Hints on news reporting by Murray Sheehan
Photography self taught by Lloyd I. Snodgrass is a practical how-to guide written in the early 20th century. It is likely a self-instruction manual that introduces beginners to the basic principles and practices of photography. The book you’ve provided is a concise newsroom manual that explains what makes an event “news” and how to present it with clarity and speed. It teaches the straight-news lead built around the essentials—who, what, where, when,
and often why/how—then shows how to sustain reader interest through angles such as personal impact, prominence, locality, the unusual, children, and animals. It distinguishes straight news from feature and human-interest pieces, and offers specific guidance for covering fires, accidents, meetings, sports, trials, crime (with careful use of “alleged”), interviews, society items, and obituaries. It outlines organization from lead to body, effective use of direct quotes, and crisp style choices—concrete language, strong verbs, varied sentences, short paragraphs, and house style rules. Practical sections cover follow-ups, rewrites, preparing clean copy, and cultivating sources on regular “beats” (police, fire, hospitals, courts), plus interviewing tactics and telephone work. It closes with pitfalls to avoid (clichés, grammar slips, misidentifications) and a firm ethic: accuracy first. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Sheehan, Murray, 1887-1963 |
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| Editor | Haldeman-Julius, E. (Emanuel), 1888-1951 |
| LoC No. | ca23000412 |
| Title | Hints on news reporting |
| Original Publication | Girard: Haldeman-Julius Company, 1922. |
| Series Title | [Little blue book no. 342] |
| Series Title | Ten cent pocket series no. 342 |
| Credits | Carol Brown, Tim Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections |
| Subject | Reporters and reporting |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77396 |
| Release Date | Dec 4, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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