This book is meant mainly for people who wish to be able to communicate the news effectively in a language neither they nor their readers are native to. More specifically, it is for learners and new practitioners of English-language journalism in ASEAN, southeast Asia's predominantly Malay-Chinese community of nations. Necessarily, therefore, it is a bk more basic than is normally a book of its kind. It attempts to reconcile to native realities the philosophies and traditions on which journalism is founded, d in that context offers specific practical advice on the range of editorial skills that makes a basically well-rounded newspaper practitioner--from reporting to editing to page design.