Popular Posts

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

The Newa Manual- Content Only




The News Manual


Chapters in Volume 1

1.      What is news?
2.      What is a journalist?
3.      The shape of the news story
4.      Writing the intro in simple steps
5.      Writing the Intro, the golden rules
6.      Writing the news story in simple steps
7.      Writing the news story - clear writing
8.      Quotes
9.      Attribution
10.  Language & style basics
11.  Language & style - words
12.  Language & style - grammar
13.  Language & style - translation
14.  Copy presentation
15.  Newsroom books
16.  Interviewing basics
17.  Telephone interviewing
18.  Media releases
19.  Speeches & meetings basics
20.  Reporting speeches & meetings
21.  Press & media conferences
22.  Vox pops - what are they?
23.  Conducting vox pops
24.  Follow-ups


Chapters in Volume 2

1.      Advanced news writing
2.      Rounds
3.      Political rounds
4.      Writing about politics
5.      Reporting industry & finance
6.      Quick guide to economics
7.      Reporting science & technology
8.      Writing about science & technology
9.      Religion
10.  Minorities
11.  Crime reporting introduction
12.  Reporting crime
13.  Writing about crime
14.  Ethics of reporting crime
15.  Introduction to investigative reporting
16.  Investigative reporting in practice
17.  Investigative reporting, writing techniques
18.  Death & disaster, introduction
19.  Reporting death & disaster
20.  The breaking story
21.  A practical example of the breaking story
22.  News pictures
23.  Captions and graphics in news pictures
24.  Radio & television basics
25.  Radio & television bulletins
26.  Features
27.  Obituaries
28.  Reviewing
29.  Sport basics
30.  Writing about sport
31.  Sport in different media

  



Chapters in Volume 3

1.     Facts and opinion
2.     Fairness
3.     Pressures on journalists
4.     Sources of information
5.     Sources and confidentiality
6.     Taste and bad taste
7.     Privacy and public interest
8.     Introduction to the law (plus Legal systems)
9.     The rules of court reporting
10.                        Practical court reporting
11.                        Court reporting, a case in practice
12.                        Privilege
13.                        Contempt
14.                        Defamation - what you cannot do
15.                        Defamation - what you can do
16.                        Blasphemy, obscenity and sedition
17.                        Security and anti-terror laws
18.                        Copyright
19.                        Afterword


No comments:

Post a Comment