Chapter 20

the building to overflowing.

John Jones, a workman, who was

slightly injured when a thousand pounds

of powder exploded and wrecked the

Three-Ex Powder mill last night, was

taken to the St. James hospital.

The presence of mind and coolness of

Mrs. J. B. Sweeny, 758 North Street,

saved little Johnny Sweeny from death

last night when she caught him by the

coattail and dragged him from beneath

the fender of a street car. Mrs. Sweeny

was dragged 50 feet by the car and taken

to the St. Luke's hospital in an ambulance

that was hastily summoned.

Falling through a street car window

without receiving so much as a bruise was

the unusual experience of Michael Casey

last night on Main Street. Michael was

not intoxicated--so he says.

Recklessly driving his automobile over

the curb on Smith street, Mr. James

White, who resides at 764 Smith street,

was fatally hurt by a careless chauffeur,

who was unable to handle his machine

and skidded at the corner near Mr.

White's home.

At a meeting of the Sane Fourth com-

mittee in the city library last evening

at seven thirty, it was decided that Smith-

town must pass a law forbidding the sale

and use of cannon crackers.

INDEX

A

Abbreviations, 287. Accidents, 3, 107-109, 291. Accuracy, 145, 168, 209, 212, 290. Addresses, style of, 278, 279, 286, 288, 290, 310. Advertising, 28. Ages, how written, 286. Animal story, 253. Announcements, of engagements, 210; social, 212; stories on, 121; wedding, 209. Article beginning, 43, 80. Assignments, 5, 29. Associated Press, 10. Association, City Press, 10, 193. Athletic news, 219-232, 278, 283.

B

Baseball stories, 219. Beat, or run, 5, 29. Beat, or scoop, 6, 30. Beginning of lead, 80, 89; with article, 43, 80; with name, 57, 85, 161, 175, 180, 195, 249; with time, 47. Beginnings of court reports, 195-200; of human interest stories, 244-250; of interview stories, 179-187; of speech reports, 151-164. Big story, 5, 31; following-up of, 140; handling of, 116; resulting interviews from, 176, 187. Bills, stories on legislative, 121. Body of the story, 45, 76; discussion of, 91; of court reports, 200; of follow stories, 129; of human interest stories, 250; of interview stories, 185; of news stories, 122; of obituaries, 216; of speech reports, 164. Book, of tips, 3, 295; style, 33, 276-293. Box, 32, 188. Break, to, 31. Brevity, 13, 206, 217, 231. Brief summary athletic story, 222. Bulletins, stories on, 121. Business office, 28.

C

Capitalization, 276-281. Circulation, 15, 28. City editor, 2, 29. City Press Association, 10, 193. Classes of readers, 16. Clause beginning of lead, 82. Clean copy, 30. Clearness, 91, 104, 123. Clippings, 295. Coherence, 166, 266. Column, 32. Compositor, 30. Compounds and divisions of words, 285. Concreteness, 104, 293. Conferences, reports of, 119. Continued case beginning, 196. Coöperation in newsgathering, 10, 193. Copy, 30; preparation of, 289. Copyreader, 29. Copyreading, 311. Corrected, stories to be, 311. Correspondent, work of, 2; instructions to, 11, 223. Court reporting, 4; discussion of, 192-203, 281. Cover, to, 29. Crime, stories on, 110-116. Criticism, dramatic, 259-275. Crowd, used as feature, 68. Cub reporter, 28. Cynicism, 235, 252.

D

Datelines, 283, 310. Dates, how written, 278, 286, 290. Day city editor, 29. Dead, lists of, 63. Death element, 3, 22, 61, 73, 107. Decisions, reports of, 119. Definiteness, 104. Desk man, 29. Despatch, 12, 222. Dialogue, use of, 103; in court reports, 200; in human interest stories, 245, 251; rules for, 283. 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, 78, 84, 123. Group interviews, 187.

H

Heads, headlines, 27, 30, 78, 188. Hospitals, as news sources, 4. _How_, feature in, 57. Human interest stories, 17, 24, 32, 178, 185, 191, 198; discussion of, 233-255. Humor, 24, 198, 214, 241. Humorous story, 241.

I

Infinitive beginning of lead, 81. Injuries, feature in, 65; list of, 64. Instructions to correspondents, 12. Interest, 14, 35, 92, 102, 104, 141, 179, 192; human, 17, 24, 32, 178, 185, 191, 198, 233-255. Interview stories, 175-191. Interviews, for facts, 6, 103; for opinions, 6, 141, 169-191; group, 187.

K

Keynote beginning of speech report, 158. Killing a story, 30.

L

Lead, 31; beginning of, 80, 89; _don'ts_ in, 85-90; in athletic stories, 223, 227; in court reports, 195-200; in fire stories, 39, 42, 50, 77-90; in follow stories, 127-140; in human interest stories, 233; in interview stories, 179-185, 188; in obituary stories, 214; in other news stories, 106; in speech reports, 147-164; length of, 75; main verb of, 86. Leaded, 32. Length, of lead, 75; of paragraphs, 75; of sentences, 76. Line-up of teams, 232. Linotype, 30. Lists of dead and injured, 63; of guests, patronesses, etc., 211, 282; of names, 282. Local interest, 21, 26. Long football story, 226. Loss of life, 22, 61, 73; of property, 23, 55.

M

Mailing stories, 13. Main verb of lead, 86. Make-up, making up, 31, 37. Manner, reporter's, 172. Marriages, 206. Meaningless generalities, 89. Meetings, reports of, 3, 119, 291. Money, sums of, 281, 286, 290. Morgue, 4, 216. "Mr.", use of, 287, 292, 310. Murders, 113.

N

Name beginning, in court reports, 195; in human interest stories, 249; in interview stories, 175, 180; in news stories, 57, 85, 108-116; in speech reports, 161. Names, prominent, 23, 57, 108-116, 150, 161, 178; use of, 276, 277, 280-283. Narrative order, in athletic stories, 227; in court reports, 200; in human interest stories, 250; in interview stories, 185; in news stories, 34-40, 92-102; in obituaries, 215; in speech reports 166; in wedding stories, 207. News, 14-27, 125; agencies for gathering, 10, 193; coöperation in gathering, 10, 193; expected and unexpected, 3; gathering of, 1-13, 144, 169, 193, 230, 234; sources of, 4, 29; sporting, 219-232, 278, 283. New story, 34-124. News story form, 34-40. News tips, 3, 30, 295. News values, 11, 14-27, 38, 41, 204, 233. Newspaper terms, 28-33. Night city editor, 29. Nose for news, viii. Notebook, 170. Note taking, in athletic reporting, 230; in court reporting, 194; in dramatic reporting, 267; in interviewing, 170; in speech reporting, 144. Noun beginning of lead, 80.

O

Obituaries, 214. Order of narrative (see Narrative order). Outlining of a story, 99.

P

Paragraph length, 75, 290. Paragraphing, 48, 75, 166, 186, 290. Participial phrase beginning for lead, 83, 158. Parts of a news story, 46, 76, 91. Pathetic story, 238. Pathos, 24, 198, 238. Personal appeal, 25, 249. Personal news, 20, 204. Photographs, 13. Playing up, 31; of the feature, 27, 31. Point of view of newspaper, 8. Police court news, 4, 118. Policy, 26. Political news, 25. Practice, 294. Preparation of copy, 289. Prepositional phrase beginning, 82. Press Associations, 10, 193. Printed matter, stories on, 121. Prominent names, 23, 57, 108-116, 150, 161, 178. Proof, 30. Proofreader's signs, 32, 290. Property losses as features, 23, 55. Property threatened as feature, 66. Public records, 4. "Punch," 13. Punctuation, 281. Purpose of newspapers, 14.

Q

Q. & A. testimony, 201, 283, 288. Queries, 12. Questions, reader's customary, as features, 51; in fire stories, 38, 42, 50, 77; in follow stories, 132; in human interest stories, 233; in interview stories, 179; in obituaries, 215; in other news stories, 106; in speech reports, 150. Quotation beginnings, direct, 151, 153, 183, 198, 245; indirect, 154. Quotations, 103, 146, 164, 186, 189, 200, 284. Quoting, rules for, 284.

R

Range of news sources, 20. Readers, classes of, 16. Reader's customary questions. _See_ Questions. Receptions, 210, 291. Rehashing, 125-130. Related stories, 140, 176, 187. Releasing a story, 31, 144. Reporter, 2, 28, 170, 186, 219, 235, 258, 259, 292. Reporting court news, 192-202, 281. Reports, dramatic, 259-275; of meetings, conferences, decisions, etc., 119; of speeches, sermons, lectures, etc., 143-168. Rescues as features, 65. Rewrite man, 125. Rewrite story, 32, 125-130. Robberies, 110, 291. Runs, or beats, 5, 29. Running a story, 30. Running story, 31, 189, 200, 223, 227.

S

Sarcasm, 274. Scoop, or beat, 6, 30. Season story, 257. Second day story, 32, 125, 130-140. Sensationalism, 18, 90, 234. Sentence length, 76. Sermons, reports of, 3, 143-168. Set up, to, 30. Simple fire story, 40-49. Slang, 28, 292. Slash, to, 37, 92. Slug, 30. Sob squad, 236. Social announcements, 212. Social news, 204-214. Sources of news, 4, 29. Speaker beginning, 161, 180. Special feature story, 255. Speech reports, 3, 143-168, 284, 291. Sporting editor, 29, 219. Sporting news, 219-232. Staff, 28. State editor, 2. Stenographic reports, 144, 194. Stickful, 32. Stories to be corrected, 311. Storms, 3, 116. Story, 30; baseball, 219-232; big, _see_ Big story; body of, _see_ Body of the story; faults in news, 75-104; feature fire, 50-74; fire, 38, 40, 105, 122; follow, follow-up, or second day, 32, 125, 130-140; form of news, 34-40; news, 34-40, 50, 75, 105-124; on announcements, bulletins, and other printed matter, 121; on legislative bills, 121; parts of news, 45, 76, 91; police court, 118; related, 140; rewrite, 32, 125-130; running, 31, 189, 200, 223, 227; simple fire, 41-49; special feature, 255; summary athletic, 222; unusual social, 213. Street numbers, 278, 279, 286, 288, 290, 292, 310. Style, 13, 33, 103, 233, 251. Style Book, 33, 276-293. Suggestions for study, 4, 294. Suicide stories, 115, 291. Summary beginning, for court reports, 197; for interview stories, 182, 188; for speech reports, 157. Sums of money, 281, 286, 290. Sunday editor, 29. Superlatives, 222, 292.

T

Tables of athletic results, 232, 283. Taking notes. _See_ Note taking. Telegraph editor, 2, 29. Telegraph queries, 12. Telephone, use of, 13. Terms, newspaper, 28-33. Testimony, 200. _That_-clause beginning, in interview stories, 182; in speech reports, 154. Theatrical news, 259-275, 284. Time, indication of, 281, 286. Time beginning, 47. Timeliness, in general, 19; in human interest stories, 238, 256, 286; in interviews, 176, 187. Tips, 3, 30, 295. Title beginning of speech report, 160. Titles, use of, 276, 277, 279, 282, 284, 287, 290, 292. Track news, 219, 223. Truthfulness, 8; in general, 290; in human interest stories, 239; in interviewing, 179; in speech reporting, 145, 168. Typewriter, use of, 289.

U

Unexpected attendant circumstances, 60. Unexpected news, 2. Uniformity, 33, 34, 289. United Press, 10. Unusual social stories, 213. Unusualness, 24, 213. _Up_ style, 33. Uplift run, 236, 254. Usual football story, 223.

V

Values, news, 11, 14, 27, 38, 41, 204, 233. Vaudeville reports, 264. Vernacular, newspaper, 28. Vividness, 104, 114, 116.

W

Weather story, 256. Wedding announcements, 209. Wedding story, 206. _What_, as feature, 55. _When_, as feature, 54. _Where_, as feature, 52. _Who_, as feature, 57. _Why_, as feature, 51. Wordiness, 87.

Y

Yarn, 30.

+---------------------------------------------------------------+ |Transcriber's Note: | | | |Inconsistencies in spelling, hyphenation, punctuation and in | |spacing in abbreviations have been retained as in the original,| |along with deliberate misspellings and errors in "News Stories | |to be Corrected" in Appendix II. | +---------------------------------------------------------------+