Introduction to journalism

TABLE OF CONTENT/INTRODUCTION TO JOURNALISM

1. COPYRIGHT LAW
2. COURT REPORTING
3. DEFAMATION LAW
4. EDITING THE COPY
5. ELEMENTS OF GOOD NEWS REPORTING
6. ESSENTIALS OF JOURNALISTIC STYLE
7. HEADLINE WRITING IN JOURNALISM
8. INTERVIEWING AND NEWS SOURCES
9. JOURNALISM DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: POST INDEPENDENCE ERA
10. JOURNALISM DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: PRE-INDEPENDENCE PERIOD
11. JOURNALISM/MEDIA LAWS- CONTEMPT OF COURT
12. KNOWING THE COURTS IN NIGERIA
13. THE DEVELOPMENT OF JOURNALISM: A HISTORICAL APPROACH
14. THE JOURNALISM INDUSTRY: KEY STRUCTURAL MAKE UP
15. THE NATURE OF NEWS
16. WRITING THE NEWS/TYPES OF LEAD

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