Workshops

Journalists reporting about crime must balance the public’s right to know with ethical considerations, ensuring accuracy, fairness, and sensitivity while avoiding sensationalism or prejudice.

It's essential that journalists covering news attribute any material that they have gathered from other sources. A journalist must never copy the work of others and pass it off as their own.

Clarity equals understanding. If we write clearly, our readers will understand. We will always be accurate, of course, but we will always be clear with it. 

This workshop outline sets out the basics for creating a news package for radio. It’s been created for those starting out in radio journalism.

Journalists need to recognise and then avoid using journalese, jargon, and clichés. Their writing must be clear, easy to understand, and informative.

This workshop looks at the six questions that every journalist should consider asking. They are What? Why? When? How? Where? and Who?

Seeking out new angles on a breaking, developing or running news story is an important part of the editorial process. Journalists have a responsibility to think through and explain how news developments affect the lives of their audience.

A journalist writing a news story is the author, organiser and decision maker. Without them the story may never be told. All stories need to be interesting and informative.