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Quick Guides
Our free quick guides are short checklists designed as self-teaching aids highlighting the main points from some of our training articles. All are linked to the articles they summarise. Visit our site map for all the content in this and other sections.
Quick Guide: Interviewing politicians
Interviewing politicians is an vital skill for a journalist. Your role is not to win an argument, but to act as a bridge between those in power and the public.
Quick Guide: Reporting conflict
Reporting from conflict zones requires sensitivity, historical depth, and cultural awareness. A journalist must always put people before the story.
Quick Guide: Respecting privacy in news
Journalists must balance privacy with robust public interest reporting. This might require necessary and justified interference to ensure thorough coverage.
Quick Guide: Critical thinking for journalists
Critical thinking is the bedrock of quality journalism, serving as the essential foundation to help audiences better understand the world.
Quick Guide: 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.
Quick Guide: Broadcast news packaging
Master the art of creating broadcast news packages. This guide covers voiceovers, interviews, and natural sound to help you build compelling stories.
Quick Guide: 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: Visual storytelling
TV reporting is about letting pictures tell the story. Here is how to build a package by thinking visually first to engage your audience.
Quick Guide: Creating radio current affairs
Use this checklist to help you create radio news and current affairs programmes that effectively meet the information needs of your target audience.
Quick Guide: 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: Gender equality in journalism
Journalists should report the world as it is. Women make up half the population but are often ignored. Learn how to improve accuracy through gender equality.
Quick Guide: 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.
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