Project Gutenberg 2009-12-26 Public domain in the USA. 216 Spencer, M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle) 1881 1969 Spencer, Matthew Lyle 17022673 News writing : $b The gathering , handling and writing of news stories Reading ease score: 68.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Audrey Longhurst and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "News Writing: The Gathering, Handling and Writing of News Stories" by M. Lyle Spencer is a practical guidebook on journalism written in the early 20th century. This text serves as an introductory resource for aspiring reporters, covering the essential principles of news writing, from organizational structure within a newsroom to the specific details of crafting engaging news stories. The author particularly emphasizes the craftsmanship involved in reporting, asserting that it can indeed be taught. The opening portion of the book discusses the initial challenges faced by new reporters as they enter the world of journalism. Spencer describes the anxiety and confusion that come with starting a new job in a newsroom, explaining the crucial need for understanding one's duties and newsroom dynamics. He outlines the organization of a typical newspaper, detailing roles from reporters to editors, along with the logistical and mechanical processes involved in news gathering and production. The author draws readers into the realistic experiences of a reporter, providing foundational knowledge intended to ease the transition from novice to competent journalist. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Reporters and reporting PN Text Browsing: Journalism/Media/Writing Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature 996561 996584 2024-11-13T07:06:50.885938 2023-09-13T11:39:41.030053 text/html text/html 1017143 2020-02-05T11:12:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 865569 2020-02-05T11:15:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1055692 2024-11-13T07:07:12.070824 application/epub+zip 1066178 2024-11-13T07:06:57.600906 application/epub+zip 404404 2024-11-13T07:06:54.597956 application/epub+zip 1412396 2024-11-13T07:07:21.387778 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1298069 2024-11-13T07:07:09.165851 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 630973 2022-09-14T08:12:46.736974 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 798069 797861 2024-11-13T07:06:47.535958 2023-09-13T11:39:37.846045 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 797931 2009-12-26T09:41:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 286692 2009-12-26T09:41:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 797930 2009-12-26T09:41:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 286617 2009-12-26T09:41:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21787 2024-11-13T07:07:21.556769 application/rdf+xml 15371 2024-11-13T07:06:55.266916 image/jpeg 3675 2024-11-13T07:06:54.934925 image/jpeg 961594 2024-11-13T07:06:50.999987 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia