"The Handbook for Afghan Journalists is designed to help Afghan journalists in three ways. First, it serves as an explanation in their own language to many of the ideas and concepts behind international journalism. Second, it provides practical guidance on many of the basic techniques of journalism.
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To this end there are 12 exercises in the book. Some of them have answers provided at the end, and others either have no correct answers or are designed to be worked on in the classroom with a teacher. Third, the glossary at the back is intended to serve as a reference to explain and introduce many concepts which may be new to Afghan journalists. A wider range of reporting on economic and humanitarian issues is essential to strong public debate - and good government and international community strategies - if Afghanistan's bid for peace and development is to succeed. Journalists need familiarity with basic concepts in these fields to report on them properly." (Introduction, page 2)
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"Le journalisme consiste à recueillir et à traiter des informations à destination d'un public. Pour jouer son rôle de médiateur entre la réalité sociale et ce public, le journaliste doit maîtriser un certain nombre de techniques, acquérir un savoir-faire. Ce manuel, aujourd'hui sans équiva
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lent, expose et explique l'ensemble des règles du journalisme de presse écrite : recherche de l'information, écriture, genres journalistiques, illustration et mise en pages, journaux électroniques, déontologie... Charpenté, didactique et de lecture facile, ce livre s'appuie sur de nombreux exemples et illustrations, pour exposer avec rigueur un journalisme de méthode, condition de la réussite. L'ouvrage s'adresse en priorité aux journalistes et futurs journalistes, aux autres professionnels de la presse et de la communication, aux étudiants et enseignants qui s'intéressent aux journaux, à l'écriture et à la pratique journalistique." (Description de la maison d'édition)
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"The manual will be useful for a variety of people: professional graphic designers, editors and desktop publishers; business people and public servants; volunteers in community groups; printers and imagesetters; students of graphic design and desktop publishing. Not every section in the manual will
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be useful for everyone. Nor is the manual aimed at teaching everyone how to print, imageset, use particular software or completely prepare a document to prepress level or to upload it to the Internet. What this book does discuss is how to make design decisions that best use these processes and to recognise their possibilities and limitations. The part called ‘Projects’ describes many of the projects an organisation may be considering. It provides methods of approaching each project and, in many cases, some ways to streamline the development or production time. There are helpful hints on saving money, too. The part called ‘Production’ starts with design issues such as layout, typography and colour, which affect almost all design projects, and moves on to prepress and printing, and describes types of paper and finishing processes [...]" (Why is this book useful?)
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"This clear structured reference book covers thirty questions on practical aspects of journalism. Following the journalist's intermediate position between the information source and the recipient, the first 10 questions refer to how recipients can be attracted towards newspaper articles or radio pro
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grammes. The construction, language code and quantity of an article or programme are discussed here. After this introductory chapter the authors proceed towards the collection of data, addressing the journalist's efficient self management, like interview techniques and optimal note-taking procedures. Consequently, the third chapter focuses on the style and appropriate means of how to sort out, arrange and shape the collected data, in order to convey the intended news item. In the final chapter the presentation itself (e.g. what is a good photo, headline, etc.) is assessed. The range of practical tips which are often enriched by examples from the African context make this handbook especially recommendable for "greenhorn" journalists, but could also be used by more experienced journalists to check their own performance. Additionally, a list with basic technical terms and an overview of schools of journalism in Africa are given at the end of the book." (CAMECO Media Forum 2003/1)
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