Advanced Newsgathering

Written primarily as a text for the serious student of journalism, this invaluable back-to-basics approach to news collection and reporting will benefit the professional journalist as well. Bryce T. McIntyre uses his extensive experience as both a professor of journalism and a working journalist for newspapers around the country to present practical information on gathering and writing the news. Advanced Newsgathering challenges the journalism student with solid, fundamental newswriting techniques and crucial information about the world outside that student's immediate environment: the various structures of governmental agencies, ethical questions, and journalism and the law. The book begins by introducing the novitiate to the world of the journalist and establishing a background for understanding advanced reporting. McIntyre follows this with a concise but comprehensive treatment of newswriting, including at least one appropriate story structure for every occasion. Subsequent chapters deal with state and local governments as well as political, legal, business, science, and health writing. The book ends with a valuable chapter on the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act and how to obtain information under it.Bryce T. Mcintyre is the author of 'Advanced Newsgathering', published 1991 under ISBN 9780275935221 and ISBN 0275935221.