Soft covered book titled NEWS REPORTING AND WRITING  by Melvin Mencher, Second Edition, 1981, 634 pages.

Some of the topics include:

• BASIC COMPONENTS OF A NEWS STORY
• THE TOOLS OF THE TRADE
• THE LEAD
• GATHERING THE FACTS
• FINDING, CULTIVATING & USING SOURCES
• REPORTERS & THE LAW
• THE MORALITY OF JOURNALISM INTERVIEWING PRINCIPLES
• ACCIDENTS & DISASTERS
• THE POLICE BEAT
• THE COURTS
• SPORTS
• COVERING LOCAL GOVERNMENT

and much more!

This book is in VG condition,  pages intact, and the binding is tight.  Underlining present on a few pages.  The cover is faded & lightly scuffed. A must have for any journalism library!