Books

Essential Public Affairs for Journalists

Designed to map on to NCTJ-accredited courses, and contains all the information necessary for students to pass the NCTJ public affairs exam and practical assessment.

Essential Reporting by Jon Smith

This is a book for everyone who wants to be a journalist: a practical guide to all you need to know, learn and do to succeed as a trainee reporter in today's newsroom.

Magazine Editing: How to Develop and Manage a Succ

Magazine Editing: How to develop and manage a successful publication.

McNae's Essential Law - 20th edition

McNae's Essential Law for Journalists maintains its reputation as
the definitive guide for journalists and students. Endorsed by the National Council for the Training of Journalists as the essential text for students on journalism courses, it provides an unrivalled level of accuracy and detail. It is the indispensable, complete and portable resource for the practising journalist or editor; used in newsrooms, courtrooms and at public meetings across the country.

Scots Law - 8th edition

Now in its eight edition, Scots Law for Journalists is the most up-to-date book of its kind to address the issues affecting media law in Scotland.

Sports Journalism: A practical introduction

The practical and the academic are skilfully blended together
in this user-friendly guide to sports journalism. With sports
coverage no longer confined to the back pages, this book,
which features useful exercises, is the recommended text for
students taking NCTJ sports journalism courses.

Teeline Fast

This course book is designed for short courses of all kinds either in the classroom or for self-study. It contains sufficient theory to lay the foundation for higher speeds for students who chose to progress.

Teeline Gold Course Book

This textbook contains the Teeline theory and longhand transcription, offering a complete course for students and lecturers. All the exercises are presented in Teeline and the business-related content helps prepare students for the world of work.

Teeline Gold Standard for Journalists

From beginner to 100wpm with essential speed building and exam practice.

Speed building in Teeline is an important part of both the Preliminary Certificate in Journalism and the National Certificate Examination, and practice is the only way to achieve the required level. Teeline Gold Standard for Journalists is written to support you in preparing for your Teeline exam.

Teeline Gold Word List

For the most efficient and safest outline, turn to the Teeline Gold Word List. In alphabetical order it contains recommended Teeline outlines for over 12,000 words - the sort of words that might be expected to appear frequently in non-technical material. The book includes invaluable appendices listing words for countries, towns and cities, reduced outlines and special forms, legal and medical words.

Waterhouse on Newspaper Style