02915cam a22003853u 4500 77396 UtSlPG 20260610134807.0 m cr n 260607r20251922utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d ca23000412 UtSlPG en iso639-1 PN Sheehan, Murray, 1887-1963 Hints on news reporting Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier [Little blue book no. 342] Ten cent pocket series no. 342 Release date is 2025-12-04 Carol Brown, Tim Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) Hints on news reporting by Murray Sheehan is a practical journalism guide written in the early 20th century. It concisely teaches how to recognize, gather, and write news for newspapers, focusing on clear structure, engaging presentation, and newsroom craft. The book opens by defining news as what interests people and explains the straight news lead built on the essentials—who, what, where, when, and, when useful, why/how—delivered first and fast. It surveys what draws readers (personal impact, sports, hobbies, prominence, local ties, the unusual, children, animals) and shows how to feature the most interesting element at the start. Sheehan contrasts straight news with “feature” and human‑interest pieces, then drills style: concrete words, strong verbs, varied sentences, tight paragraphs, and unobtrusive craftsmanship. He details how to organize common assignments—fires, accidents, meetings, sports, trials, crime, interviews, society items, and obituaries—and covers follow‑ups and rewrites. Practical chapters explain preparing copy, house style, gathering scheduled and unexpected news via beats (police, fire, hospitals, courts, clubs), interviewing tactics, telephone use, and the importance of getting names right. He closes with usage tips, pitfalls to avoid, and an overriding mandate: accuracy first. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: Girard: Haldeman-Julius Company, 1922 Reporters and reporting Haldeman-Julius, E. (Emanuel), 1888-1951 [Little blue book no. 342] Ten cent pocket series no. 342 https://books.google.com/books?id=63OWBrJusIwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22little+blue+book%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiz3oX-mtCLAxUXHNAFHTpPDfIQ6AF6BAgOEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77396 118116 118116