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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- A Personal Word
- Part Opener Photos
- Cover Photos: Winners and Losers, Protest, Deployment
- 1: On the Job
- 2: Components of the Story
- 3: What Is News?
- 4: The Internet and Other Tools of the Trade*
- 5: The Lead
- 6: Story Structure
- 7: The Writer’s Art
- 8: Features, Long Stories and Series
- 9: Broadcast Newswriting
- 10: Writing News Releases
- 11: Digging for Information
- 12: Making Sound Observations
- 13: Building and Using Background
- 14: Finding, Cultivating and Using Sources
- 15: Interviewing Principles and Practices
- 16: Speeches, Meetings and News Conferences
- 17: Hunches, Feelings and Stereotypes
- 18: Accidents and Disasters
- 19: Obituaries
- 20: The Police Beat
- 21: The Courts
- 22: Sports
- 23: Business Reporting
- 24: Local Government and Education
- 25: Reporters and the Law
- 26: Taste—Defining the Appropriate
- 27: The Morality of Journalism
- Glossary
- Appendixes
- Credits
- Name Index
- Subject Index

