Essential Reporting: The NCTJ Guide for Trainee Journalists

By Jon Smith and Joanne Butcher

This is a book for everyone who wants to be a journalist: 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 same: 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 include:

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412947510
• ISBN13: 9781412947510
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.3" x 9.1"