In pre-WWII Toyko, American newspaper editor Nick Condon runs an explosive story revealing Japan's warlike intentions toward China and the U.S.

Crime reporter Mike Reese has a nose for news, and an eager hand under the table in return for spinning the truth in favor of moneyed perps. But after he tries to cash in on a story involving a maid accused of a society murder, Reese ultimately finds the courage to reveal the truth and make amends for his tainted past.

Carl Kolchak, reporter for the INS (Independent News Service) encounters the supernatural on his quest for a story.

Figuring the answers to a murder mystery lie in the old Simmons mansion, so Luther Heggs visits the estate at the witching hour of midnight. Certain he's seen a ghost, Luther writes a story which makes front page news - and brings on a libel suit from the mansion's owner. When the trial judge orders an investigation - and no apparition appears - Luther is branded a fraud. That is, until he and his devoted girlfriend team up to uncover the mystery...

Willie Stark is an uncorrupted small-town mayor in 1950s Louisiana. He gets picked by the political machine to run as a wild card candidate in the upcoming gubernatorial race. But, when Willie realizes that he is being manipulated, he veers off on his own to become the darling of the electorate's downtrodden and forgotten hicks. Covering the campaign for a local paper is Jack Burden, whose editorial pieces become so admiring of Willie that he's fired....

When reform-minded city councilman Blair Newgate is gunned down while investigating dope-peddling charges lodged against a seedy sideshow arcade, a key suspect's niece joins forces with a slick newspaper reporter to find the real killer.

"Clem Rogers is a cub reporter writing obituaries and weather reports, until he gets his chance at a story so big he'll get the front page for sure! It looks like Jane Atwell, the daughter of the front runner for mayor, might just be involved in the murder of the District Attorney. When Clem quits basking in his own success he starts to doubt the facts of his report but can he get to the bottom of the true story before Jane and her father are ruined?"--Container....

"A beautiful heiress has a scheme to embarrass a handsome gossip columnist ..." -- back of container.

The story finds hard-nosed editor Walter Burns trying every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter Hildy Johnson from leaving the newspaper business to get married.

An investigative reporter from Chicago is sent to the Rockies to seek out and interview a journalist-hating ornithologist.