Release the Hounds: A Guide to Research for Journalists and Writers

Title page......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Foreword......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 12
List of contributors......Page 13
Introduction......Page 15
Research for journalists and writers......Page 17
A step-by-step guide to getting the news......Page 21
Profiling a life: Research for profiles, obituaries and biographies......Page 30
Digging up the family......Page 33
Hidden jewels or fool\'s gold? Evaluating your information......Page 40
Friends and foes......Page 48
Sifting documentary sources......Page 55
Interviewing......Page 59
Working contacts; Finding and keeping reliable sources......Page 70
Community and cultural institutions......Page 74
Events......Page 76
Regional reporting......Page 79
Non-profit organisations......Page 81
Universities, research institutes and think-tanks......Page 84
Sources in organisations......Page 90
Companies......Page 96
4 Sniffing the legal breeze......Page 101
Legal information......Page 102
Courts and lawyers......Page 104
Parliaments and government......Page 113
Parliament and politicians......Page 116
Untangling the political trail......Page 127
Government departments and agencies......Page 128
Uncovering social history......Page 140
Land titles......Page 145
Local government......Page 149
Freedom of information......Page 152
Public relations and press releases......Page 158
News reports......Page 162
Periodicals: magazines, newsletters and journals......Page 167
Finding articles in indexes and databases......Page 172
Medline: Searching scholarly journals......Page 179
Online communities......Page 180
Databases, directories and search engines......Page 184
References resources......Page 190
Libraries......Page 194
Archives......Page 202
Statistics......Page 207
Computer-assisted reporting/data analysis......Page 213
Appendix: Who has what? Resources under subject topics......Page 235
Bibliography......Page 257