The Reuters Handbook for Journalists

Reuters Handbook for Journalists was compiled by he late Ian Macdowall, whose career with Reuters spanned 33 years as sub-editor, foreign correspondent and Chief News Editor. His last journalistic assignment was to adapt the contents of this book, originally written for Future journalists, for a wider audience. Intended to be a guide for reporters and editors of international news, it deals with the craft of news writing, the ‘real-time’ coverage of politics an economics, wars and natural disasters – and the whole range of human interest.
Reuters Handbook for Journalists was compiled by he late Ian Macdowall, whose career with Reuters spanned 33 years as sub-editor, foreign correspondent and Chief News Editor. His last journalistic assignment was to adapt the contents of this book, originally written for Future journalists, for a wider audience. Intended to be a guide for reporters and editors of international news, it deals with the craft of news writing, the ‘real-time’ coverage of politics an economics, wars and natural disasters – and the whole range of human interest.
The book is in four sections:
* An A-Z guide which is fully cross-referenced
* An appendix giving equivalents between metric and British and American measures
* A glossary of technical terms
* An appendix giving business abbreviations
a comprehensive and invaluable reference booka comprehensive and invaluable reference book