The College of Journalism oversees training for BBC News staff. This website focuses on best practice in core skills, offers an overview of specialist areas, legal and ethical issues, and a style guide. It's a site about BBC journalism.
Programmes that expose injustice and wrongdoing - especially using undercover filming - demand extremely high standards from the team
Three of radio’s best known presenters - Jenni Murray, James Naughtie and Libby Purves - share their tips for successful interviews
Professor Colin Blakemore tackles some of the common myths and misunderstandings about how scientists go about their work
A strong, comprehensive and atmospheric piece of story-telling…everything about this project strikes me as crisp and compelling.
How do you balance warmth and authority? What are the secrets to presenting breaking news? And how should you handle phone-ins? Leading BBC presenters including Fiona Bruce, Julian Worricker, Jane Hill and Paddy O’Connell share their insights
Attitudes to religion are influenced by understanding, so it’s important to be aware of the principles behind the world's religions. Some of the BBC’s leading commentators, including Nicholas Witchell and Sir Mark Tully, guide you through the basics
People who work in news tend to be resilient, but no two people react to experiencing or witnessing trauma in exactly the same way
Journalists need to master a range of practical skills. Experienced practitioners, from Huw Edwards to Rory Cellan-Jones, reveal how they use these in their daily work. A series of reports offer advice on key skills such as how to write, interview and use social media
Senior BBC journalists offer insights and tips on covering their subject areas. Reports include Robert Peston revealing what makes the best business journalism and political editor Nick Robinson sharing a day in his life reporting Westminster
Audiences expect the BBC to demonstrate the highest standards of English. This section is the current style guide for BBC News which details many rules of spelling, punctuation and grammar. It also covers accuracy, fairness and impartiality
