Workshops
Workshop: Avoiding jargon
Journalists should avoid journalese, jargon, and clichés. Writing must be clear, accessible, and informative to ensure the audience stays engaged and informed.
Workshop: Court reporting for beginners
Reporting on court hearings requires a firm grasp of local laws to understand exactly what can and cannot be published under reporting restrictions.
Workshop: Using the active voice in news
News is about action. To grab your audience’s attention, journalists must write with impact. Discover how to master the active voice in your reporting.
Workshop: Crime reporting for beginners
Crime journalists must balance the public’s right to know with ethics, ensuring accuracy and sensitivity while avoiding sensationalism or prejudice.
Workshop: Editorialising is not for news
Journalists need to tell people, as plainly as possible, what is happening in the world. Every story should be fact-based. We must never add our own opinion.
Workshop: Adjectives and adverbs in news
Journalists must write tight, concise copy. Avoid wasting words and prune unnecessary adjectives or adverbs to ensure news stories remain sharp and impactful.
Workshop: News writing for beginners
Journalists are the vital authors and decision-makers of news. Without them, key stories go untold. Every report must remain truly interesting and informative.
Workshop: Story structure in news
Master news story elements and the inverted pyramid. Learn to order facts by relevance with our guide to professional journalism standards.