Research Catalog

Title

The universal journalist / David Randall.

Author

Randall, David, 1951-

Publication

London ; Sterling Va. : Pluto Press, 2000.

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Details

Description

ix, 225 pages; 22 cm

Summary

Good journalists share a common commitment to the search for truth, often in far from ideal circumstances. With this assertion, the author emphasises that good journalism isn't just about objectives, but also the range of skills involved.

Subjects

• Reporters and reporting
• Journalism
• Beroepspraktijk
• Journalistiek
• Journalists
• journalists
• journalism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [218-220]) and index.

Contents

What Makes A Good Reporter? -- Attitudes -- Character -- A great reporter -- The Limitations of Journalism -- Owners' priorities -- The journalistic culture -- Readers' values -- What Is News? -- News values -- News value factors -- A sliding scale for stories -- Where Do Good Stories Come From? -- The habits of successful reporters -- Non-obvious sources -- Stories that good reporters avoid -- Research -- What you should be looking for -- Where to get it -- Handling Sources, Not Them Handling You -- Guidelines for dealing with any source -- Official sources -- Handling Unauthorised sources -- Unattributable sources -- Getting too close to sources -- Questioning -- Questioning uneasy sources -- Questioning evasive and hostile sources -- Press conferences -- Personality interviews -- Reporting Numbers and Statistics -- Questioning data -- Averages -- Distribution -- Percentages -- Per head -- Surveys -- Opinion polls -- Correlation -- Projections -- Real versus apparent rise -- Online Research -- The Web -- Guides -- Journalism resources -- News sites -- Searching -- Advanced search features -- How to evaluate Web pages -- Other tips for surfers -- Newsgroups -- Message boards -- Lists -- Investigative Reporting -- What is investigative reporting? -- Productive areas to investigate -- Investigative reporting skills -- How to run investigative operations -- How To Cover Major Incidents -- How to make sure your coverage of a disaster doesn't turn into one -- Death tolls -- The death call.

ISBN

• 0745316425
• 9780745316420
• 0745316417
• 9780745316413

LCCN

00008411

OCLC

• ocm43481682
• 43481682
• SCSB-1266069

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library