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During elections politicians will often accuse media organisations and their journalists of bias. We look at the challenges of producing fair election coverage.

How do you interview someone who has been trained to avoid your questions? You have to recognise the techniques, stay calm, and keep digging for facts.

Interviewing is a core skill of journalism. Here we look at the main interview formats, what each is designed to achieve, and when to use them.

A journalist managing a news website is constantly involved in updating, refreshing and repositioning content in time with the evolving news flow.

Documentaries are in-depth stories told in a more interesting way. A great documentary engages listeners and puts them at the heart of the storytelling.

Computer-Assisted Reporting (CAR) refers to the use of digital tools such as spreadsheets, databases, and basic statistical analysis to interrogate large datasets.

The journalist in charge of a news website is like a shopkeeper who sets out their stall. If the items are badly displayed the customer might miss them, if they are not fresh people won't buy them.

The following is a list of some of the common climate change terms used by scientists, environmental agencies, governments, activists, and journalists.

Journalists must avoid providing false equivalence and false balance when covering news stories – particularly climate change.

Most journalists are generalists, who can cover any kind of story.  But there is also a place for specialists, providing expertise on particular subjects. 

Planning is essential for journalists to produce effective election coverage.

All news organisations have values. They are the biggest part of the organisation’s brand. Journalists need to uphold these brand values at all times.