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Chapter 1 – Journalism Today
Chapter 2 – Selecting and Reporting the News
Chapter 3 – Newswriting Style
Chapter 4 – The Language of News: Grammar and Spelling
Chapter 5 – Libel, Privacy and Newsgathering Issues
Chapter 6 – Ethics
Chapter 7 – Basic News Leads
Chapter 8 – Alternative Leads
Chapter 9 – The Body of a News Story
Chapter 10 – Quotations and Attribution
Chapter 11 – Interviewing
Chapter 12 – Writing for Radio and TV News
Chapter 13 – Digital Media: Online, Mobile and Social Media
Chapter 14 – Visual Journalism
Chapter 15 – Speeches and Meetings
Chapter 16 – Brights, Follow-ups, Roundups, Sidebars and Obituaries
Chapter 17 – Feature Stories
Exercises
Matching
Multiple Choice Quiz
True / False Quiz
Suggested Readings
Web Links
Chapter 18 – Public Affairs Reporting
Chapter 19 – Introduction to Investigative Reporting
Chapter 20 – Journalism and Public Relations
Appendix A – City Directory
Appendix B – Rules for Forming Possessives
AP Style Resources
Writing & Copyediting Resources
Writing Obituaries
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Feature Stories

Al Thompkins of the Poynter Institute has listed 50 story ideas
http://www.poynter.org/uncategorized/1790/holiday
-bonus-50-stories-you-can-do-2/

The Census Bureau offers history and statistics for story ideas
http://www.census.gov

Rules for Writing Feature Articles
http://freelance-writing.lovetoknow.com/
Rules_for_Writing_Feature_Articles

Cliché leads to avoid
http://www2.copydesk.org/hold/words/clicheleads.htm

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