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Including disability in mainstream news

Journalism diversity is about more than who is hired to work in the newsroom, it’s about telling stories that reflect the complexity of our diverse society.

Exercise: Crime reporting for beginners

Crime reporters must balance the public's right to know with ethical duties, ensuring accuracy and fairness while avoiding sensationalism and prejudice.

Pitching a news story to an editor

Every great piece of journalism starts with a pitch — and how you pitch can make the difference between being published or being rejected.

Lesson: Preparing for and carrying out an interview

This lesson plan is designed to teach students how to carry out an interview in a way that reveals new and important information.

Planning a journalistic collaboration

Here we look at the practical steps needed in setting up an editorial collaboration with another news organisation or other information source.

Doorstepping – scenario

Your news editor sends you to doorstep a bereaved family, telling you to get a quote and a photo. But the family won't open the door. What do you do?

Tool: SMART objectives for media training

Those delivering media training need to focus on SMART objectives, which are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bound.

Build your own journalism training course

Editors who want to improve their news output and raise the professionalism of their staff now have access to free training materials.

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Exercise: Fact-checking in news

True journalism requires more than just gathering news. We rigorously examine every detail to maintain the highest factual standards.

Story development techniques

Journalists need to look for related stories, angles, or missing pieces of a story in order to help the audience understand the importance of the issue being covered.

Good journalism has always been about data

We are all data journalists, even those who may have never heard of the term before. Data journalism has been around for years, it's just more accessible and useful now.