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<P> </P><A title="Media Helping Media" href="http://www.mediahelpingmedia.org/" target=_blank alt="Media Helping Media">Media Helping Media</A> has formed a trial partnership with <A title="The News Manual" href="http://www.thenewsmanual.net/" target=_blank alt="The News Manual">The News Manual</A> in order to pool both site's journalism training resources so that free modules can reach a wider audience.
<P>Media Helping Media now has the introduction and the first seven chapters in The News Manual's guide to journalism basics. Please click on the links below to reach the pages listed.
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<LI><A title="Journalism - basic techniques" href="http://www.mediahelpingmedia.org/content/view/342/236/" target=_blank>Journalism - basic techniques</A>
<LI><A title="Chapter 1: What is news?" href="http://www.mediahelpingmedia.org/content/view/343/234/" target=_blank>Chapter 1: What is news?</A>
<LI><A title="Chapter 2: What is a journalist " href="http://www.mediahelpingmedia.org/content/view/345/234/" target=_blank>Chapter 2: What is a journalist?</A>
<LI><A title="Chapter 3: The shape of the news story" href="http://www.mediahelpingmedia.org/content/view/346/234/" target=_blank>Chapter 3: The shape of the news story</A>
<LI><A title="Chapter 4: Writing the intro in simple steps" href="http://www.mediahelpingmedia.org/content/view/347/234/" target=_blank>Chapter 4: Writing the intro in simple steps</A>
<LI><A title="Chapter 5: Writing the intro, the golden rules" href="http://www.mediahelpingmedia.org/content/view/348/234/" target=_blank>Chapter 5: Writing the intro, the golden rules</A>
<LI><A title="Chapter 6: Writing the news story in simple steps" href="http://www.mediahelpingmedia.org/content/view/349/234/" target=_blank>Chapter 6: Writing the news story in simple steps</A>
<LI><A title="Chapter 7: Writing the news story - clear writing" href="http://www.mediahelpingmedia.org/content/view/350/234/" target=_blank>Chapter 7: Writing the news story - clear writing</A> </LI></UL>This site also has many other training modules covering
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<LI><A title="editorial ethics" href="http://www.mediahelpingmedia.org/content/category/6/81/235/" target=_blank>Editorial ethics</A>
<LI><A title="Journalism training" href="http://www.mediahelpingmedia.org/content/category/6/13/236/" target=_blank>Journalism training</A>
<LI><A title="investigative journalism" href="http://www.mediahelpingmedia.org/content/category/6/82/237/" target=_blank>Investigative journalism</A>
<LI><A title="media management" href="http://www.mediahelpingmedia.org/content/category/6/84/284/" target=_blank>Media management</A> </LI></UL>
<P>The News Manual has three books online:
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<LI><A title="Journalism - basic techniques" href="http://www.thenewsmanual.net/Manuals%20Volume%201/volume1_00intro.htm" target=_blank>The basics of journalism</A>
<LI><A title="advanced journalistic techniques" href="http://www.thenewsmanual.net/Manuals%20Volume%202/volume2_00intro.htm" target=_blank>Advanced journalistic techniques</A>
<LI><A title="the law and ethics" href="http://www.thenewsmanual.net/Manuals%20Volume%203/volume3_00intro.htm" target=_blank>The law and ethics</A> </LI></UL>
<P>Media Helping Media has also recently relaunched its <A title="Media Helping Media discussion forum" href="http://www.mediahelpingmedia.org/component/option,com_agora/Itemid,297/">discussion forum</A>. Please feel free to log on and use it to discuss any issues to do with media training, media freedom and media development.</P>
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