Reporting

News beats
What are beats and how are they organised
3 dangers of beat system and how to handle them

News sources
When you don’t name a source

News writing
8 tips to write powerful internet stories
5 ways to make your sentences lean and mean

The Art of Interview
How to set up a news interview
How to prepare for an interview
9 tips to conduct news interview
8 more tips to conduct news interview
How not to conduct an interview

Press release
What is news embargo and why is it used
What is a press release and who issues it
Know the four kinds of Press Releases

Feature Writing
Six steps to write a News Feature
4 tips for budding feature writers

Speech Reporting
8 tips to report public meetings
12 Speech Reporting tips
How to report a Public Speech

Captions
5 requirements of a good caption
Caption should identify people in a photograph

Elements of a news report
Why newspapers use two dates
4 key elements of a time stamp
Miscellaneous
An elementary lesson for foreign correspondents
4 news lessons to be learnt from Big B’s critique
An error of judgement
Who makes news more: those who survive an air crash or those who die
Local, Glocal and Hyperlocal

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