Intro covers the topics all journalists need to know for a career in journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, including: Finding and writing news, reporting specialist rounds (like politics and sport), radio and TV journalism, media law and ethics, web-based reporting, digital news photography, using social media to find and develop stories, reporting Maori affairs, reporting on diversity. Written by experienced journalism educators and journalists, it includes extensive advice from working journalists. Online exercises are also available for all the book's chapters.

Author Biography

Associate Professor Grant Hannis teaches journalism at Massey University in Wellington, where he has been a journalism educator for more than 15 years. Prior to joining Massey, he spent 14 years as a senior journalist at Consumer magazine. He has also taught journalism in the United States, as a Fulbright Senior Scholar.