Reporter's Handbook: An Investigator's Guide to Documents and Techniques

Written under the sponsorship of Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc., this new edition of The Reporter's Handbook has been thoroughly revised. Now packed with greater detail than the previous edition, this comprehensive source-book examines how to investigate a wide rariety of subjects. It lists the most useful records and documents associated with each topic, explains where to get them and how to use them. It also identifies hundreds of private and government documents and human sources.

Organized by subject for easy reference, The Reporter's Handbook, Third Edition, gives readers the tools they need to locate, obtain, understand and publish information of public importance. The text also provides valuable guidelines for writing compelling news stories.