Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Police beat reporting

Your assignment due at class time Monday is this:

Go to the Poynter Institute Web site at http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=92447

Read the story titled, "Leaving Fingerprints: Inside the Police Beat."

Give me a brief (150 words) response to the article that answers this main question:

What are the important skills every reporter should have when covering a police beat?

The writer uses a lot of examples of how a successful crime reporter operates and ways he/she builds trust and sources. Pick some of the best examples to use in your response.

Monday, we'll work on out own crime stories in class.

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