This is a new edition of the world's leading textbook on journalism. Translated into more than a dozen languages, David Randall's handbook is an invaluable guide to the "universals" of good journalistic practice for professional and trainee journalists worldwide. This fully updated edition contains scores of new anecdotes and examples, drawing on the author's own experience as a national newspaper reporter and columnist. It also contains a completely new chapter on "How To Be a Great Reporter."

About the Author(s)

David Randall

David Randall studied history at Cambridge University and has been a national newspaper journalist for more than 25 years. He has worked on four continents, been news editor and night editor of three national papers, and is now assistant editor and columnist at the Independent on Sunday, a UK national broadsheet. He also writes a column for Italian magazine Internazionale. His most recent book, The Great Reporters, was published to acclaim in 2005.

Table of Contents

Introduction *What Makes A Good Reporter? *Limitations of Journalism *What Is News? *Where Do Good Stories Come From? *Research *Handling Sources, Not Them Handling You *Questioning *Reporting Numbers and Statistics *Investigative Reporting *How To Cover Major Incidents *Mistakes, Corrections and Hoaxes *Ethics *Writing for Newspapers *Intros *Construction and Description *Handling Quotes *Different Ways To Tell A Story : News v features / How to write everyth