5 characteristics of a good news report
Journalism is a craft, and needs to be learnt the hard way. To excel, you need to be a good craftsman. You should know how […]
News Writing
5 reasons why TV coverage of Cyclone Phailin is disappointing
The build up is incredible. Every television channel is focusing on Cyclone Phailin. You are being repeatedly told that the danger posed by the storm […]
2 characteristics web journalism shares with news agencies
Web journalism is closer to news agency journalism than to print journalism. Both have instant deadlines, require constant updation and feed users across geographic locations […]
How to use punctuation marks in headlines
You cannot write a sentence without using a punctuation mark. The same is true of headlines which are skeletonised sentences. The punctuation marks perform two […]
5 characteristics of an anchor story
The Front Page of a newspaper showcases the best news reports of the day. Invariably, these are reports that in newspaper parlance are called hard […]
8 key advantages web journalism has over print
Web journalism enjoys eight key advantages over print in the way it covers, publishes and stores news reports. These advantages are: # Advantage 1 Web […]
3 characteristics of multimedia stories
A multimedia story is a story that uses a combination of media elements that range from text, still images, audio, video, graphics, animation to maps. […]
How to identify sources in news reports
All news reports, with a few exceptions, must be sourced. You too must name your news sources when writing a news report. This is the […]
How to rewrite a news report
The need to rewrite a news report arises when the story lacks a clear structure. There is no clear lead; and there is no clear […]