News in a new century : reporting in an age of converging media / Jerry Lanson, Barbara Croll Fought.

Thousand Oaks, CA : Pine Forge Press, [1999], ©1999.

xxv, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-313) and index.

Introduction -- Finding and framing stories -- A day in the news -- Gathering information -- Cultivating sources -- Interviewing -- Using your senses -- Writing in different media -- Building beat -- Civic life -- Lifestyles -- Learning -- Crime and safety -- Justice -- Consumers -- Working -- New frontiers: science, health and the environment -- Appendix.