Categories
Basics
- What is a journalist?
- What is news?
- Where does news come from?
- The qualities of a journalist
- Essential elements of a news story
- News writing tips for beginners
- The use of adjectives and adverbs in journalism
- Gender equality in the media
- The active and passive voices in news
- Letting the pictures tell the story
- Spelling tips for journalists
- The essence of style
- The use of English
- Punctuation
- Syntax and sentence construction
- Word power
- Language and style – the basics
- Language and style – words
- Language and style – grammar
- How to create a structured news report
- 20 interviewing tips for journalists
- Referencing, attribution and plagiarism
- Applying the public interest test to journalism
- 10 tips for spotting a news story
- From citizen reporting to citizen journalism
- News sources, numbers and the ‘so what’ factor
- Interview tips for video journalists
- Tips for journalists attending job interviews
- What it takes to be a journalist
- What editors look for when hiring journalists
- 10 tips for reporting conflict and abuse
- 12 tips for producing strong news stories
- For journalists, clarity is as important as accuracy
- Keeping the sub happy: tips for print journalists
- Journalists and bloggers – stop stealing pictures
- How to find and develop important news angles
- Tips for writing radio news scripts
- Court reporting tips for beginners
- Language and style – translation
- 10 tips for producing radio bulletins
- Crime reporting tips for beginners
- Parliamentary reporting tips for beginners
- 24 tips for journalistic productivity
- How to interview politicians
- 20 tips for TV and radio packaging
- 50 tips for budding journalists
- Constructing a news package for radio
- Constructing a news package for television
Advanced
- The art of engaging viewers and listeners
- How to identify and deal with fake news
- How to create a news and current affairs programme
- Dealing with disinformation and misinformation
- Fake news and trust chains
- Information disorder – mapping the landscape
- Information disorder – how to recognise the forms
- Information disorder – the essential glossary
- How to handle a breaking news situation
- Tips for writers on spotting errors in copy
- The relationship between journalists and politicians
- How to motivate journalists – tips for editors
- 50 tips for running an effective news meeting
- Old news is no news, updates are essential
- Content curation an essential part of journalism
- The language of heat of the moment reporting
- How to avoid make-believe journalism
- Is your journalism open to manipulation?
- Presenting and exploiting content online
- How to set online news priorities
- Snacking on rumour, feeding on facts
- Updating an online news item
- Are journalism and activism compatible?
- Managing a news website’s front page
- How to set online news priorities
- The challenges facing journalists covering elections
- Confronting editorial bias in election coverage
- Media guide for spotting election irregularities
- Media guide for staying safe during elections
- Planning tips for effective election coverage
- Editorial independence during election coverage
Ethics
- Unconscious bias and its impact on journalism
- Is your journalism ethical?
- Impartiality in journalism
- Photojournalism and ethics
- Respecting privacy as a journalist
- Why editorial ethics are important
- Offence and journalism
- Accuracy in journalism
- Fairness in journalism
- Integrity and journalism
Investigative
- Why would anyone want to talk to a journalist?
- How to investigate official documents
- Compiling an investigative journalism dossier
- The mindset for investigative journalism
- 20 ways a suspect can help a journalist
- 10 tips for investigating corruption
- Tips for investigative journalism
- Avoiding the pitfalls of investigative journalism
Management
- Adopting the ‘big story’ approach
- Adopting the ‘big story’ approach
- Editorial considerations when a ‘big story’ breaks
- Newsgathering tips for producing great content
- Convergence, workflows, roles and responsibilities
- The important role of the news producer
- Prioritising production with the content value matrix
- Story weighting system for breaking news
- Proactive journalism, ensuring issues are fully explored
- Story development, ensuring all angles are covered
- Social media in news production and news dissemination
- Getting the best out of a news meeting
Strategy
- Basics of project development for a media organisation
- The skills and techniques of media project management
- An example of the media project management process
- Adapting to changing audience behaviour
- Preparing and introducing a media corporate plan
- Newsroom evolution from digital denial to digital first
- The value of thorough research for media organisations
- Vision, accountability and transparency
- Newspaper audience research – a Q & A
- The uneasy but essential evolution of news
- Establishing a market differential with original journalism
- Strategic forward planning for media organisations
- How to develop a media sales strategy
- Social media test for mainstream media
- Creating a converged news operation
- Managing people and setting objectives
- Identifying the target audience and its information needs
- Developing the potential of your staff
- Creating a distinctive radio station sound
- Setting up a media business – four essential steps
Scenarios
- Off-the-record chat – scenario
- Emotional pressure – scenario
- Transparency and full disclosure – scenario
- Returning ‘favours’ – scenario
- Emotional assumptions – scenario
- Covering a tragedy – scenario
- Trespass and journalism – scenario
- Legal threats – scenario
- Editorial ethics – scenario
- Editorial integrity – scenario
- Right of reply – scenario
- Editorial impartiality – scenario
- Interviewing integrity – scenario
- Informed consent – scenario
- Public interest – scenario
- Photo journalism – scenario
- Accuracy – scenario
- Privacy protection – scenario
Training
- Wanted, your media know-how
- 12 tips for international media trainers
- Adopting the right attitude for media training
- The essential qualities of a media trainer
- Maximising the impact of media training
- Five essential steps for media training
- Evaluating the impact of training
- Basic rules for delivering training
- How to design a successful media training plan
- How media assistance could improve
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Authors
- Deepak Adhikari
- John Allen
- Ted Bottomley
- David Brewer
- Bob Eggington
- Naomi Goldsmith
- Phil Hilton
- Jeff Hodgson
- Gordana Igrić
- International Federation Of Journalists
- Jaldeep Katwala
- Anthony Loftus
- John Paul Marthoz
- MHM contributors
- Lars Neilsen
- Don Ray
- Vince Ryan
- Marcus Tanner
- The News Manual
- Nick Walshe
- Claire Wardle
- Aidan White
- Beat Witschi