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Media Helping Media is hosted by the Fojo Media Institute at Linnaeus University.
Workshops
Our free two- and four-hour workshops offer structured training sessions on essential journalism skills. They can be used as standalone sessions or integrated into training programmes. Visit our site map for all the content in this and other sections.
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: TV news packaging
This workshop sets out the basics for creating a news package for TV. It’s been created for those starting out in TV journalism and those with some experience.
Workshop: Privacy in journalism
Modern journalism must balance public interest and privacy in a 24/7 digital news cycle. Learn how ethical reporters decide what to publish.
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: 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: 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: 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: Attribution and plagiarism
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.
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Interviewing skills
Interviewing is a vital journalistic tool. Use targeted conversations to gather facts and insights while building a reliable network of sources.
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