Reporting That Matters Public Affairs Coverage,9780205434626

Reporting That Matters Public Affairs Coverage

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780205434626
ISBN10: 0205434622
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-03-31
Publisher(s): Pearson
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Summary

Public Affairs Reportingoffers an inclusive and diverse perspective to public affairs reporting. It expands the traditional approach to public affairs reporting beyond the mainstay of local and regional news coverage to include virtually everything that is involved in public life: from government to the arts, religion to the environment, business to law enforcement, and more. "Professional Tips" sections in each chapter provide a series of questions and answers from professional journalists.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
About the Authors xv
PART ONE Reporting Strategies and Methods
1(114)
The Changing World of Journalism
1(18)
Generation Y
2(3)
Interactive Journalism
5(3)
Civic Journalism
8(1)
Professional Tips
9(4)
Mapping the Beat
13(2)
Media Convergence
15(1)
Blogging and Citizen Journalists
16(2)
Chapter Exercises
18(1)
Generating Story Ideas
19(10)
Begin at the Beginning
20(1)
Walking the Dog
21(1)
Generation Y and News
22(1)
Professional Tips
23(2)
Searching for Story Ideas
25(2)
Curiosity Is King
27(1)
Chapter Exercises
28(1)
Finding and Cultivating Diverse Sources
29(10)
The Sources among Us
30(1)
Source Cultivation and Ethics
31(1)
Searching for Sources
32(1)
The Psychology of Sources
33(1)
Usage Ground Rules
33(1)
Professional Tips
34(2)
Human and Nonhuman Sources
36(2)
Chapter Exercises
38(1)
Interviews
39(12)
Where to Start
40(1)
A Success Story
40(2)
A Failure
42(1)
Conscious Decisions
42(1)
Professional Tips
43(1)
Other Considerations
44(3)
The Subtleties of Interviewing
47(1)
Some Final Tips
48(1)
Chapter Exercises
49(2)
Meetings, Speeches and Press Conferences
51(16)
Meeting Advances
52(2)
Covering the Meeting
54(2)
Writing the Meeting Story
56(3)
Speeches
59(1)
Press Conferences
60(1)
Professional Tips
61(2)
Other Events
63(1)
Access to Meetings
64(1)
Checklists for Meetings and Speeches
65(1)
Chapter Exercises
66(1)
Ethical and Legal Issues
67(18)
Ethical Perspectives
68(1)
Ethics and Diversity
69(1)
Self-Reflections
70(1)
Accuracy and Fairness
71(2)
Conflicts of Interest
73(1)
Attribution and Identification
74(1)
Professional Tips
75(2)
Plagiarism
77(1)
Privacy
77(2)
Libel
79(1)
Codes of Ethics
80(2)
Chapter Exercises
82(3)
Access to Public Records
85(14)
The Right to Know
86(1)
Access for Real Life
86(2)
The Freedom of Information Act
88(1)
State Public Records Laws
88(1)
Professional Tips
89(3)
How to Request Records
92(2)
What to Do when Denied
94(2)
Chapter Exercises
96(3)
Documents, Databases and Computers
99(16)
Getting Started on a Beat
100(1)
Finding Helpful Records
101(2)
Finding Stories in Records
103(2)
The Internet as a Reporting Tool
105(1)
Professional Tips
106(2)
Computer-Assisted Reporting
108(3)
Five Basic Rules
111(1)
Chapter Exercises
112(3)
PART TWO Writing, Editing and Presentation
115(64)
Leads
115(10)
Inverted Pyramid
116(1)
Mission Impossible
116(1)
Professional Tips
117(2)
Tips for Leads
119(2)
Taking a Chance
121(2)
Quality Work
123(1)
Chapter Exercises
124(1)
Storytelling Techniques
125(14)
Scene-Setting Leads
127(1)
Literary Journalism
128(1)
Narrative Ideas
129(1)
Telling the Story
130(1)
Professional Tips
131(4)
Getting It Right
135(1)
Powering Up Your Writing
136(1)
Chapter Exercises
137(2)
In-depth Stories, and Series and Team Reporting
139(12)
Team Newsroom
140(1)
The Same Story/Two Perspectives
141(2)
Professional Tips
143(2)
Convergence: A Short History
145(1)
Virtual Newspapers
146(2)
Professional Tips
148(1)
Chapter Exercises
149(2)
Working with Editors, Designers and Photographers
151(14)
Coaching
152(2)
Story Planning
154(2)
Photography
156(1)
Professional Tips
157(2)
Informational Graphics
159(2)
Survival Skills
161(1)
Sidebar: The Value of Planning
162(1)
Chapter Exercises
163(2)
Data and Numbers
165(14)
Thinking about Business
166(2)
Data Collection
168(3)
Professional Tips
171(1)
The Wall Street Journal
172(1)
Consumer News
173(2)
Finances/Budgets
175(2)
Chapter Exercises
177(2)
PART THREE Public Affairs Basic Beats
179(110)
Local Government
179(16)
Getting Started on the Beat
180(2)
City Government
182(2)
County Government
184(1)
Special Districts
185(1)
Professional Tips
186(1)
Budgets and Audits
187(2)
Planning and Zoning
189(3)
Empowering Citizens
192(1)
Chapter Exercises
192(3)
Politics and Elections
195(20)
Journalism and Democracy
196(1)
Getting Started on the Beat
197(2)
Preelection Stories
199(6)
Polls and Surveys
205(2)
Professional Tips
207(4)
Postelection Stories
211(1)
Politics between Elections
212(1)
Conclusion
213(1)
Chapter Exercises
213(2)
Law Enforcement
215(14)
Getting Started on the Beat
216(1)
Useful Sources and Documents
217(2)
Covering Crimes versus Crime
219(2)
Crime on Campus
221(1)
Professional Tips
222(2)
Holding Agencies Accountable
224(1)
Disasters and Tragedies
225(3)
Chapter Exercises
228(1)
Covering the Courts
229(10)
The Why of Courts Reporting
230(1)
Whose Story Is It?
231(1)
The Judicial System
232(1)
Professional Tips
233(4)
Resources
237(1)
Chapter Exercises
238(1)
Education
239(12)
The Importance of Coverage
240(1)
Beat Sources and Stories
240(3)
Legalities
243(3)
Structure and Other Information
246(1)
Professional Tips
247(3)
Final Thoughts
250(1)
Chapter Exercises
250(1)
Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Other Interests
251(14)
Public Money, Private Profit
252(1)
Money Spent, Money Earned
253(2)
Winners and Losers
255(1)
Professional Tips
256(4)
Context, Context, Context
260(1)
Professional Tips
261(2)
Conclusion
263(1)
Chapter Exercises
263(2)
Environment, Science, Health Care and Medicine
265(14)
Environmental Reporting
266(5)
Science Reporting
271(1)
Professional Tips
272(4)
Health Care and Medicine
276(1)
Chapter Exercises
277(2)
Social Services and Nonprofit Agencies
279(10)
One Woman's Story
280(3)
Social Services
283(1)
Nonprofits
284(1)
Professional Tips
285(3)
Chapter Exercises
288(1)
Appendix A: Obituaries 289(10)
Appendix B: Getting a Job 299(10)
Appendix C: Reporting Resources List and Internet Links 309(9)
Index 318

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