| Description |
xvi, 247 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Bruce Grundy -- 1. Marking the territory. Research for journalists and writers / David McKnight -- A step-by-step guide to chasing the news -- Profiling a life -- Digging up the family -- Hidden jewels or fool's gold: evaluating your information -- 2. Picking up the scent. Friends and foes -- Sifting documentary sources / Anna Cater -- Interviewing / Roger Patching -- Working contacts: finding and keeping reliable sources / Janine Little -- Community and cultural institutions -- Events -- Regional reporting / Susan Hetherington -- Non-profit organisations -- Universities, research institutes, think tanks -- 3. Digging up the business bones. Sources in organisations -- Companies -- 4. Sniffing the legal breeze -- Legal information -- Courts and lawyers -- 5. Tracking down government resources. Parliaments and government -- Parliament and politicians -- Untangling the political trail -- Government departments and agencies -- Uncovering social history / Siobhan McHugh -- Land titles -- Local government -- Freedom of information -- 6. Finding old scents and new trails. Public relations and press releases -- News reports -- Periodicals: magazines, newsletters and journals -- Finding articles in indexes and databases -- Medline: searching scholarly journals -- Online communities -- 7. Tracking down the truffles. Databases, directories and search engines -- Reference resources -- Libraries -- Archives -- 8. Scratching up the numbers and crunching them. Statistics -- Computer-assisted reporting/data analysis / Graham Cairns -- Appendix: Who has what? Resources under subject topics |
| Summary |
A practical and systematic guide to tracking down the facts and and figures writers need. Explains where to find reliable information on line, also shows how to use important offline sources |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: 241-247 |
| Subject |
Journalism -- Methodology.
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Information retrieval.
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Investigative reporting.
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Journalism.
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Information services.
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Mass media -- Information services.
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Mass media -- Research.
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| LC no. |
00002644 |
| ISBN |
1741143225 : |
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