This is a new edition of the world's leading textbook on journalism. Translated into more than a dozen languages, David Randall's handbook is an invaluable guide to the "universals" of good journalistic practice for professional and trainee journalists worldwide. This fully updated edition contains scores of new anecdotes and examples, drawing on the author's own experience as a national newspaper reporter and columnist. It also contains a completely new chapter on "How To Be a Great Reporter."



"Easily the best introduction to being a reporter I have come across."
--Paul Jones, course leader, Trinity Mirror Editorial Training



"A pleasure to read. Anyone who wants to be a journalist should go through it---again, and again, and again."
---Val Williams, Press Division, The Thomson Foundation