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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: Spotting errors in writing
All journalists must check their writing, but it is often difficult to see our own mistakes. Try our checklist of tips to help you spot errors.
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: 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: Interviewing trauma sufferers
Interviewing trauma survivors is a core journalism skill. Here we look at preparation, technique, and ethics in conflict, displacement, and human rights work.
Quick Guide: Lateral reading for fact-checking
Journalists use lateral reading to fact-check by broadening their knowledge. But what is it, how does it differ from normal reading, and what are the benefits?
Quick Guide: How to identify news
Identifying what makes news is about more than just spotting events. It's about evaluating how they impact the lives of the audience.
Quick Guide: Adjectives and adverbs in journalism
Streamline your writing with this short how-to checklist. Use it to strip away confusing clutter and sharpen your journalism for better clarity.
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: Citizen journalism
Learn to turn simple observations into professional news stories. This guide covers adding depth and context to your reporting.
Quick Guide: Avoid editorialising in news
Journalism should be fact-based and impartial. Understand why news reporters must leave their opinions at home to guard against conscious and unconscious bias.
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: AI in the newsroom
Understanding how to use AI is essential for any journalist who wants to work efficiently while maintaining high professional standards.
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