NATIONAL Open University of NigeriaCourse developed by Oloruntola SundayCourse edited by Josef Belmolokwu2025-09-152025-09-152021https://nou.edu.ng/coursewarecontent/MAC%20121.pdfhttps://nou.edu.ng/coursewarecontent/MAC%20121.pdfhttps://nigeriareposit.nln.gov.ng/handle/20.500.14186/2219MAC 121, ‘Introduction to news writing and reporting’, aims to give you an understanding of the role of the journalist in the society, attributes of a reporter and an understanding of how to report for both the print and broadcast media.• Role of the journalist in society. • The reporter and his attributes. • Gathering the news. • Theories of the press. • Print journalism. • News and components of news. • Writing for newspaper: the lead. • The body. • Covering speeches, meetings and news conferences. • Broadcast journalism. • Broadcast style book. • Preparing broadcast copy. • Interviewing. • Online journalism. • What is the net?. • Computer-assisted journalism. • Legal pitfalls on the internet. • The journalist and the law. • Regulation and press freedom. • Disclosure of source of information. • Contempt of court. • The ethical journalist. • Ethics and journalism. • Codes of journalistic ethics. • Ethical issues and enforcement of ethics in Nigerian journalism. • Writing for advertising and public relations. • Writing advert copy unit 2 public relations writing.enBook