Certified News Editor

Introduction

• Definitions of News and Current Affairs
• Elements of News Values
• News Virtues
• Qualities of the News Editor
• General Rules for News Writing

Writing Techniques

• Introduction
• Elements of Good Writing
• Writing for your Audience/ Viewer
• Writing for your Announcer
• Types of Leads for Broadcast Stories
• Guidelines for Copy Preparation
• Putting Together a Newscast
• Sources for Broadcast News

News Sources

• Introduction
• Finding and Using News Sources
• Sources of News

Developing Story Line By Line

• Writing Broadcast Copy
• The Five W’s and H Rule

Selecting the News

• Types of News
• Public/Civic Journalism
• The Concept of Objectivity
• Details to Avoid
• VERBS - The Writing Coach
• Finding Stories
• Prioritisation
• Introduction
• Editorial Policy Conforming to the Newsroom of BBC

Editorial Values and Policies

• News

Structure

• Introduction
• English Com position and Broadcast Writing
• Additional Readings
• Active Verbs

Objectivity

• Introduction
• Objectivity

Legality

• Legal and Ethical Issues
• Checklists for Public Affairs Reporting

Interviews

• Why am I Interviewing?
• Whom Should I Interview?
• When Should I Conduct My Interviews?
• Where should I Conduct the Interview?
• What Questions should I Ask?
• How should I Conduct Interviews?
• Writing the Interview Story

Documentary and Feature Programmes

• Defining the Terms
• The Documentary
• The News Documentary
• The Feature
• Types of Feature Stories

Biographies

• What are Biographies?

Specialty Writing

• Environmental Reporting
• Business Reporting
• Consumer Reporting
• Investigative Reporting
• Wildlife Writing and Reporting

Science and Sports

• Science
• Developing a Medical Glossary
• Writing Science News

Disaster and Human Interest

• Reporting Courts and National Disasters
• Hazards of Human Interest

News Releases

• News Releases
• Elements of A News Release
• Types of New s Releases
• The Journalist’s Perspective
• The No Problem
• Other Problems with New s Releases
• Checklist for Handling New s Releases

News Agencies

• Introduction
• Monitoring
• New s Agencies Round the World
• The ‘Big Four’ as the Paramount New s Sources
• The Press Trust of India
• AP (Associated Press)
• AFP

The Internet

• Journalists and the Internet
• Internet Addresses or URLS
• Search Engines and Subject Directories
• Mailing Lists and Newsgroups
• Ethical Considerations

Other Media

• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Alternative Newsweeklies
• Newspaper Vs Radio and TV News
• New s agencies
• Other News Sources
• A New Concept in Media: Talking Newspapers
• Good Practice for Talking Newspapers
• Additional Material
• Concise details”

Editorial Judgment

• News Judgment
• Recognizing and Evaluating A New s Story
• Fictional and Factual
• News is More Than Story
• Many Publics, Mostly Local

Writing for Television

• Writing for the Television Newscast

Writing for Radio

• Your Audience

Pricing Together Video and Audio

• Avoiding Jump Cuts
• Television Script Formats