Saxena, Ambrish <br/><br/>
Fundamentals of reporting and editing 
Ambrish Saxena 
 - New Delhi :  Kanishka Publishers ,  2007 
 - 358 p.  
<br/><br/>1. Understanding News<br/>  What is News?<br/>  Definitions of News<br/>  Nature of News<br/>  Qualities of News<br/>  News Elements<br/>  Where to Look for News<br/>2. News Value<br/>  Determinants of News<br/>  Other Determinants of News Value<br/>  Types of News<br/>  Hard Vs Soft News<br/>  News Vs Information<br/>  Information Turning in News<br/>3. Report Writing<br/>  The Simple News Lead<br/>  Inverted Pyramid<br/>  Benefits of Inverted Pyramid<br/>  The Five Ws<br/>  Conventional Lead<br/>  Modem Lead<br/>  Playing Up a W<br/>  Crowding the Lead<br/>  Complete Reporting<br/>  Tasting the Lead<br/>4. Writing the Lead<br/> Lead/Intro<br/>The News Lead<br/>Summary or Digest Lead<br/>Other Leads<br/>Identifying the Features<br/>Combining Stories<br/>Polishing the Lead<br/>Rhetoric<br/>Emphasising News Values<br/>Various Patterns of Lead Writing<br/>Question Lead<br/>Punch, Capsule or Cartridge Lead<br/>Statement or Direct-Quotation Lead<br/>Contrast Lead<br/>Direct-Address/Direct-Appeal Lead<br/>Descriptive Lead<br/>Parody Lead<br/>Historical or Literary-Allusion Lead<br/>Staccato Lead<br/>Suspended Interest Lead<br/>Circumstantial Lead<br/>Oddity or Freak Lead<br/>Dialogue Lead<br/>Colour or Figurative Lead<br/>Narrative Lead<br/>Bullet Lead<br/>Contrasting Lead<br/>Blind Lead<br/>Biiried Lead<br/>News Sources and Sourcing<br/>News Channels<br/>New Gathering<br/>Tjrpes of News Sources<br/>Tapping the News Sources<br/>Credibility of Source<br/>Protection of Source<br/>Sourdng<br/>Need for Attribution<br/>Identification of Source<br/>How to Attribute?<br/>Off-the-Record<br/>Role of Source<br/>Role of Reporter<br/>6. Reporting for News Media<br/>Principles of Reporting<br/>Objectivity in Reporting<br/>Social Responsibility<br/>Reporting for Different Media<br/>Daily Newspaper<br/>News Magazine<br/>News Agency<br/>Pool Reporting<br/>Pool in Newspaper<br/>Pool in News Agency<br/>Pool in Radio<br/>Rewrites<br/>Press Releases<br/>Follows-Ups<br/>The Developing Story<br/>Embargo<br/>7. Reporter and Reporting<br/>Reporter—Backbone of a Newspaper<br/>A Reporter Defined<br/>Tools of a Reporter<br/>A Reporter in Action<br/>Precautions Required in Reporting<br/>Problems in Newsgathering<br/>Guidelines for Reporters<br/>Qualities of a Reporter<br/>Tips for a Reporter<br/>Responsibilities of a Reporter<br/>Functions of a Reporter in a Democracy<br/>Reporting Set-up in a Newspaper<br/>Local Beats<br/>Functions of Reporting Room<br/>Functions and Responsibilities of Chief Reporter<br/>8. Writing General Stories<br/>Personals and Briefe<br/>Personals<br/>Briefe<br/>Fillers<br/>Speeches, Publications and Interviews<br/>Speeches<br/>Speech Story Lead<br/>Body of the Speech Story<br/>Publications<br/>Personal Interviews<br/>  Planning Questions for Interview<br/>  Rights of the Interviewee<br/>  Rights of the Interviewer<br/>  Conducting the Interview<br/>  Interview Story Forms<br/>  Meetings and Special Events<br/>  Types of Meeting Stories<br/>  Conventions<br/>  Special Events<br/>9. Writing Simple Story Tjrpes<br/>  Illness, Deaths and Funerals<br/>  News Value of Obits and Other Stories<br/>  Factors of Magnitude<br/>  Illness<br/>  Deaths<br/>  Obituaries<br/>  Funeral<br/>  Fires and Accidents<br/>  Facts and Sources<br/>  Story Forms<br/>  Complete Reporting<br/>  Seasons, Weather and Natural Disasters<br/>  Weattiers Stories<br/>  Special Weather Stories<br/>  Natural Disasters<br/>  Seasons<br/>  Weaving the Story<br/>10. Crime Reporting<br/> Journalist's Responsibility in Crime Reporting<br/> Sources of Crime News<br/> Dealing with the Police<br/> Other Sources<br/> Areas Covered under Crime Reporting<br/> Precautions Required for Crime Reporters<br/> Civil Disorder<br/> Rapes<br/> Suicides<br/> Crime Reporters<br/> Follow-Ups<br/> Tools of Reporters<br/> General Terms used in Crime Reporting<br/>11. Reporting Beats<br/>  Introduction<br/>  What is Reporting Beats?<br/>  Civic/Local Bodies Beat<br/>  Cultural Beat<br/>  Health Beat<br/>  Civil Administration Beat<br/>  Legal Beat/Court Reporting<br/>  Religion and Festival Beat<br/>  Political Beat<br/>  Education Beat<br/>  Film/Entertainment Beat<br/>12. Editorial Department<br/>  Organisatior\al Structure of a Daily<br/>  Editorial Department in Today's Newspapers<br/>  Set-up of Editorial Department<br/>  Editor's Position in the Editorial<br/>  Editor's Team<br/>  Some Other Designations<br/>  Role and Responsibilities of Editor<br/>13. News Room Operations<br/>  News Room<br/>  News Room Set-up<br/>  News Room Functions<br/>  Conventional News Room<br/>  Modem News Room<br/>  News Editor<br/>  Chief Sub-editor<br/>  Seruor Sub-editor<br/>  Sub-editor<br/>  Duties and Functions of a Sub-editor<br/>14. Editing the Copy<br/>  Mearung of Editing<br/>  Scope of Editing<br/>  Objectives of Editing<br/>  Tools of Editing<br/>  Copy Selection and Copy Tasting<br/>  Administering the Editing Job<br/>  Steps in Editing Process<br/>  Copy Tightening and Fine-tuning<br/>  Style Sheet; Its Importance in a Newspaper<br/>  A Model Style Sheet<br/>  Copy Editing<br/>  Electronic Editing<br/>  Wire News<br/>  Rewriting Stories<br/>  Copyreading Symbols<br/>  Correcting Copy<br/>  Proof-reading<br/>  Basics of Proof-reading<br/>  Precautions Required in Proof-reading<br/>  Using Proof-reading Symbols<br/>  Journalistic Terms<br/>15. Headlining<br/>  Importance of Headlines<br/>  Defining Headlines<br/>  Functions/Purpose of Headlines<br/>  Characteristics of Headlines<br/>  Features of Headlines<br/>  Headline Types/Pattems/Trends<br/>  Headline S^edule<br/>  Types/Fonts and their Sizes<br/>  Writing Headlines<br/>  Guidelines for Writing Headlines<br/>  Selecting the Headline<br/>  Some Rules of Headline Writing<br/>  Verbs in Headlines<br/>  Words in Headlines<br/>  Principles of Headline Writing<br/>  Decks<br/>  Some Caution<br/>  Subheads<br/>  Experimentation in Headlines 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9788173919725 (hb) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Journalism<br/>Reporting and editing
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>070.41  / SAX/F