Abbreviations, 269 Accidents, 149, 153 Accuracy in news, 26, 57, 67, 74, 84, 116, 128, 141, 146 Adaptability, 7 Addresses, 54, 135 "Add" stories, 253 Advance copies of speeches, 54 Advance stories, 54, 193 Advertisement, persons seeking, 47 Advertising manager, 21 Agreement of pronouns, 100 Alone, 108 Ambiguous pronouns, 100 Anger, 46 Appleton Post, quoted, 59, 77 Apostrophe, 266 Arrest sheets, 36 Articles, beginning stories with, 70 Assignments, 42 Associated Press, quoted, 237 Atlanta Constitution, quoted, 190 Automobile races, 189 Autoplate, 16 Bank, 14 Banks in headlines, 281 Banquets, 143 Baseball, 167 Basket-ball, 176 Beats: news runs, 39; scoops, 40 Beginnings of stories, 68 Beginning work, 5 Billiards, 190 Bing-bing-bing style, 93 Blotter, police, 34 Body of the story, 84 Boston Transcript, quoted, 205 Boxed summaries, 76 Boxing matches, 185 Bryan, W. J., 131 Bulldog edition, 5 Business department, 20 Business manager, 20 Capitalization, 256 Cards, calling, 42, 45 Cartoonist, 11 Cashier, 22 Charity benefits, 205 Chase, 16 Chicago American, quoted, 93 Chicago Herald, quoted, 140 Chicago Tribune, quoted, 60, 192, 230; fires, 149; follow-ups, 213; form of, 72; informal, 78; interest in, 74; interviews, 126; kinds, 68; rewrites, 219; speeches, 135; sports, 165; summarizing, 69, 138; suspense in, 78, 81; verse in, 80 Lectures, 54 Legal decisions, 144 Libel, law of, 85, 162 Librarian, 10 Linotype machine, 13 Lists of dead and injured, 150 Literary editor, 10 Life lost, 150 Localization of news, 29, 127, 218 Local news, 238 Longhand copy, 250 Los Angeles Times, quoted, 203, 204 Luncheons, 202 Magazine articles, 144 Managing editor, 11 Mannerisms, 130, 143 Maps, city, 43 Margins in copy, 250 Marine reporter, 6 Market editor, 10 Marks for correcting copy, 273 Marriages, 201, 210 Matrix, 16 Mechanical department, 13 Memory, need of, 49 Milwaukee Journal, 15, 189 Milwaukee Sentinel, quoted, 80 Minneapolis Tribune, quoted, 64 Morgue, 9 Motives, seeking, 51 Murders, 149 Names, need of accuracy, 53 Nearness of events, 29 Nevin, J. E., quoted, 131-134 News: accuracy in, 26; biased, 56; defined, 26; essentials of, 25; following up, 212; getting into print, 13; nose for, 251 Teas, 202 Technical news stories, 144 Telegraph copy, 8, 239 Telegraph editor, 8 Telegraph news, 239, 244 Telephone, use of, 42, 239 Tennis, 182 Terminology, 278 Testimony, reporting, 145 Timeliness, 28 Time order in stories, 59 Tone, 82, 93 Track meets, 177 Trials, 144 Trite phrases, 119 Typewriter, 250 Underscoring, 253 Under-statement, value of, 87 Unity in sentences, 110 Unity of impression, 82, 93, 232 Unusual, the, value in news, 30 Vagueness of phrasing, 93 Verbs, 101, 103 Verse in leads, 80 Washington Post, quoted, 202, 207 Weather stories, 154 Weddings, 201 Witnesses, statements from, 76, 145 Women's clubs, 205, 209 Words, 116 Writing paper, 250 |