The World Press Freedom Committee has recently printed 30,000 copies of a Russian-language edition of its "Handbook for Journalists of Central and Eastern Europe," edited by Malcolm F. Mallette. The 160-page book was prepared in 1990 in response to a request from Stefan Bratkowski, president of the Polish Journalists Association, to help the numerous small local papers then coming into existence. The handbook is based primarily on American journalism experie nce and relates mostly to print journalism, although its principles apply also to the broadcast media. It includes chapters on:

• Interviewing

• Writing the Lead

• Modifiers: Beware a wobbly crutch

• Attribution and Sourcing

• Newsroom Planning

• Crime and Courts

• Newspaper Credibility: How to make readers believe

• Typography and Design

• Writing for Broadcast

• Starting a Small Newspaper

• Selling Newspaper Advertising

• Classified Advertising: Tiny ads with big clout

• Circulation's Tasks

Copies of the Russian-language edition of the Handbook are available from at least three places:

Russian-American Press and Information Center
P.O. Box 229, Novy Arbat
121019 Moscow
Fax: 7 (095) 203-6831

or the Moscow headquarters of the Confederation of Russian Journalists

For more information about the Handbook contact:

Dana R. Bullen, Executive Director
World Press Freedom Committee
The Newspaper Center
11600 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston, VA 22091
Tel: (703) 648-1000
Fax: (703) 620-4557

For more information or to order a subscription, see our publications page.

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Last updated: June 7 1996

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