# Reporting and Writing with the Audience in Mind

- By: John Kroll
- Publisher: Kent State University
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Kent_State_University/Reporting_and_Writing_with_the_Audience_in_Mind)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Kent_State_University/Reporting_and_Writing_with_the_Audience_in_Mind
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/human-370964/pdf

"Reporting and Writing with the Audience in Mind" provides journalism and public relations students with the skills needed to become professional communicators. It begins with basics such as news values, interviewing, the summary lede and the inverted pyramid. It includes formulas for common story types, such as speech stories and government meetings. The book introduces advanced concepts for longer stories, photography and multimedia. It concludes with guides to grammar, AP style and more.