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Basic Training Manuals
The following training materials are for journalists who are new to the profession. Learning basic skills such as reporting, writing, gathering sources and fact-checking are what makes a good journalist a great one. These manuals provide the latest information, case studies and processes to become acquainted with the basics of the journalism profession.
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 This manual offers an overview of the basics in a variety of topics such as lead writing, news structure, using quotations, covering beats, internet research and television and radio news reporting.
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 Now more than ever, it's important for journalists to know how to report on the broader economy. With the global market in the balance, in order to create a concise, knowledgeable report on the economy worldwide, reporters should be informed on market conditions, financial transactions and the latest economic developments. This manual is designed to teach the basics of business and economic reporting.
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 This manual teaches the basics of reporting, writing, and editing. Each skill plays a role in the composition of accurate, thorough, fair, and timely reports of events. Getting the Story features a young reporter on a daily newspaper, but the process is generally the same for all forms of news media – newspapers, radio television and news magazines. The reporter first collects facts and checks them. Then more information is obtained through research. Next, the reporter writes the story. Finally, the story is edited. At the completion of this training, you will know how to gather facts; how to organize facts into a story people will read; and about some of the other steps in getting a story into print or on the air.
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 After he began his Knight International Journalism Fellowship with ARY One World, a private, Urdu-language television channel in Pakistan, Adnan Adil Zaidi realized the need for an Urdu TV production training manual. “There was no book or training manual available in Urdu. Even books on media training in the English language are not available,” Zaidi says. The challenge was to develop a document that addressed the basic training needs of television journalists in Pakistan. Zaidi developed the guide using notes he had taken during his 18-year journalism career. The result: a 108-page manual that covers news theory, television reporting and anchoring.
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 Merrill Lynch, in conjunction with Tsinghua University, has published a Glossary of Financial Terms and Acronyms, a valuable new tool for business journalists and students covering the global economy.
English financial terms are often translated into a confusing array of phrases in Chinese. This glossary will enable Chinese and American business executives and reporters to use the same language.
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