Practical Newspaper Reporting

`David Spark's down-to-earth advice on the essentials of reporting is distilled from a lifetime of experience but as fresh and practical as if he were at your elbow in the newsroom. His newcomers' guide to the web as a tool for reporting is especially useful.' Sir Harold Evans, former Editor of The Sunday Times

`To those who may think that formal journalism is a dying art this book offers a splendid rejoinder. It is for all those who purport to write that others may read.' Sir Simon Jenkins, Guardian columnist and former Editor of The Times

Now in its fourth edition, this classic textbook has grown up alongside the newspaper industry. Today it continues to provide students of newspaper journalism with a toolkit for gathering news and filling ever-increasing space with first-rate copy for print and online.

Informed by over half a century's professional experience and fully revised to give a nuanced account of the skills required in today's news environment, this book is an essential companion for your journalism degree and beyond.

David Spark started reporting in 1953 and transferred in 1955 to The Northern Echo. Since 1986 he has written freelance and edited the newsletter of the Commonwealth Journalists Association.
Geoffrey Harris edited a succession of local papers before helping to set up and run Britain's most prestigious journalism training schemes - for the Mirror Group, and later for United Newspapers. Today, generations of top-flight journalists have their professional roots in one of Geoff Harris's classrooms.