Handbook for the Radio Journalism Course in Political Reporting

This handbook was produced by the Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) to accompany the Uganda Radio Network Advanced Radio Journalism Course, which was run throughout Uganda for freelance radio journalists. The handbook, which follows the day-by-day course programme, contains transcripts of PowerPoint presentations plus additional supporting material.

The handbook has three chapters:

Section One: Radio Journalism

• Radio, journalists and the audience
• News reporting
• Radio interviews and press conferences
• Writing for radio and voicework
• From journalism to radio: production
• Uganda radio network and internet

Section Two: Politics, Elections and The Media

• Covering elections
• Surviving the election
• The Africa experience

Section Three: Radio Production

• Field recording
• The I-River
• Editing for radio
• Digital editing