Practical Journalism

Writing is a skill, but writing ‘journalese’ requires much more knowledge, practice and effort. T his book explains the methods to acquire that ‘extra’ required to become a good journalist. It takes you through the amazing world of journalism step by step, explaining each technicality in simple, easy to understand language and provides examples wherever necessary to ensure that you understand the topic easily and quickly. The chapters of the book have been presented in such manner that goes beyond the scope of mere writing. They explain how to write headings, how to prepare manuscripts for the press, how to select and ‘process’ pictures and also how to write captions for them. News writing procedure, defining a news story, writing the lead or intro, how to conduct interviews and report speeches, how to write feature stories and how to do copy reading or editing and proof reading are some of the other chapters that make the book comprehensive. How to look for news and get it is explained in detail in a chapters of its own. Though mentioned last, this is one of the most important pre-requisites of good journalism. Students, teachers and practitioners of mass media in all its forms will find this book useful to sharpen their skill, improve their professional level and get a better and incisive insight into the fascinating world of journalism.