a glossary and a guide to further reading.
It will be invaluable to anyone embarking on a career in journalism and is the NCTJ′s recommended introductory text for all students on college and university courses preparing them to become successful reporters.
- GenresNonfictionJournalism
280 pages, Paperback
First published September 18, 2007
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