Interviewing and Information Gathering: An Overview
This post gives a bird’s eye view of the course Interviewing and Information Gathering. It briefly shows the context and rationale for the course. It locates the course in the […]
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NEWS WRITING SERIES #4: Rules For Writing News Stories
INTRODUCTION In the earlier segments of this series, we have examined the following topics: The Meaning of Journalism What is a News Story? Hard News and Soft News (Similarities and […]
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NEWS WRITING SERIES #3: Hard and Soft News (Similarities and Differences)
INTRODUCTION In the first two segments of this series, we dealt with the topics, “The Meaning of Journalism” and “What is a News Story?” Do read those segments before continuing […]
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NEWS WRITING SERIES #2: What Is A News Story?
INTRODUCTION In the first segment of this series, we discussed “The Meaning Of Journalism.” Click on the title to read that post if you haven’t done so before continuing with […]
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NEWS WRITING SERIES #1: The Meaning Of Journalism
INTRODUCTION News stories are the most common types of stories journalists write regardless of the class of media they work for – print, broadcast or web-based. Covering newsworthy events and […]
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BASICS OF NEWS REPORTING AND WRITING #3: How To Write The Lead And Body Of A News Story
INTRODUCTION In the first segment of this series, we briefly examined the most important criteria for determining news worthiness and tips for news gathering. In the second segment, we began […]
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BASICS OF NEWS REPORTING AND WRITING #2: How To Write A Headline
INTRODUCTION This is the second in our series on the Basics of News Reporting and Writing. Before proceeding with this segment, it is advisable that you go through the first […]
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BASICS OF NEWS REPORTING AND WRITING #1: Tips For News Gathering
INTRODUCTION This training series examines the basics or fundamentals of news reporting and writing. News is at the heart of journalism. It is the most important product provided by the […]
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TYPES OF REPORTING III : INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Introduction: When you mention Investigative Reporting, the first thing that comes to the mind of your listener is: Is there any reporting that does not involve investigation? What then sets […]
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TYPES OF REPORTING II: INTERPRETATIVE REPORTING
Introduction: The limitations of straight news reporting inevitably gave rise to other methods of reporting, the first of which we will consider in this post. It is called interpretative reporting. […]
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“HARNESSING THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO BOOST YOUR GLOBAL AUDIENCE” WITH KAMALA DAUGHTRY
This post presents a summary of a short virtual course on how to gain and expand one’s global attention by reporting consistently via the social media. It was offered free to students of Mass Communication, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, by social media specialist, Ms. Kamara Daughtry.
We are grateful to Ms. Daughtry for taking the time to teach and challenge our students to start their journalism careers even while in school by being active in making the most of news opportunities and building rich portfolios via their social media accounts.
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TYPES OF REPORTING I : STRAIGHT NEWS REPORTING
Introduction The work of covering newsworthy people, places, issues and events and crafting accurate and balanced stories from them is at the core of journalism. This work, called reporting, has […]
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