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Lessons
Our free day-long lessons offer in-depth journalism training. Each structured lesson includes practical exercises, real-world examples, and assessment tools. Visit our site map for all the content in this and other sections.
Lesson: Dealing with algorithmic bias in news
This lesson plan is designed to help journalists recognise and deal with algorithmic bias in the news production process.
Lesson: Preparing for and carrying out an interview
This lesson plan is designed to teach students how to carry out an interview in a way that reveals new and important information.
Lesson: Integrity in journalism
This lesson plan teaches students the importance of maintaining integrity in all their dealing in order to investigate issues thoroughly and truthfully without being influenced by external pressures.
Lesson: How to create a structured news report
This lesson plan is designed to help students understand how to construct a news report so that it is easily understood by the reader.
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Lesson: How to make a documentary
This lesson plan is designed to help students learn the skills required to create compelling, in-depth and informative news documentaries.
Lesson: SMART objectives for training
This lesson plan is designed to teach how to apply SMART objectives to training programmes for journalists and media managers.
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Lesson: Using the right words
This lesson plan is designed to teach students the power of words and how to use them when writing a piece of journalism.
Lesson: Essential elements of a news story
This lesson plan helps students prioritise key news elements, ensuring readers grasp essential facts even if they only engage with the first few lines of a story.
Lesson : Respecting privacy as a journalist
This lesson plan is designed to help journalists learn how to respect privacy while also being thorough investigate issues that are in the public interest.
Lesson: The importance of editorial ethics
This lesson plan is designed to help journalists understand the importance of applying editorial ethics to their newsgathering and news production.
Lesson: Covering climate change
Reporting on climate change is a major challenge for journalists. The topic is topical, controversial, and rooted in complex scientific research.
Lesson: Clichés, journalese, and jargon
This lesson plan is designed to enable journalism trainers to teach students the importance of avoiding clichés, journalese, and jargon in their writing.
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