Description
Arjun Publishing House News Reporting by N Prabhakar and N Basu
The news is a new piece of information about a significant and recent event that affects the audience and is of interests of them. Reporting of news is often described as a coldly impersonal job. A reporter is essentially a story teller and he should tell the story in a objective and truthful manner, without lacing it with personal opinions or subjective comments. He should be fair and impartial and present both sides of the story. New reporting is a professional work. One needs to acquire skills, polish the language of work, and ground oneself well into the various social, economical and political issues of the society. This book discusses the basic concepts of news and values and sources one needs to cultivate to one's reporting job professionally. It enumerates the qualities one needs to acquire in order to report in the mass media most competently. It also deals with the various responsibilities of a news reporter has to shoulder. Professional reporters and students and teachers of journalism will find this book of utmost use.