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Step 1
Visit your core news sources daily. Many websites cater to the modern mania for celebrity gossip, such as Celebrity Gossip, Perez Hilton, The Hollywood Gossip and TMZ. Television programming such as the E! channel and "Entertainment Tonight" summarize hot stories. Trade publications such as "Variety" and "The Hollywood Reporter" report deals, openings and more (see Resources below).
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Step 2
Follow a particular story through the gossip mill periodically. Doing this every month or so helps you keep in touch with major gossip outlets and the spin the story takes as it moves from hot new buzz to old story. Sources and celebrities change all the time so this practice helps you stay in the loop.
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Step 3
Develop sources in celebrity hangouts by getting to know workers in the bars, restaurants, salons and resorts that celebrities favor. Know your sources by first name and make sure they know you will pay for information. Service workers of all types--nannies, delivery people, electricians--have access denied to most everyone else.
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Step 4
Learn the basics of old-school journalism. Tonight's police news, if it involves a celebrity, is tomorrow's gossip. The Los Angeles Police Department Media Relations Section provides online information on how to get a press pass. You can sign up online for the New York Police Department Newsletter, as well as email news from other city departments. The Washington, D.C., Police Department News Room posts advisories, statements, releases and newsletters online (see Resources below).
