This is a book for everyone who wants to be a journalist: a practical guide to all you need to know, learn, and do to succeed as a trainee reporter in today's newsroom. Essential Reporting, written by an experienced NCTJ examiner includes:

• What makes a good reporter
• What is news, and how to find it
• How newsrooms work
• Day-to-day life as a reporter
• Key reporting tasks
• Covering courts and councils
• Successful interviewing
• Writing news stories
• Specialist reporting
• Handling sound, pictures and the web

It also contains a wealth of advice, tips and warnings from working journalists, a guide to NCTJ training and examinations, a glossary and a guide to further reading.