83.
Dictation of stories, 298.
Diction, 290-293.
Directories, stories on, 121.
Distance, effect of, 11, 20.
Division of words, 285.
_Don'ts_, in dramatic reporting, 265;
in general, 290;
in leads, 85-90.
_Down_ style, 33.
Dramatic reporting, 259-275.

E

Editing, 30, 144.
Editor, 29;
day or night city, 2, 29;
sporting, 29, 219;
state, 2;
Sunday, 29;
telegraph, 2, 29.
Editorial room, 28.
Editorial writers, 29.
Elections, 3, 277, 281, 288.
Emphasis, 102.
Engagement announcements, 210.
Entertainments, reports of, 210.
Exaggeration, 22, 89.
Expected news, 3.

F

Faults in news stories, 75-104.
Faulty stories to be corrected, 311.
Feature, the, 27, 31, 37, 41, 50, 106-122, 125, 150, 175, 195,
228, 244, 266;
crowd as, 68;
death as, 61, 73;
exaggeration for, 89;
fire fighting as, 67;
_how_, 57;
in accident stories, 107;
in football stories, 219-232;
in human interest stories, 233-255;
in murder stories, 114;
in police stories, 118;
in robbery stories, 110;
in speech reports, 150;
in suicide stories, 115;
injuries as, 65;
more than one, 70;
playing up of, 27, 31;
property threatened as, 66;
rescues as, 65;
unexpected attendant circumstances as, 60;
_what_, 55;
_when_, 54;
_where_, 52;
_who_, 57;
_why_, 51.
Feature fire story, 50-74.
Feature social story, 213.
Feature story, the special, 31, 255.
Featureless fire story, 41-49.
Figures, news value of, 24;
use of, 283, 286, 290.
Fine writing, 124, 213, 218, 251.
Fire story, 39, 41, 50, 75, 105, 122.
Fires, 3, 4, 7, 39, 41, 50, 75, 105, 122.
Follow, or follow-up, story, 32;
relation of, to court reports, 197;
relation of, to interviews, 187;
writing of, 125, 130-140.
Following up related subjects, 140.
Football stories, 219-232.
Form of the news story, 34-40.
Freak leads in speech reports, 163.

G

Gathering the news, 1-13;
in athletic reporting, 230;
in court reporting, 193;
in human interest stories, 234;
in interviewing, 169;
in reporting speeches, 144.
Generalities, meaningless, 89.
Gist, 31, 36, 233, 243, 266.
Grammar, 7