TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Jon ED - National Council for the Training of Journalists (Great Britain) TI - Essential reporting: the NCTJ guide for trainee journalists SN - 9781412947510 U1 - 070 PY - 2014/// CY - Los Angeles PB - SAGE KW - Reporters and reporting KW - Journalism N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; 1. What you need -- 2. What's news? -- 3. Finding out -- 4. A day in the life -- 5. First tasks -- 6. Out and about -- 7. Talking to people -- 8. The unexpected -- 9. Shaping the story -- 10. Writing the words -- 11. English matters -- 12. Working online -- 13. Audio & video -- 14. Court reporting -- 15. Local politics -- 16. Specialist areas -- 17. Features -- 18. Training N2 - Although the world of journalism is changing fast, as technology blurs the boundaries between newspapers, radio, television and web-based media, the reporter's core role remains the same: to recognise news, communicate with people, gather information, and create accurate, balanced and readable stories ER -