Basics

The questions every journalist should ask

In this lesson we look at the questions a journalists should consider asking.

Fact-checking and adding context

An essential part of the editorial process is to examine everything we are told to make sure it is factual.

Journalistic roles and responsibilities

Journalism involves many tasks that requires a wide variety of skills. We look at some of the jobs journalists do.

The active and passive voices in news

Make your news writing more interesting by using the “active voice”. Bob Eggington explains this simple and effective technique.

News writing for beginners

A journalist writing a news story is the author, organiser and decision maker. Without them the story may never be told.

Developing and applying news sense

How do we know what is “news”? There are millions of things going on in the world all the time and only some of them become news stories.

Interviewing politicians

There is a fine art to interviewing politicians. You need to understand their motivation, realise they will have a script, not allow them to complicate matters, refuse to be sidetracked, and retain an open mind.

Citizen reporting to citizen journalism

This article was written for a group of young citizen reporters from remote rural communities in Zimbabwe who were learning how to become journalists.

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Lesson: Interviewing ‘off the record’

This lesson plan is designed to help journalists understand the purpose, the benefits, and the risks of ‘off the record’ interviews.

How to motivate journalists

Your daily news meeting should set the tone for everything your news organisation does. It should be dynamic, brimming with original ideas and angles, inclusive and agenda-setting.