How-To News Writer: 25 Ways to Develop Reporting, Writing and Digital Skills

This book is the ultimate primer for reporters, community journalists, extension agents, bloggers and anyone interested in learning the news. It's a step-by-step guide on how to write news and how to write it well. The current edition features new chapters on: How to produce content on demand, How to cover a beat, How to shoot digital photos, How to plan and create videography, How to blog and micro-blog and How to crowdsource.Better still, remaining chapters on news writing, ethics and First Amendment rights are richer, updated and as concise as ever. You’ll learn or renew interest in how to edit, detect plagiarism, quote, write leads, execute features and cover events, meetings of the Legislature and much, much more!