Grant Milnor Hyde’s Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence is an early-twentieth-century manual for reporters, correspondents, and students of newspaper writing. It lays out the practical methods of gathering news, conducting interviews, covering assignments, and filing copy under deadline.
A product of the new university programs in journalism, the book codifies the conventions of the American press — the news lead, the inverted pyramid, and the reporter’s duties — for an audience learning the trade. It is a useful window into how professional journalism was taught a century ago. Download the free EPUB of this classic reporting manual.