r. Warren B. Bullock of _The
Milwaukee Sentinel_, and Mr. Paul F. Hunter of _The Sheboygan Press_,
who have made numerous criticisms upon the book during its different
stages. Their suggestions have been invaluable. For permission to
reprint stories from their columns my thanks also are due to the
_Appleton Post_, _Atlanta Constitution_, _Boston Transcript_, _Chicago
American_, _Chicago Herald_, _Chicago Tribune_, _Des Moines Register_,
_Indianapolis News_, _Kansas City Star_, _Los Angeles Times_, _Milwaukee
Journal_, _Milwaukee Sentinel_, _Minneapolis Tribune_, _New York
Herald_, _New York Sun_, _New York Times_, _New York Tribune_, _New York
World_, _Omaha News_, _Philadelphia Public Ledger_, and the _Washington
Post_.

M. L. S
APPLETON, WISCONSIN
_March 12, 1917_

CONTENTS

PART I

ORGANIZATION OF THE PAPER

I. INTRODUCTION 3

II. THE EDITORIAL ROOMS 5

III. THE MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT 13

IV. THE BUSINESS DEPARTMENT 20

PART II

THE NEWS STORY

V. WHAT NEWS IS 25

VI. NEWS SOURCES 34

VII. GETTING THE STORY 42

VIII. ORGANIZATION OF THE STORY 57

IX. THE LEAD 68

X. THE BODY OF THE STORY 84

XI. THE PARAGRAPH 97

XII. THE SENTENCE 99

XIII. WORDS 116

PART III

TYPES OF STORIES

XIV. INTERVIEWS, SPEECHES, COURTS 125

XV. ACCIDENT, CRIME 149

XVI. SPORTS 164

XVII. SOCIETY 199

XVIII. FOLLOW-UPS, REWRITES 212

XIX. FEATURE STORIES 224

XX. CORRESPONDENCE STORIES 235

APPENDIX

STYLE BOOK 249

MARKS USED IN CORRECTING COPY 273

CORRECTED COPY 275

SPECIMEN PROOF 276

TERMINOLOGY 278

EXERCISES 285

INDEX 353

PART I

ORGANIZATION OF THE PAPER

NEWS WRITING

ORGANIZATION OF THE