This textbook ‘Crime Reporting’ for T.Y. BAMMC, Semester VI (Journalism specialization) will definitely cater the students about crime beat reporter’s methodology of covering crime and court as well. It encompasses how newspapers, TV channels and news portals have covered crime reports along with credibility of sources, perusal of official records and follow-up of ongoing proceedings of the courts. The book also includes contemporary examples and case studies of several crime stories. Every crime story analyses criminal psychology, the breach of trust, financial greed, lust for physical intimacy, instant break-up and loss of control over anger, etc. The students will comprehend the intensity of crime and risk factors involved to reporters in covering crime stories.
Contents –
I. The Ethics of Crime and Justice Coverage
II. Law Enforcement Machinery
III. Covering Crime
IV. Covering Courts
V. Contemporary Crime Journalism