Monthly Archives: September 2009

CIoJ Training – Writing for different media – 4 & 11 November 2009

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Writing for different media… In this brave new world of multi-skilling and media convergence, the traditional demarcation lines between different fields of our profession have vanished. Journalists are increasingly being asked to write copy for three different types of media – a newspaper or magazine, a website and a script for an online video or audio reports. While the basic newsgathering and writing skills are the same, you need to tell your story in a slightly different way for each type …

CIoJ congratulates Independent campaign

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The CIoJ has written to the Editor of the Independent congratulating their successful campaign to free Afghan journalist Sayed Pervez Kambaksh. Letter to the Editor; Dear Sir, The Chartered Institute of Journalists would like to congratulate you on your determined campaign to free Afghan journalist, Sayed Pervez Kambaksh. As journalists we often walk a difficult path and this is more dangerous as we pursue our professional duty to expose corruption, illegal practices, human rights’ abuses and express our support for …