Quick Guides
Quick guide: Spotting a news story
As a journalist, your primary job is to find information that is interesting, relevant, and important to your audience. Not every event is news.
Managing conflicts of interest
Use this checklist to manage conflicts of interest and protect your journalistic integrity. It's designed to maintain audience trust and professional standards.
Conducting interviews remotely
This checklist sets out the main considerations when conducting an interview remotely if an interviewee is not available for a face-to-face meeting.
Writing a radio news script
Radio journalists must write clear scripts that weave together compelling audio clips, ensuring listeners understand a news story’s significance.
Quick guide: Spotting a news story
As a journalist, your primary job is to find information that is interesting, relevant, and important to your audience. Not every event is news.
Using quotes in journalism
Quotes are a journalist’s most powerful tool. Used well, they bring stories to life, add credibility, and let audiences hear directly from sources.
Quick guide: Attribution in journalism
Master news attribution and referencing by following our checklist for ensuring your reporting is accurate, credible, and avoids plagiarism.
Reporting on health
Reporting on health is a major responsibility. To succeed, journalists must blend core reporting skills with a sharp understanding of science and data.
Writing a news story
When writing news you need to put the most important information at the top so that the audience is informed even if they only catch the headline and summary.
Self-censorship and how to avoid it
Avoid the self-censorship trap with our quick guide checklist. Learn to identify warning signs and discover practical ways to protect your editorial voice.
Identifying newsworthiness
As a new journalist, you need to develop a nose for news. Not every event is a story, and not every story is worth telling.
Including the human angle in news
Use this checklist to make sure you always add a human angle to news stories to help your audience identify with your content better.
Creating a story plan
This checklist is designed to help news journalists include the most important elements of a story when covering a complex issue.
Managing conflicts of interest
Use this checklist to manage conflicts of interest and protect your journalistic integrity. It's designed to maintain audience trust and professional standards.
Story leaks and tip-offs
This checklist sets out how journalists should handle story leaks and tip-offs, starting with the essential first step: verifying the source.