Writing about business and economics requires some specialist knowledge but also the good habits required by all journalists and an ability to express the more technical matters in simple language. Careless or unsubstantiated coverage, or the misunderstanding of financial matters, could have expensive consequences. Just repeating jargon can cause readers, listeners and viewers to 'switch off'.
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Fuelling the biofuels debate
Biofuels made from crops and other organic material are in the news and not all the publicity is favourable. There are usually winners and losers from any particular news and a big part of our job is to investigate this. Think of the potential consequences and “What might happen next?” Get ahead of the story everyone else is writing.
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Vietnam Financial Newswriting Bootcamp
The worsening world food crisis provided backdrop for a week-long Financial Newswriting Bootcamp in Hanoi attended by 15 Vietnamese reporters.
Balkan journalists eligible for journalism training
The Balkan news media are increasingly required to report on complex economic, financial and political issues. Lacking the appropriate training, journalists are, however, underprepared to provide the public with an adequate coverage of economic and political transitional processes.
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