Chris Frost is Head of Journalism at Liverpool John Moore's University, UK. A journalist and a teacher for almost forty years, he chairs the National Union of Journalist's ethics council and is a member of the NUJ Professional Training Committee. He is the author of Journalism Ethics and Regulation (2007), Media Ethics and Self Regulation (2000) and Designing for Newspapers and Magazines (2003).

Frost (University of Central Lancashire, UK) provides pragmatic advice on traveling to obtain news. And a well-conceived discussion of the news-production process includes helpful diagrams. The book succeeds in fostering interest in news and a journalism career without hyperbole or ignoring the news media's shortcomings and challenges. Recommended for extensive collections supporting the study of news writing and reporting. Choice June 2002

• @contents: Selected Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The role of the reporter Chapter 3. Finding a story Chapter 4. Researching the story Chapter 5. Office procedures Chapter 6. On the road Chapter 7. Making contact Chapter 8. Getting the story Chapter 9. Interviewing Chapter 10. Production Chapter 11. And finally... Glossary Further reading Internet sites of interest Bibliography Index

Chris Frost is Head of Journalism at Liverpool John Moore's University, UK. A journalist and a teacher for almost forty years, he chairs the National Union of Journalist's ethics council and is a member of the NUJ Professional Training Committee. He is the author of Journalism Ethics and Regulation (2007), Media Ethics and Self Regulation (2000) and Designing for Newspapers and Magazines (2003).

Frost (University of Central Lancashire, UK) provides pragmatic advice on traveling to obtain news. And a well-conceived discussion of the news-production process includes helpful diagrams. The book succeeds in fostering interest in news and a journalism career without hyperbole or ignoring the news media's shortcomings and challenges. Recommended for extensive collections supporting the study of news writing and reporting. Choice June 2002

• @contents: Selected Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The role of the reporter Chapter 3. Finding a story Chapter 4. Researching the story Chapter 5. Office procedures Chapter 6. On the road Chapter 7. Making contact Chapter 8. Getting the story Chapter 9. Interviewing Chapter 10. Production Chapter 11. And finally... Glossary Further reading Internet sites of interest Bibliography Index