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Tips for journalists attending job interviews

An interview for a job in the media is often the culmination of weeks of hard work searching for opportunities, filling out application forms and waiting.

Your daily news meeting should set the tone for everything your news organisation does.

How to motivate journalists - tips for editors

What editors look for when recruiting journalists

What are the best qualifications for becoming a journalist? After spotting this question posted by would-be journalists on the sub Reddit real journalism I put it to senior editors on the Media Helping Media LinkedIn group and asked them what is the best degree for a career in journalism? The following are some tips that might help those starting off in a career in the media.

Wanted, your media know-how

Have you got some journalism expertise to share with others? If you are a journalist, media manager or media trainer and have some tips to share, please consider submitting a training module to this site so that journalists worldwide can benefit from your experience. We have a growing collection of free tips and tutorials on the site which are regularly copied and translated into many languages and shared worldwide.

Five alternative business models for journalism | IJNet

http://m.ijnet.org/stories/five-alternative-business-models-journalism

With newsrooms downsizing, money is tight and the profit-making model of traditional journalism warrants nostalgia.

It's essential that journalists attribute all quotes and information to the people and sources of the material. Attribution can be used to make clear whether information has been gathered from interviews, speeches, reports, books, films or other newspapers, radio or television stations. For example, in reported speech the attribution is still part of the sentence, although it is not as distinct as when you use a direct quote.

The importance of attribution in news

How to use quotes in news and features

The correct use of quotes is an important part of journalism. In this training module we look at some of the basic rules for adding quotes to news stories and features. Note: This module is based on a much longer piece published on The News Manual .

http://www.mediahelpingmedia.org/training-resources/journalism-basics/659-how-to-use-quotes-in-news-stories-and-features

Tips for journalists: Spotting your own mistakes

Most journalists need a second pair of eyes to check through their copy in order to spot any factual, grammatical or spelling mistakes. When I moved to radio and later TV there was less of a need to get the spelling right because I just voiced the script I had written - so I probably became careless.

Exiled media: The challenges and opportunities

As a result, two training sessions for two different groups of exiled African journalists and media managers from two different African countries have just been held in two different African capital cities where they felt safe enough to travel and meet.

The role of the journalist in exile - About Journalism

http://ashagrehailu.posterous.com/the-role-of-the-journalist-in-exile

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How to find and develop important news angles

Seeking out new angles on a breaking, developing or running news story is an important part of the editorial process. Journalists have a responsibility to think through and explain how news developments impact the lives of their audience. This process usually takes place in news meetings where editorial staff discuss the implications of events in order to decide which deserve further investigation.

Radio journalists need to have an ear for the most newsworthy audio and must be able to write clear and informative scripts introducing the material they have gathered. It’s not just about sounds; it’s about words, too. The following was written for media trainers at the Media Resources and Training Centre (MRTC) of the University of Jaffna , Sri Lanka.