| I. | How a Newspaper is made | 1 |
| II. | News and News Values | 17 |
| III. | Getting the News | 29 |
| IV. | Structure and Style in News Stories | 60 |
| V. | News Stories of Unexpected Occurrences | 101 |
| VI. | Speeches, Interviews, and Trials | 126 |
| VII. | Special Kinds of News | 161 |
| VIII. | Follow up and Rewrite Stories | 194 |
| IX. | Feature Stories | 211 |
| X. | Editing Copy | 255 |
| XI. | The Writing of Headlines | 271 |
| XII. | Proof-Reading | 315 |
| XIII. | Making up the Paper | 322 |
| XIV. | The Function of the Newspaper | 331 |
| Index | 361 |