This topic offers practical advice on some of the basic principles of good reporting.
Based mainly on an engaging blog entry Journalistics
of the journalist James Porter and other similar sources
it summarizes these elements into a top 10 tips for good reporting.
These 10 practical rules are:
Name your sources
Be objective Offer balance
Get it right Don't plagiarize
Don't believe everything Keep good records
Don't write in a stream of consciousness
Find your voice
And never stop learning - and have fun.