INDEX
- A
- Abbreviation, marks used in, 6, 186;
- care necessary in, 221
- Accuracy, importance of, 30;
- in observation, 31;
- in names, 33, 35, 179;
- in street addresses, 34;
- in spelling, 34;
- effort to obtain, 36, 225;
- in interview, 121;
- in business stories, 133;
- in correspondence, 151;
- essential in copy reading, 175
- Active voice, 13, 204
- Add, how marked, 188
- Advance copy, 123;
- notices by mail, 161;
- held for release, 168
- Advertisement, head compared to, 194
- Ages, style in giving, 217
- Alliteration, in headlines, 202
- Anglo-Saxon, words preferred, 13, 103;
- in heads, 196
- Asquith, the Right Honorable H. H., on prolixity, 211
- Assignment, defined, 2
- Associated Press, dispatch from, 70
- B
- Bad taste, example, 27
- Baltimore Sun, story from the, 142
- Banner, in head writing, 209
- Beat, defined, 2;
- measured by minutes, 134
- Bible, as model for news writer, 9, 61
- “Bohemians,” no longer tolerated, 191
- Boston Transcript, head from the, 197
- Box head, defined, 209
- Brisbane, Arthur, on newspaper work, 17
- Bromides in writing, 224;
- list of, 226
- Bulletins, when to send, 157, 159, 166
- Business stories, care necessary in covering, 133
- C
- Capital letters, how indicated, 186;
- in heads, 206, 210
- Cheap slang, example, 39
- Chicago Evening Post, stories from the, 126, 139
- Chicago Inter-Ocean, editorial on news, 41
- Chicago Record-Herald, stories from the, 72, 76;
- instructions to correspondents, 154, 220;
- style, 177;
- head from the, 199
- Chicago Tribune, order to correspondents, 157;
- news specialties, 160
- Christian Science Monitor, editorial on news writing, 79
- Cincinnati Enquirer, sporting news, 160;
- on promptness, 166;
- style of heads, 202
- City editor, has “nose for news,” 43;
- judge of story, 81;
- valuing news, 103
- Classified, see Department
- Clearness, necessity of, 9;
- in heads, 196
- Climax, first in news story, 57, 79
- Collective nouns, 218
- Compression, in news writing, 80
- Conciseness, why desirable, 11;
- in telegraph stories, 152
- Copy, defined, 1;
- how to prepare, 4;
- reading copy, 171;
- specimen page of, 185;
- “A Copy,” 189;
- schedule, 192
- Copy readers, duties of, 3, 171;
- qualifications of, 172;
- organization of, 174;
- must be vigilant, 178;
- work under stress, 190
- Corrections, care necessary in making, 5
- Correspondents, functions of, 150;
- pitfalls for, 154;
- alertness appreciated, 159;
- instructions to, 169;
- how paid, 170
- Court reports, to be watched carefully, 179
- Crime news, question of ethics, 131
- D
- Damaging statements, 19, 133, 155
- Death stories, choice of words in, 38;
- examples, 38, 141, 142, 143;
- points to cover in, 130
- Deck of head, defined, 201
- Definiteness, in news writing, 22;
- examples, 94, 147;
- in heads, 197
- Department stories, 48;
- “slugs” given to, 182
- Dialect, use of, 23, 88, 219
- Don’ts for news writer, list of, 211
- Drop line in head, 207
- E
- Editing, marks used in, 184;
- page of edited copy, 185
- Editorial comment, not permitted in news, 20;
- weakens story, 25
- End-mark, use of, 5, 187
- Expansion, in news writing, 80
- Ex parte statements, danger in, 156, 180
- F
- Fairness, essential in story, 18
- Faking, not tolerated, 82, 153
- Feature stories, defined, 3;
- examples, 29, 106, 108, 124, 127;
- treatment of, 47, 98;
- for entertainment, 101;
- suggestions for, 111;
- may be interview, 120;
- sending by mail, 168
- Fictional method, in news writing, 71, 99
- Fine writing, not wanted, 10, 103, 224;
- examples, 16, 38, 226
- Fire stories, general plan of, 79;
- examples, 72, 77, 89, 95, 139, 142;
- analysis of a story, 92;
- points to cover in, 129
- Flippancy, to be avoided, 23, 88, 103
- Follow copy, 6, 176
- Follow stories, 183
- Force in writing, how obtained, 12
- Foreign words, 215
- Freak head, example, 209
- Fulton (Mo.) Gazette, editorial on country journalism, 17
- G
- Generalities, to be avoided, 21
- Good taste, essential in news writing, 22;
- illustrated, 109
- Gossip, beware of unfounded, 154
- Greeley, Horace, view of reporting, 23
- Guide line, in reading copy, 181
- H
- Headlines (heads), defined, 3;
- old style, 62;
- written by copy readers, 175;
- danger of libel in, 179, 194;
- how designated, 183;
- newspapers judged by, 193;
- reproductions of, 195, 197, 199, 201, 204, 207, 209;
- not mere labels, 196;
- tense in, 198;
- local in application, 202;
- trite phrasing in, 204;
- various styles of, 208
- Hope, Anthony, on style, 113
- Horrible details, to be shunned, 23
- Human-interest stories, defined, 47;
- examples, 50, 72, 95, 109;
- value of, 102;
- prescription for, 103;
- uncovering facts of, 104;
- divergence in treatment of, 132;
- in demand, 161
- Humor, example of, 49;
- examples of unconscious, 191, 192
- I
- Imperative form, in heads, 203
- Impersonality, in news writing, 20
- Inserts, in copy, 5, 187, 189
- Interview, defined, 113;
- when incidental, 114;
- as the story itself, 118;
- first steps in getting, 118;
- examples, 119, 120, 124–128
- Irwin, Will, on reporting, 1
- J
- Journalism, personal era gone, 21;
- daily problem of, 132;
- sensational, 193
- Jump head, defined, 209
- K
- Kansas City Star, departure from custom in the, 62, 71;
- stories from the, 71, 72, 75, 76, 108;
- style, 178;
- heads, 200
- Knapp, George L., on newspaper English, 30
- L
- Lead, introduction of story, 2;
- method of writing, 57;
- what it contains, 59;
- styles vary, 62;
- kinds to be avoided, 63;
- police data in, 64;
- names in, 65;
- general rule for, 67;
- examples, 70–78, 147, 148
- Lecky, W. E. H., on style, 79
- Legibility, how obtained, 5
- Libel, danger of, 20;
- possible in names, 155, 179;
- rules about, 178;
- in headlines, 179, 194
- Lower case, defined, 210
- Lyman, Hart, on art of compression, 171
- M
- Mail, how to send stories by, 168
- Make-up, defined, 4;
- methods of, 84
- Mechanics, of story, 84, 123;
- of head, 201
- Metaphor, use of, 15
- N
- Names, must be watched, 6;
- misspelling resented, 33;
- in beginning story, 65;
- in business stories, 133;
- danger of libel in, 155, 179;
- style in giving, 221
- News, often pruned, 23;
- basic themes unchanging, 25;
- values, 41;
- how judged, 43;
- sensational, 45;
- plain, 46;
- feature, 47, 98;
- human-interest, 47, 102;
- department, 48;
- crime news, 131;
- ages quickly, 134;
- from out of town, 150;
- sporting, 162;
- told in heads, 194
- Newspaper, English often criticized, 8;
- fascination of work, 20;
- workshop unique, 25;
- safeguards against error, 36;
- its problem, 44;
- women readers of, 46;
- source of entertainment, 100;
- handling crime news, 131;
- telegraph service, 150;
- wants facts only, 154;
- variations in style, 176;
- headlines important, 193
- New York Evening Post, editorial on style, 7
- New York Herald, instruction, 84
- New York Mail, story from the, 127
- New York Sun, style a model, 50;
- stories from the, 50, 73, 99;
- head from the, 204
- New York World, stories from the, 95, 109, 124, 146;
- head from the, 209
- Norton, the Rev. William B., on slang, 224
- O
- Observation, accuracy essential in, 31
- O’Malley, Frank Ward, story by, 50
- Originality, one secret of, 24;
- story lacking in, 28;
- example of, 106
- Outlook, comment by the, 55
- Overline, defined, 209
- P
- Paragraphs, indentation of, 5;
- length of, 184;
- when run together, 186
- Pictures, with feature stories, 29;
- in Sunday magazine, 105;
- by mail, 162
- Pitfalls, for reporter, 154
- Place, as feature of story, 76
- Plain news story, 46
- Police stations, how named, 28
- Pronouns, care necessary in use of, 88
- Proofreading, not copy reading, 3
- Puns, on names, 23
- Pyramid, form of head, 208
- Q
- Query, defined, 163;
- blind, 165.
- Questions-and-answers method, example, 127
- Questions, in heads, 203
- Quotation, as lead of story, examples, 73, 74;
- preceding story, example, 75;
- when undesirable, 116;
- in beginning interview, examples, 119, 124, 126;
- should not be slavish, 121;
- indirect, 126;
- in telegraphing, 170;
- may be libelous, 180
- R
- Reporter, his run or beat, 2;
- viewpoint of, 17;
- responsibility of, 19;
- must observe keenly, 31;
- place on newspaper, 42;
- must not “editorialize,” 89;
- idea of big story, 114;
- power to do harm, 133;
- seeking the right word, 224
- “Report of a Suicide,” 99
- Rewriting, 136;
- examples, 138, 139
- Running head, 202
- Run-over head, 209
- S
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, editorial on newspaper “endowment,” 30;
- story from the, 106;
- instructions to correspondents, 167
- St. Louis Republic, editorial on reporting, 17;
- on news values, 129;
- rules about libel, 178
- St. Louis Star, on revolting stories, 213
- Scandal, perverted idea about, 161
- Schedule, kept by copy reader, 192
- Scoop, see Beat
- Second-day stories, 134
- Sentences, preference given short, 14, 88;
- in lead of story, 65;
- avoid monotony in, 65, 220
- Signed story, exceptional, 20;
- example, 127
- Simplicity, keynote of news writing, 9;
- in writing of death, 39;
- in lead, 61;
- in head, 196;
- Springfield (Mass.) Republican on, 214
- Slang, in news story, 10;
- two kinds of, 22;
- in head, 202
- Slug, name given story, 3, 181
- Space rates, for correspondents, 170
- Special correspondent, see Correspondent
- Speeches, how covered, 122
- Sporting news, instructions regarding, 162
- Springfield (Mass.) Republican, on paragraphs, 184;
- on short words, 214
- Story, defined, 1;
- qualities of ideal, 18;
- short feature, example, 29;
- kinds of, 46;
- plain, 46;
- feature, 47, 98;
- human-interest, 47, 102;
- lead of, 57;
- data from 100 typical stories, 68;
- body of, 79;
- mechanics of, 84, 123;
- often pruned, 85, 164;
- unlike novel, 87;
- for entertainment, 101;
- special types of, 129;
- telegraph, 150;
- marks in editing, 184;
- adds and inserts, 188
- Street addresses, must be closely watched, 34
- Style, three qualities of, 9;
- special rules of, 62, 175;
- variations in, 177
- Sub-head, defined, 210
- Suicide stories, examples, 71, 72, 146;
- motive a feature, 131;
- often ignored, 132
- Sunday magazine stories, 48, 105
- Superlatives, use sparingly, 219
- Swiftness, essential in copy reading, 173, 177
- Symmetry, desired in heads, 205
- Symposium, defined, 124
- T
- Technical terms, to be avoided, 10
- Telegraph news, boiled down, 141;
- how gathered, 150;
- skeletonizing, 152;
- estimating value of, 153;
- what not to send, 156;
- what to send, 160;
- sporting news, 162;
- how to send, 163;
- handling big story, 165;
- instructions regarding, 169
- Telephone, used by correspondents, 163, 166
- Thoroughness, in covering story, 82
- Time, styles in giving, 39, 139, 217, 219;
- as feature of story, 75;
- “to-day” preferred, 134;
- in heads, 202
- Trite expressions, in heads, 204;
- list of, 226
- Trivialities, to be avoided, 26, 83, 153, 156
- Type, counting units in head, 206;
- illustration of Gothic, 207;
- upper and lower case, 210
- Typewriter, preferred for news writing, 4
- U
- Upper case, defined, 210
- V
- Verbosity, not permitted, 11, 185
- Viewpoint, must be unprejudiced, 17
- W
- Washington Herald, editorial on newspaper English, 57
- Washington Times, editorial on news, 150
- Wedding stories, points to be covered in, 131
- Well-known, overworked, 217
- Whiteing, Richard, on daily journalism, 98
- Whitman, Walt, on simplicity of style, 193