Suggested textbooks for newswriting and reporting:
- News Reporting and Writing, by Melvin Mencher (McGraw-Hill)
- News Reporting and Writing, by Missouri Group (Bedford/St. Martin’s)
- News Writing and Reporting for Today’s Media, by Bruce Itule and Doug Anderson (McGraw-Hill)
- Inside Reporting: A Practical Guide to the Craft of Journalism, by Tim Harrower (McGraw-Hill)
- Telling the Story: The Convergence of Print, Broadcast and Online Media, by the Missouri Group (Bedford/St. Martin’s)
- Reporting for the Media, by Fred Fedler, John Bender, et al (Harcourt Brace)
- Reporting and Writing: Basics for the 21st Century, by Chip Scanlan (Oxford)
- Writing and Reporting News: A Coaching Method, by Carole Rich (Wadsworth)
- Reporting that Matters: Public Affairs Coverage, by John Irby, et al (Pearson, Allyn and Bacon)
- Public Affairs Reporting Now: News of, by and for the People, by George Killenberg (Focal Press)
- Making Important News Interesting: Reporting Public Affairs in the 21st Century, by Perry Parks (Marion Street Press)