Workshops
Workshop: The six important questions
This workshop looks at the six questions that every journalist should consider asking. They are What? Why? When? How? Where? and Who?
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: 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: 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: Interviewing skills
Interviewing is a vital journalistic tool. Use targeted conversations to gather facts and insights while building a reliable network of sources.
Workshop: Constructing a news package for radio
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.
Workshop: Developing important news angles
Finding fresh angles on developing news is vital. Journalists must explain how events impact their audience's lives, ensuring stories remain relevant and insightful.
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: Fact checking and adding context
Journalism isn't just about gathering and passing on facts. A vital part of the editorial process is adding context to provide a much deeper understanding.
Workshop: Stress and trauma in journalism
Journalism can exposes reporters to trauma. This workshop offers techniques and tools to manage stress and protect a reporter's work and wellbeing.
Workshop: Climate change
This workshop explores how journalists covering climate change need to maintain a neutral stance and avoid appearing as an advocate or campaigner.
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: 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: The importance of clarity in news
Clear, accurate writing helps readers understand every word. We prioritise clarity and precision to keep our audience fully engaged.
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.