Writing: Language -- Meanings -- Plain english -- Spelling and grammar -- Sentence structure -- Analogies, metaphors and cliches -- Objectivity -- Leads: News judgment -- Hard leads -- Soft leads -- Stories: Attribution -- Quotations -- Mechanics -- Information selection -- Organization -- Background and context -- Reporting: Techniques: Facts -- Story origination -- Research -- Sources -- Interviewing -- Coverage: Obituaries -- Meetings, speeches and press conferences -- Government and politics -- Police -- Courts -- Features -- Specialized coverage: Municipal services -- Education -- Business and labor -- Science

1. Reporters and Reporting