Advanced Newsgathering

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Written primarily as a text for the serious student of journalism, the professional journalist may profit as well from this nuts and bolts approach to news collection and reporting, Bryce T.McIntyre uses his experience as both a professor of journalism and a working journalist for newspapers to present practical information on gathering and writing the news. "Advanced Newsgathering" challenges the journalism student with fundamental newswriting techniques and information about the world outside that student's immediate environement; 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 treatment of newswriting, including at least one appropriate story structure for every occasion. Following chapters deal with state and local governments as well as political, legal, business, science and health writing. The book finishes with a chapter on the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act and how to obtain information under it.

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Bryce T. McIntyre taught journalism at California State University, Northridge, Stanford University, and the University of Wisconsin. He worked at many newspapers around the country, including the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Examiner, and The Arizona Republic. He received his PhD from Stanford, and co-authored Writing Opinion: Editorials.