Exercises
Exercise: Understanding post-truth in journalism
For journalists, post-truth represents a critical challenge to our core mission of informing the public with accurate, verified information. This exercise deals with some...
Exercise: Editorialising is not for news
Editorialising should be avoided in news reporting because it blurs the line between fact and opinion, undermining accuracy, fairness, and public trust. This exercise is designed to help journalists recognise editorialising and avoid it.
Exercise: Questions every journalist should ask
There are six questions that a journalists should consider asking. They are What? Why? When? How? Where? and Who? This exercise considers their use in journalism.
Exercise: Referencing, attribution, and plagiarism
Original journalism often begins by finding a unique, unexplored angle within existing public information or the reporting of others. This exercise looks at what a journalist should do in those situations.
Exercise: Crime reporting for beginners
Journalists reporting on crime must balance the public’s right to know with ethical responsibilities, ensuring accuracy, fairness, and sensitivity while avoiding sensationalism and prejudice.
Exercise: Planning a breaking news TV package
Reporting breaking TV news is a high-pressure race against the clock. You must balance real-time events with limited time for fact-checking and sourcing interviews.
Exercise: Adjectives and adverbs in journalism
Journalists should not waste words. Their writing should be concise and tight. Adjectives and adverbs clutter up news stories and should be avoided wherever possible.
Exercise: Understanding unconscious bias
This exercise is designed to help journalists understand how unconscious bias can undermine journalistic integrity and distort how news is covered.