Specialties
Travel, TV, PR, court, review writing
Every specialty inside journalism has its own rules, tricks, and traps. Travel has one set of conventions, TV another, court reporting a third. Simon worked in most of them, and wrote about how they differ from general reporting.
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Review, what is it
What is a review? By SIMON TOWNSEND What makes a good review? What is a badly conceived review? And anyway, what IS a review? That's a bit...
Making Television: Best Advice
So, you have a great idea for a TV show. Now what? By SIMON TOWNSEND This guide for my students is negative, off-putting and discouraging...
Frommer's 100 Travel Websites
Reprinted with permission from the US magazine Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel $15.40 at newsagents The 100 Most Important Addresses in...
Travel Websites
This article re-printed with permission. I recommend that as a travel writer you visit most of these websites. LET ME KNOW BY EMAIL. -...
Travel and lifestyle
Travel reporter Part 1
How to land a job as an on-camera reporter on a travel show Part 1 As I said in my letter to you?. my students all say they would...
Travel reporter Part 2
Part 2 How to make your application story to win your travel reporter job* *Provided you follow EXACTLY all these instructions...
Broadcast and performance
Reviewing
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Court Reporting
You ask about court reporting. If you're writing 'on spec' you should arrive at court early and approach the Clerk of the Court...
Frommer's 100 Travel Websites
Reprinted with permission from the US magazine Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel $15.40 at newsagents The 100 Most Important...
Hilary Doling: A Travel Writing Masterclass
Published in the travel section of The (Sydney) Sun-Herald and reprinted with permission This article was written by the...
Making Television: Best Advice
So, you have a great idea for a TV show. Now what? By SIMON TOWNSEND This guide for my students is negative, off-putting and...
Obituaries
Obituaries By Suzy Baldwin Suzy Baldwin is The Sydney Morning Herald's obituaries editor Once a plain death notice, the obituary...
Outdoors Websites
Reprinted with permission of 'The Sydney Morning Herald' Camping: Are we there yet? Happy campers: take a caravan and you can...
PR- its importance
Public Relations (PR) is an important part of being a freelance journalist. Many journalists believe that journalists and PRs are...
PR-style writing
Journalism is not PR. In public relations the PR person writes a media release extolling the virtues of the product or service...
Public Relations - what is it
You ask where do you start. Well, you always start by ASKING. Use the Yellow Pages and find an organisation, university or...
Quotes-from media release
You ask about quotes from a media release. Yes, you can use any part of a media release you like. It's put out in the public...
Reviewer, how to get a gig
Your great life as a reviewer, and how to win a gig By SIMON TOWNSEND A journalist who wins a gig as a permanent reviewer can...
Travel - point of contact
POINT OF CONTACT WHILE TRAVELLING: Newly trained journalists going away on a long or indeterminate trip worry about how editors...
Travel Websites
This article re-printed with permission. I recommend that as a travel writer you visit most of these websites. LET ME KNOW BY...
Travel Writing Tips
Travel Writing Tips I want to say something specifically about travel writing. I also tutor a travel writing course at Thomson...
TV-how to pitch
How to pitch an idea for a TV show Author: EMMA-KATE DOBBIN Source: The Sydney Morning Herald's 'Radar' section Reprinted With...
Writing for Children
Kids: successfully writing for them By JACKIE FRENCH Okay, step one: why on earth do you want to do it? If the answer is that...