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Journalism is one of the most important resources of a well informed society. Around the globe, journalists are finding more specialized information of interest to their readers, listeners and viewers. In Ghana, journalists have wrestled with how to cover elections fairly. In Latino communities of the United states, journalists are addressing personal finance issues such as balancing checkbooks, saving money for retirement or buying homes. And in Pakistan, journalists see a need for an Urdu-language television production manual, the first of it's kind. These topics and more are dealt with in ICFJ's specialized reporting manuals.
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Thanks to the Carnegie Corporation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and Merill Lynch, ICFJ has a number of manuals--"branded as "complimentary"--that are available free of charge. For other manuals not funded, visitors will be able to read a preview of the manual on our Web site. If you want to get a full manual, we hope that you will purchase a digital copy for US$5. International journalists who would like complimentary copies of ICFJ's manuals are asked to fill in this simple form. Once you have been approved, an ICFJ staff member will give you information about how to download the manual(s) of your choice. Please note ICFJ's Copyright Policy before purchasing.
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.png) Since crises often render severe mental and emotional stresses, Journalism and Trauma, An Interactive Guide offers suggestions to help journalists work with grieving victims and survivors in an ethical and sensitive manner. This guide also defines traumatic stress and offers tips to media professionals for their own self-care.
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 ICFJ launched a timely manual on disaster and crisis coverage as Haitians are recovering from a 7.0 earthquake. The manual also comes with a complimentary interactive guide on covering trauma. This guide provides practical guidelines for delivering news in a professional manner while maintaining personal safety. The manual also provides links to other online resources that are available to journalists on the issue. The guide builds on the success of a 2008 training program on crisis reporting for U.S Hispanic and Latin American journalists sponsored by the McCormick Foundation.
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 Covering immigration is not easy. It often requires an understanding of public policy and immigration law, an appreciation of U.S. history and our social dynamics, and an ability to convey in a compelling, even-handed way the everyday stories of immigrants. It is important not to stereotype, sensationalize or oversimplify the issues and the lives of the people you interview. While writing about illegal immigrants, for example, it is important to earn their trust and also make sure they understand your role as a journalist and not as an advocate. There may be language barriers, and it is important that you translate accurately or work with a translator who can assist you.
This manual will help you cover immigration in a fair and meaningful way.
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 This social reporting manual for Iranian journalists discusses issues such as covering the social beat, avoiding stereotypes and using social statistics in stories. The author of the manual is award-winning Iranian journalist and cartoonist Nikahang Kowsar. The manual is used as the key reference work for ICFJ's recent online courses in social reporting. Twenty-five Iranian journalists and bloggers particpated in the six-week, instructor-led program. To read this manual in English, click here.
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 If you are new to media training, perhaps you have some reservations or fears about training journalists or media managers. Or you may think training colleagues is easy because you have been teaching or practicing journalism for years. Still, this manual incorporates a variety of different training methods that are specific to training adult journalists. If you master the points in this manual, you will find it difficult to fail as a media trainer.
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 Ordinary people --laborers and shopkeepers, nurses and students -- often have only one way to get their names in the papers: Commit a crime or be the victim of one. But their day-to-day lives are the lives of our readers, listeners and viewers, too. This manual helps journalists frame stories around social issues such as health and education, as well as issues concerning women and children.
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 The key to any democracy is the ability to have fair elections. It's especially hard for journalists in emerging democracies to cover the election process when they have never experienced it before.
This manual emphasizes "citizen-based" election coverage. It focuses on issues, concerns and explores solutions rather than dictates who is in the lead.
Although this manual is aimed at journalists in emerging democracies, journalists living anywhere can strive to reach these models of coverage.
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 Iran is complex by anyone’s standards. Even journalists who have spent decades reporting on it struggle to understand it fully. Yet many Westerners think they know a lot about Iran because it shows up in the headlines so often.
ICFJ perceived a need to take a closer look at the Iran buzzwords and find new openings for fresh approaches to reporting about Iran. You will find here an opportunity to gain insight from a unique group of experts who have made it their life’s work to understand Iran.
This report is the result of our April 2008 conference “Iran 360: Exploring Politics, Economics and Society in a Global Hot Spot,” supported by the United States Institute of Peace.
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 The problem for many reporters is that they’re not experts in personal finance –even though they probably have had to address personal finance issues such as balancing their checkbook, determining how to save money for retirement or buying a home.
The goal of this online tutorial is to give you a basic overview of personal finance so that you’ll feel more comfortable writing about money.
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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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