Full Description
A cornucopia of insiders' hints and sources for journalists, writers and anyone else who is hunting for information.
Contents
Foreword (Prof 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..Unearthing 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..Companies..4. Sniffing the legal breeze..Legal information..Courts and lawyers..5. Tracking down government resources..Parliament and government..Politicians, parliament..Untangling the political trail..GoveNER(01): AU NZ