Index

 

 

 

‘Add’ matter, 81, 93, 94

Advertisements:

in newspaper design, 110

news stones from, 19–22

Analysing newspaper content, 130–6

Angles, 30

 

Backgrounders:

defined, 27

examples of, 27

follow-up, for actual event, 29

in consumer magazines, 28

in national tabloids, 28

Bill writing, 81, 85, 86, 90, 92, 95

‘Blowing back/up’ of pictures, 77

Blurbs, 99, 100

Body text, 109

Briefing defined, 4

for feature articles, 27

for reporting, 2

planning a, 13

 

Caption, photographer’s, 104

writing, 89, 92, 94, 104

Case studies/examples for social problems features, 60

Celebrity interviews, 33, 50

Chief reporter, 3

Collating, for multi–source stories, 90, 95

Columnist as expert, 48

Columns on:

arts, 51–5

celebrities, 33, 50

child care, 48, 60

consumer affaire, 45–8, 56, 57, 101

education, 57–8

medical subjects, 58–9

Conclusions, based on evidence, 29

in investigative projects, 136

Contacts, regular calls to, 6–8

Courses:

correspondence, ix

pre–training, 2

Crime reports, subbing, 86

‘Cropping’ of pictures, 77, 78

‘durent situation’ articles, see Backgrounders

Cutting files, 28, 29, 33, 42

collected by specialist writes, 56

concertina, for seasonal features, 37

for situationers, 141

maintained for training programmes, 28

of name columnists, 49

used by subeditors, 81, 90

Cuttings libraries:

for investigative projects, 136

in-house, 129

students’, 129–30

 

Deadlines:

for feature articles, 25

for reports, 11, 13

for reviews, 51

for situationers, 141

Diary pieces, see Gossip columns

Disaster stories, 93–5

policy for, 94

simulated, 28

 

Editorial production set–up, 82

 

Feature articles:

assessment, 156–8

defined, 25

for the ‘silly season’, 38

promotion of, 100

rehashing, 27

research-based, 51

seasonal, 36

staadfirsts for, 99

Feature module based on interview, 34

Features:

department, typical input, 45

page design, illustrated, 32

Features subbing, 97–101

amateur theatre review, 98

captioning, 97

headlining, 97

TV reviews, 98

Filers, 85, 109

Follow-ups, see Spin-offs

Foreign reports, subbing, 90

Formula articles:

content of, 42

general types, 27–43

illustrating, 43

researching, 43

specialist types, 45–61

 

Gossip columns, 102–3

as back-up to the news, 19

for staff and freelance, 49

style, 21

see also Personal columns

 

Half-lead, 109

Handouts, see Press releases

‘Hard sell’ features, 100

Hardening the story by subeditor, 87

Headline writing, 81, 84, 89, 92, 94, 101, 102, 104, 162

Headlines:

abbreviations in, 105–6

visualy wrong, 107

Hobby magazine, designing a, 126

House magazine, planning and designing, 123

How-to articles, examples of, 42

 

Ideas:

building on, 25

finding, 25

fitting to markets, 25

originating, 25

Interviewees:

choosing for opposing viewpoints, 29

for the comical/odd piece, 36

likely prospects for feature articles, 34, 35

‘off the record’ ausweis by, 31

Interview features, see Profiles

Interviewing:

techniques, 28, 152

to rework a feature, 30

Interviews:

as bases for feature modules, 34

checklist for, 23

for hobby magazines, 22

for investigative projects, 136

for situationers, 141

reporters’, 1–24

set-piece, 18

using shorthand for, 18

using tape-recorder for, 18, 19

with celebrities, 18

with consumers/users, 22

with experts, 22, 28, 35

with local people, 29

with people in the news, 18–19

Intro:

as basis of the headline, 4

writing, 84

Investigative projects:

for training programmes, 136

on countryside rights of way, 136

on door-to-door trading, 136

 

Jargon, 84

 

Leaders, 39–40, 102

Legal restrictions, 17, 92, 99

Legwork, to rework a feature article, 30

Local councils:

meetings/minutes, 14

residents’ relations with, 14

Local government organization, 14

 

Magazine page one design, illustrated, 124–5

Market study, for feature articles, 25, 34

Media debates:

in group workshops, 138

led by visiting experts, 138, 139

subjects covered by, 139

Media research, subjects for:

bias, 144

confusion of fact and opinion, 145

distortion, 144

intrusion, 144–5

news management, 145

the press as consumer watchdog, 145

 

Name columnists:

writing personal columns, 49

writing service columns, 46

National Council for the Training of Joumalsts (NCIJ), ix

National newspapers:

news values of, 131

slants of, 131

National Readership Survey, 132

National tabloids:

adapting local story for, 16

updating running story for, 16, 17

News editor, 2

News gathering, 1, 81, 151–5

checklist for, 23

for backgrounder, 29

News-in-briefs (‘nibs’), 22

News page of suburban weekly, Illustrated, 12

Newspaper design, 109–22

aims tad techniques, 110

of county and suburban weeklies, 118

varied for different markets, 110

News presentation illustrated, 3

News report:

content of, 4

hardening up, 10, 11

last paragraph of, 4

legal restrictions on, 95

pitfalls in, 20

‘soft sell’ 95, 106

speed needed for, 13

structure of, 95

News room, 2

illustrated, 2

News writing, 2, 81, 155–6

checklist for, 23

 

Opinion pieces, 39

samples, 41–2

Outlines:

for feature articles, 42

for situationers, 141

Page design illustrated:

area page on local paper, 119

from rough layout to printed page, 120–1

magazine page one, 124–5

type use on sports page, 117

 

Page lead, 109

Page make-up on screen, 77

Personal columns:

based on readers’ letters, 50

dangers in, 49

ideas for, 49

kinds of, 49–51

opportunities for, 49

Photojournalism:

briefing from picture editor, 65

feature, research for, 67

illustrated, 70–3

legal restrictions on, 73, 76

simulations, 64, 68, 73

Photojournalism subjects:

court coverage, 76

disabled, 66

fashion, 74–5

listed buiding, 65

person (‘mug’) shots, 67–8

royalty, 75–6

shopping, 69

sports, 68–9

Picture content of pages, 77

Picture desk:

Maison with, 7

work on, 6, 8, 69

Picture editing, 77–9

illustrated, 78

mechanics of, 78–9

Pictures:

changes for new editions, 79

colour-balancing, 77

for feature articles, 25, 66–77

‘imaging’ on screen, 77

suggesting, for news stories, 7, 10, 11, 20

varied uses of, 79, 80

Press regulation, x

Press releases and handouts, 8–9

as sources of magazine news, 22

how to read, 9

rehashed as feature articles, 27

Profiles:

questions for, 31, 34–5

research for, 31

 

Quotations/quotes, 35, 84

 

Readership:

relating to page design, 126

revealed in letters page, 13

Readers’ lettere, subbing, 101–2

Reading, of own newspaper, 19

‘Re-nosing’ the story, 81, 89, 94

Reporting:

accidents, 89

based on regular calls, 87

court, 17, 153

crime, 86

defined, 1

disasters, 90

elections, 90

fires, 87

foreign stories, 90

for national tabloids, 16, 17

for periodicals and magazines, 21

for the newspaper group’s papers, 84

funerals, 1, 5, 82

industrial activity, 15

local talking points, 13

meetings/minutes of local councils, 14

off-beat stories, 18

speeches, 10

weddings, 4

Researching for features, 25, 35

Restaurant columns, 47

Reviewing:

art, 54–5

arts in general, 51

books, 51

fiction, 52

films, 51, 52–3

music, 51

non-fiction, 52, 55

practising, with tape-recorder, 53

theatre, 51, 53

TV, 51, 98

Rewriting reports for liter edition, 16

Running story:

subbing a, 88, 90, 93–5

 

‘Scissors-and-paste’ features, 33

Seasonal subjects, 37–9

Self-assessment, xi, 150

Simulations, 28

’Snatch’ picture, 74

Specialist writer:

background of, 45–6

cuttings lies of, 56

demand for, 56

style and substance of, 56

Spin-offs (follow-ups), 30

Sports photographer, 68–9

Standfirsts, 99, 100, 101

Stand-ins, for simulated events 28, 68, 73

Structure:

for feature articles, 25

for news report, 95

for situationer, 141

programmes, x

Students’/trainees’ publications, 35, 37–8

Style:

for feature articles, 25, 61

for news-in-briefs (‘nibs’), 23

Subbing to mike legally safe, 99

Summary sheet:

contents of, 27

illustrated, 26

 

‘Think pieces’, see Opinion pieces

Topical peg:

for formula features, 42

for situationers, 143

‘Tops’, 110

Type:

formats illustrated, 113

in page desiga, 112, 113

 

Writing techniques, 62