Workshops
Our two-hour and four-hour workshops offer structured training sessions on essential journalism skills. Designed for flexibility, these guides can be delivered as standalone sessions or integrated into broader training programmes with activities and assessment methods. All material is free to download, adapt and use. Scroll down our site map for all the content in this and other sections.
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.
Workshop: Investigative journalism best practice
Learn to conduct investigative reporting to international standards. This workshop offers practical guidance for journalists to avoid common reporting pitfalls.
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.
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Spotting errors in your own writing
Most journalists need a second pair of eyes to check through their copy in order to spot any factual, grammatical or spelling mistakes.
Computer-assisted reporting (CAR)
Computer-Assisted Reporting (CAR) refers to the use of digital tools such as spreadsheets, databases, and basic statistical analysis to interrogate large datasets.
Lesson: How to create a structured news report
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