Computer-assisted Reporting is revolutionising Australia journalism. Unfortunately, few working journalists are equipped to use these new techniques.However, some teriary journalism students are already using CAR to enhance traditional reporting methods. Students get information from online databses, create their own databses to spot trends, and use spreadsheets to crunch numbers. They get story ideas and become instant experts by lurking on some of the thousands of usergroups, newsgroups, bulleting boards and listserves. They use email to "interview" experts worldwide. In short, teenage students can produce investigative feature stories far beyond the capabilities of senior journalist. About Author : Len Granato was the Journalism Coordinator and Associate Professor of Journalism at the Queensland University of Technology until his early retirement at the end of 1996. Heworked as a journalist for four newspapers in the United States before joining United Press International. In eight years with UPI he held senior editorial positions, including several in the New York world headquarters. Contents : PrefaceIntroductionGetting StartedReportingQuotationsLeads and EndingsThe BodyPutting It all TogetherComputer-Assisted ReportingIndex