1. Chapter 1: The Case for Journalism  
    1. A Journalism Welcome
    2. History of Journalism
    3. Why Journalism Matters
    4. Critical Thinking
    5. Broccoli/Chocolate
    6. Future
    7. Job Outlook
  2. Chapter 2: Media Law and Ethics
    1. Ethics
      1. SPJ
      2. Reuters
      3. Other tools
      4. Cheating
    2. Media Law
      1. Free Speech
      2. Defamation
      3. Slander and Libel
      4. Privacy
      5. Copyright and Fair Use
      6. Shield Laws
      7. Other resources
  3. Chapter 3: Writing Work
    1. Misspellings and Grammar Goofs
    2. News Writing Style
    3. News Writing Tips
    4. Active versus Passive
    5. AP Style
  4. Chapter 4: Newsworthiness
    1. Pillars of evaluating what is news
    2. Newsworthiness elements
      1. Impact
      2. Timeliness
      3. Proximity
      4. Prominence
      5. Conflict
      6. Human Interest
      7. Novelty
    3. Generating story ideas
      1. Ten ways to find story ideas
    4. Misinformation
  5. Chapter 5: Basic Reporting/Developing Sources
    1. Basic Reporting
      1. General Assignment versus Beat Reporting
      2. Steps to Reporting
    2. FOIA
    3. Types of Sources
    4. Accuracy Checklist
  6. Chapter 6: Interviews and Quotes
    1. Interviewing
      1. Directive versus Nondirective
      2. Interviewing Process
      3. Transparency with Sources
      4. Levels of Background
    2. Quotations
      1. Types of Quotations
      2. Changing Quotes
      3. Quotation Grammar
  7. Chapter 7: Basics of writing
    1. Nutgraf
    2. Body of Story
      1. Inverted Pyramid Format
      2. Narrative Format
      3. Hourglass Format
      4. Five-box Format
    3. Ending
      1. Quote
      2. Startling Fact
      3. Return to Top
      4. Future
  8. Chapter 8: Leads
    1. Writing Leads
    2. Types of leads
      1. Basic News lead
      2. Summary Lead
      3. Delayed-identification Lead
      4. Anecdotal/Narrative Lead
      5. Direct Address Lead
      6. Scene Setter Lead
      7. Blind Lead
      8. Startling Statement Lead
      9. Wordplay Lead
    3. Leads to avoid
      1. Duh Lead
      2. Question Lead
      3. Quote Lead
      4. Attribution Lead
      5. Yesterday Lead
      6. Double Negative Lead
      7. Fanciful lead
  9. Chapter 9: News stories
    1. Meetings
      1. Advance
      2. Meeting
      3. Follow
    2. Speeches
    3. Obituaries
      1. Obituary form
      2. Obituary tips
  10. Chapter 10: Feature Stories
    1. Feature Characteristics
    2. Types of Feature Stories
      1. Profile or personality
      2. Historical
      3. Seasonal
      4. Sidebar or explanatory
      5. How-to
      6. Adventure
      7. Participatory
      8. Behind-the-scenes

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