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Practical Journalism: How to Write News introduces the skills needed to become a journalist in the digital age. Easy to read, the book draws on interviews with dozens of working journalists. They share their thoughts on the profession and we watch them work – selecting stories, carrying out interviews, and writing scripts. There are chapters on interviewing, research techniques, and news writing. Further chapters cover working in broadcasting and online, media law, and ethics. Each chapter concludes with activities and a list of further reading and a glossary of terms is included at the end of the book.
What is News?
What is News?
Good journalists have a nose for news. They work hard to ‘sniff out’ original stories and to find the facts of the events they are assigned to cover. They strive to
- know their audience
- understand what makes a strong news story
- recognise the best angle
- avoid repeating press releases verbatim.
In the last chapter we looked at the qualities needed to be a journalist; one of the most important is having a good sense of what is news. The first thing to note is that news is created. What we see, hear and read is just a version of events which has been crafted and shaped by the people assembling the newspaper, radio or television bulletin. It may be an honest and accurate interpretation, but ...
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