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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: Reporting on a news event
This checklist sets out what journalists should do when covering a live news event, including preparation and how to respond to the unexpected.
Quick Guide: Language and style
Writing clear impactful sentences and choosing the right language, style and tone is essential for all news journalists.
Quick Guide: Motivating news teams
Aspiring editors must inspire, not just instruct. Learn how to foster a creative environment and lead your newsroom to success.
Quick Guide: Developing and handling news sources
Use this checklist to ensure you build and manage credible news sources so that your journalism remains authoritative, original, and high-quality.
Quick Guide: 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.
Quick Guide: Parliamentary reporting
Reporting on parliament is a democratic essential requiring the skill to turn complex debates into clear, engaging stories for the public.
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: 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: Writing clearly
As a journalist, facts are vital. While accuracy provides the truth, clarity ensures your audience actually understands it.
Quick Guide: Public interest
Learn how journalists apply the public interest test to balance privacy and ethics while holding power to account and serving society’s right to know.
Quick Guide: Evidence-based reporting
Journalists should always rely on facts rather than feelings. Evidence-based reporting means your stories are built on data, documents, and witness accounts.
Quick Guide: Interviewing politicians
Learn how to master political interviews, respond to scripted answers, and ask the follow up questions that will uncover the facts the public needs to hear.
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